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Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. September 6 04:48 Report of subjects walking with flashlights at 200 block of Fuselier. 07:18 Report of kids picking at dog, call came from 300 block of N. St. Joseph.

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Hunters for the Hungry scheduled The Refinery Mission’s annual Hunters for the Hungry food drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 15. Local sportsmen and their families are encouraged to “clean out your freezers” and donate frozen processed game and fish from the 2018 season.

Acadian Ambulance ribbon-cutting in Iota

Acadian Ambulance held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday at the Iota Sub-Station, located at 129 McMillin Ave.

From The Eunice News files

From the September 2009 files of The Eunice News. Glendale Elementary Pre-k students Olivia Gil, left, and Riley Clark eat breakfast in the cafeteria. The girls’ teacher is Charlotte Perron. Cheryl Manuel serves the ball for Team Bonnie during first week action. For more photos go to www.

Voter registration at Eunice High School

The St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters office conducted several voter registration sessions across the parish last week. At Eunice High School students registered outside the cafeteria on Thursday. Registrar employees seated at left are Charlene Chenier and, hidden, Cynthia Martin.

Mamou Cajun Music Fest swill honor Jason Frey

The Mamou Recreational Center Complex will once again host the Mamou Cajun Music Festival on Sept. 20 and 21. The 48th annual festival’s special honoree will be Jason Frey. The festival opens Friday at 7 p.m. with Lafayette Rhythm Devils. At 7:30 p.m.

Gun control won’t solve our violence problem

You probably haven’t heard about this because no shots were fired. A 15-year-old boy showed up Aug. 28 at Great Crossing High School in Scott County, Kentucky, with a handgun. It was fully loaded. Another student saw the firearm and notified the principal.

Livestock ‘intermingled in confusion’

Despite the impression given by John Wayne and his compadres in scores of Western movies, there is justification for saying that the American cattle industry was born in south Louisiana, or at least substantially nurtured here.

Can Scooby-Doo really be 50 years old?

Do you long for the days when the only outbursts our delicate ears had to worry about were the Z word (“Zoinks!”) and the J word (“Jinkies!”)?

LSU jumps up in Washington Monthly rankings

LSU made a significant jump in the latest Washington Monthly 2019 College Guide and Rankings, climbing nearly 20 spots to #71 among public universities nationwide. In addition, LSU moved up six spots to #24 among flagship universities this year.