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Riceland Crawfish expansion nearly complete

The 2019 crawfish season is underway, but it has begun with a below-average start. “It’s slow right now. Normally we would be wide open, but we’re at half throttle,” said Doug Guillory of Riceland Crawfish, based in Eunice. “They’re waiting for that sun so they can come out of that growth spurt.

Eunice Players’ Theatre opens 50th season with ‘Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got The Will?’

The Eunice Players’ Theatre will open its 50th season with “Daddy’s Dyin’ Who’s Got The Will?” on March 27. Eunice Players’ Theatre may be the longest continually running community theater in the state, Jody Powell, a theater board member and its historian, said.

What’s up with those gunshot reports?

Eunice residents face what seems to be a barrage of reports of gunshots heard at various places across the city. The reports, called into police and posted on social media, are a mixed bag for responding officers.

Women missing in GOP leadership in Louisiana

Even though the Republicans now dominate Louisiana politics, only one Republican woman, Suzanne Terrell, has ever held statewide elected office, and her term as commissioner of elections ended nearly 15 years ago. Terrell and three of the most prominent Republican women in the Legislature – Sen.

Medical marijuana slow to hit market

If you follow health care news or read High Times (the “magazine of high society”), or if you’re interested in government’s intersection with commerce and the importance of states’ rights, then turn your attention to Louisiana’s medical marijuana issue.

Wheat crop survives below-freezing temperatures

Wheat producers may fare better than expected from the arctic blast that plunged temperatures into the mid- to upper 20s in early March and threatened the crop across Louisiana. LSU AgCenter wheat specialist Boyd Padgett said the wheat crop may not have been hit as hard as anticipated in most areas.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. March 19 05:06 Neighbors are fighting in the 300 block of North East Street. 06:10 Mother and children are in the emergency room. Mother said someone is damaging her vehicle and going through it.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. March 19 Juvenile, 17, Eunice. Ungovernable juvenile and runaway juvenile. Dustin Gotreaux, 32, 100 block of Shelton Loop, Eunice. Warrant for illegal possession of stolen things and warrant for monetary instrument abuse.

Myoshi E. Godfrey

It is with great sadness that the family of Myoshi E. Godfrey announces her passing on Tuesday, March 12 at 7:25 p.m. in Sulphur. She was 47. A celebration of life will be celebrated on Saturday, March 23 at 10 a.m. at Word Ministries in Eunice.

Kenneth L. "Peanut" Scott

It is with great sadness that the family of Kenneth L. “Peanut” Scott announces his passing on Tuesday, March 12 at 8:20 a.m. at his residence in Eunice. He was 61. A celebration of life will be celebrated on Saturday, March 23 at 1:30 p.m. at Frank Brothers Chapel in Eunice.