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A Eunice jewel: Eunice Players’ Theatre entertains, educates for 49 years

The Eunice Players’ Theatre is a Eunice icon providing entertainment and education to generations. Jody Powell, a stalwart theater volunteer, is co-directing the latest production, “Romeo and Winifred,” that opens June 13 featuring area youths. Also directing is Suzanne LaHaye.

Time for a congressional lie detector test

I am going to write this letter using the most simple grammar I can muster up in order for each member of Congress to understand without the use of an assistant. I don’t care if you have a D, R, I or No Party behind your name.

Weekend state budget showdown looms

The Senate Finance Committee on Friday questioned a Republican budget passed by the House that would fully fund hospitals for the poor but slash funding for other health programs by $116 million.

LSU Eunice Teaching Excellence awards

LSU Eunice and Campus Federal Credit Union honored several members of the LSUE faculty recently and the university’s Faculty and Staff Appreciation Dinner. Honored on the Academic side were, second from left, Dr.

Water appropriately during dry weather

Dry weather has been common around the state during May, and most of us have received less than the typical amount of rain the past few weeks. Who knows how much rain will fall this summer?

Give the storm an asterisk

The year’s first named storm boiled up in the Gulf of Mexico on May 25, a week before the official start of the 2018 hurricane season. It wasn’t that much as storms go, but it was still worth at least an asterisk in the record books.

Downsizing: 20 mirthful years

My son thought I was kidding him, but I really am writing about the lighter side of the 20th anniversary of being downsized out of my previous “day job.” Was my termination a surprise?

Did you know? Victim Notification Network

I am proud to be a part of the VINE network for the safety of our citizens. The National Victim Notification Network is a web-based program that was created to keep victims informed about the custody status of their offenders.

UL Lafayette announces spring graduates

UL Lafayette spring graduates included the following. St. Landry Parish Baccalaureate Degree Arts: Allexus Dronet, Annalise Lemoine Saucier and Abby Sonbuchner.

Evangeline Parish deputy indicted

An Evangeline Parish grand jury issued a true bill in three separate matters on Wednesday, which has resulted in the indictment of John Isaac Foret for second degree murder, Darius Armondo Arvie for manslaughter, and Detective Caleb Stelly, with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, for...