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Etouffée cookoff set in March

The Eunice Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the City of Eunice will present the 34th Annual World Championship Crawfish Etouffee Cook-off on March 31. The festivities begin on March 30 from 8 p.m.

From The Eunice News files

From the January 1993 files of The Eunice News. Youth Lock-in. The St. Thomas More Youth Group participated in a lock-in during the holidays under the direction of Yogi Sittig, youth director. The spiritual retreat was attended by approximately 70 persons.

Trump vs. the crazies

If for some strange reason you didn’t already know how much the liberal media hates President Trump, you found out this week.

Has college football become a pro sport?

It’s the end of the college football season with Clemson taking a resounding victory over favored Alabama. The year also produced a financial bonanza for top tier football schools all over the country.

Of pom-poms and poetry

It probably wasn’t a Super Bowl, but it did get the program off to a good start when the Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute (UL today) won what was said to be the first football game to be seen in Lafayette.

Inmates earn high school diplomas

The St. Landry Parish Jail booked 3,292 inmates in 2018. Each of those inmates was treated with respect and their constitutional rights were observed.

Reward approved for cattle death informant

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) Livestock Brand Commission approved a $500 reward for an informant who called in information to the Livestock Crime Stoppers Hotline.

One Acadiana launches drive for higher education

One Acadiana joined partners from across the region to launch “55 by 25,” an initiative with a goal of increasing the proportion of working adults in Acadiana with postsecondary degrees, certificates, or other high-value credentials to 55 percent by 2025.

Eunice MLK celebration scheduled

Eunice native Sandra Gayle Johnson Simmons will be the keynote speaker at the 33rd Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. City-Wide Celebration on Jan. 19. The theme is “Moving Forward Together ... Who Got Next? It Takes a Village,” according to a news release from the committee headed by Jacqueline Vallare.

Eunice Elementary bid approved; Eunice High championship year celebrated

Mary Ellen Donatto was elected president of the St. Landry Parish School Board without opposition at Thursday’s Board meeting. Donatto, who retired as principal at East Elementary, is in her second year on the School Board. She was elected without opposition in qualifying July 2018.