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When our divisions online meet us in real life

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
I was leaving immigration court the other day, feeling fairly good about the fact two of my clients had avoided deportation orders, when I heard the words “Christine Flowers, you are a disgusting human being.

Remembering Brother Jimmy Swaggart

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Fifty-eight years. That’s how long ago it’s been since Brother Jimmy Swaggart’s father, also a minister, came into my small Ferriday law office where I was a sole practitioner, and asked me to incorporate his church.
The Eunice Community Concert Band & Choir will stage its summer concerts at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the First Baptist Church in Eunice. The choir is shown practicing at the church on Tuesday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children under 12. Tickets can be purchased by calling 337-457-1776 or can be purchased at the door. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The Eunice Community Concert Band & Choir will stage its summer concerts at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the First Baptist Church in Eunice. The choir is shown practicing at the church on Tuesday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children under 12. Tickets can be purchased by calling 337-457-1776 or can be purchased at the door. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Summer concerts

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The Eunice Community Concert Band & Choir will stage its summer concerts at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday at the First Baptist Church in Eunice. The choir is shown practicing at the church on Tuesday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for children under 12.

Free entertainment at Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in July

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The Jean Lafitte National Historical Park & Preserve Prairie Acadian Cultural Center offers free entertainment programs on Thursdays from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 10, 5-5:30 p.m. Two Step Dance Lesson; 5:30-6:30 p.m.

DOTD announces state projects

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced Tuesday that 29 projects around the state received bids in June. Sixteen contractors presented apparent low bids totaling $190.5 million. Projects awarded and their apparent low bids included the following.
Three volunteers in Eunice were honored during Tuesday’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting. The volunteers are Dorsey Jacobs, Randy Cooper and Debra Guillory. From left, are Stan Feucht, city attorney; Chad Andrepont, alderman; Randall Reed, alderman; Germaine Simpson, alderwoman; Guillory; Cooper; Connie Thibodeaux, alderwoman; Jacobs; Scott Fontenot, mayor; and Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, alderman at-large.

Three volunteers in Eunice were honored during Tuesday’s Mayor and Board of Aldermen meeting. The volunteers are Dorsey Jacobs, Randy Cooper and Debra Guillory. From left, are Stan Feucht, city attorney; Chad Andrepont, alderman; Randall Reed, alderman; Germaine Simpson, alderwoman; Guillory; Cooper; Connie Thibodeaux, alderwoman; Jacobs; Scott Fontenot, mayor; and Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, alderman at-large.

City council OKs appointments, 3 volunteers honored

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The Eunice Board of Aldermen approved several appointments at its meeting Tuesday. The Board approved the following: — Sunny Guillory was named to the Civil Service Board to replaced Damingo Harrison, who resigned.

Mayor: City faces tight budget

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot said this year’s city budget may be challenging. After Tuesday’s meeting, Fontenot said in the past the General Fund was augmented by a $450,000 transfer from the Utility Fund.

Parish school employees voted $1K pay raise

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
More than 1,800 full-time St. Landry Parish School Board employees are receiving a $1,000 annual pay raise. The raise was approved on a 5-3 vote at a meeting on July 3 ending about a month of public discussions. The approval moves the district’s starting teacher pay to $43,000 a year.
Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls. Tuesday, July 8 There was one traffic stop at 4:12 p.m. Officer C. Schexneider 3:27 a.m.

Eunice woman killed in U.S. 190 crash

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday, Louisiana State Police Troop D troopers began investigating a single-vehicle fatality crash on U.S. 190 near Bornsdall Road in Jefferson Davis Parish. The crash claimed the life of 36-year-old Chelsea Wilson of Eunice.