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From The Eunice News files

From the February 1993 files of The Eunice News. Guest speaker at Kiwanis. Craig Ortego, center, administrator at Moosa Memorial Hospital, was the guest speaker at Thursday’s Kiwanis club meeting at Restaurant L’Acadien.

Acadian Medical Center names CNO for Acadian Medical Center

Kevin Frank, chief executive officer at Acadian Medical Center, announced that Julie Paul, RNC, BSN, has accepted the CNO position. “We are excited that she has chosen to grow her career with us.

Tips sought in Best Marine burglaries

Lt. James Bergeron of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is requesting help in solving multiple burglaries at a Eunice business. Best Marine located in the 200 block of Murphy Richard Loop was the victim of a burglary on Jan. 21.

One reason why some people voted for Trump

There are people, particularly in areas like Philadelphia where progressives tend to congregate, who cannot understand why anyone would have voted for Donald Trump.

Keeping a file on where we’ve lived

In the early 1970s, when I was a young reporter, I began to compile a card file of the named places of south Louisiana.

Questions nobody wants to hear on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is a time for exchanging sweet nothings and terms of endearment. It is an occasion for sharing candlelit meals and opening romantic gifts. It is an opportunity for igniting new sparks or basking in the warmth of comfortable, memory-filled long-term relationships.

Study links blight and homicide to murders

A new study led by LSU Department of Sociology Assistant Professor Matthew Valasik is the first to show a statistical connection between homicide, blighted buildings and convenient stores in Baton Rouge.

Crowley Police seize nearly 30lbs. of pot

Crowley Police officers seized nearly 30 pounds of marijuana following a traffic stop here Feb. 4. According to Police Chief Jimmy Broussard, officers conducted a traffic stop in the East Ash Street area on a vehicle being driven by Jeremy Williams, 34, of Crowley.

Female suspect in Branch killing found in Church Pt.

The second suspect in the shooting death of a Church Point man has been located, according to Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson. Tyla Meche, 34, of Church Point was found Thursday afternoon hiding in a residence on the Church Point Highway just north of Branch, Gibson said.

Sales tax placed on city agenda

A resolution to call a special election on a 0.25 percent sales to raise up to $700,000 annually for police and firefighter pay raises is on the Eunice Board of Aldermen’s Tuesday agenda. Mayor Scott Fontenot said a committee made up of police and firefighters has been meeting on the issue.