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Louisiana Department of Health announces COVID-19 testing in Acadiana region for beginning of January

Louisiana Department of Health announces COVID-19 testing in Acadiana region for beginning of January Baton Rouge, La. (December 30, 2020) — COVID-19 testing at all Louisiana Army National Guard (LANG) sites and parish health units will be paused on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

See who gets the COVID vaccine next

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that doses of the COVID-19 vaccine will be available to pharmacies statewide in limited supply beginning Monday to be administered to people 70 and older and additional health care workers.

2020 review from July through January

The Eunice News is presenting a month-by-month review of 2020’s news. The review is an attempt to note major and some minor issues through the year dominated by COVID-19. The report is a continuation from Thursday’s edition.

Eunice Polce radio dispatch logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. December 30 07:51 Bike left in the driveway at Southern Concept. 08:05 Drugs found at Champagne’s. 08:40 Children playing in the gulley on North 12th. 11:32 Lobby complaint about theft.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. December 30 Johnny Ervin Burton, 26, 400 block of Dupre Street, Eunice. Probation violation hold. December 31 Robert James Miller, 47, homeless. Warrant.

Two unrestrained men die in single-vehicle crash near Lawtell

Two men died on New Year’s Day when the 2001 Chevrolet Corvette they were in crashed on La. 35 south of Lawtell. Louisiana State Police Troop I troopers were notified of a single-vehicle crash on La. 35 near Mandy Road in St. Landry Parish shortly after 4:30 a.m. Friday.

LSUE Chancellor’s List released

LSU Eunice recognizes 354 students who excelled in the Fall 2020 Semester with the honor of being named to the Chancellor’s List. To be eligible, students must have full-time status and maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale during the semester.

2020: A reluctant retrospect

Ok, let’s get the obvious out of the way. 2020 was the year of COVID-19, also known as corona (minus the lime), the plague, the super crud, or, as my dad calls it (and most other contagious illnesses), “the rooty-gootus.” But what else happened in 2020?

Longing for authenticity, even if its fake

The older I get, the more I am turning into my father. You see, the world makes less sense to me every day. My fellow man puzzles me more every day. I cite exhibit A: crappy stone walls. I know a woman who recently paid $10,000 to have a stone retaining wall built along her driveway.

Voodoo humbug brought in the year

As the new year began a half century ago in 1951 there was a big stir in the newspapers about a woman who lived “almost in the heart of Eunice” who was “in the power of a witch doctor.