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Higgins taking part in ‘App Challenge’

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Port Barre, announced his 3rd congressional district office will be participating in the 2017 Congressional App Challenge, an app development competition for students in high school and below.

$500 reward offered for information about dog shooting

The Humane Society of Louisiana is offering a $500 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the fatal shooting of a three-legged canine named “Jack.” On Aug. 2 of this year, Jack, a Schnauzer mix, left his yard and wandered off.

Louisiana’s unemployment rate continues to fall

Seasonally adjusted data released by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) indicates that the Louisiana unemployment rate continued its decrease, down to 5.3 percent for July. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 percent was September of 2008.

From The Eunice News files

The following are from the August 1994 files of The Eunice News. Eunice Mayor Curtis Joubert reported that a delegation of musicians and others had a fantastic reception during a trip to Britain.

Louisana’s KKK history recalled after Charlottesville

Focus is back on the Ku Klux Klan following the tragic violence in Charlottesville last week. The Southern Poverty Law Center released data alleging that the Klan is still active in Louisiana, particularly in the central and northwest part of the state.

You can’t be an American and fly the Confederate flag

OUTSIDE WINCHESTER, Va. — We were driving up Interstate 81 last Sunday afternoon, the radio on, the sun setting into the hills, when we passed a tractor-trailer truck, and saw Old Glory proudly snapping in the strong wind behind the cab.

A long-serving Long friend

John Baptiste Fournet is best remembered as the longest-serving justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was on the bench from January 2, 1935, to July 31, 1970. That’s 35 years and 211 days. He was chief justice for more than 20 of those years.

Arboretum to hold eclipse event

Weather permitting; the Louisiana State Arboretum will hold an eclipse viewing of the Great American Eclipse on Monday. Viewing of the eclipse will take place from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the nature center. Staff will provide information on eclipses along with games and crafts.

Deadline set to claim tax refunds

Millions of dollars in state income tax refunds will become unclaimed property if taxpayers don’t claim them by Sept. 6.

Sheriff to allow public use of firing range

A firing range at a St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s training facility in Opelousas will have eventually be open for public use free of charge, Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said at a Parish Council meeting Wednesday. Guidroz also said the facility on La. 749 near the St.