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Bulb & Blossom Garden Club

Harvesting worm castings

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
From Bulb and Blossom Garden Club Worm castings aren’t just fertilizer, they are slow-release nutrients wrapped in organic matter, a soil conditioner and plant immune booster.
St. Landry Parish Government Public Works employees Jeremiah Champ and Chris Carrier manned the station today to make sure operations went smoothly. (Photos by Rebecca Chaisson)

St. Landry Parish Government Public Works employees Jeremiah Champ and Chris Carrier manned the station today to make sure operations went smoothly. (Photos by Rebecca Chaisson)

Dumpster program underway

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
A rotating St. Landry Parish dumpster was placed just outside of Eunice corporate limits Thursday and will return on the first Thursday of every month for residents to dispose of their oversized waste. St.
Lainey Fruge, 17, of Eunice High School, writes her name in cursive, while classmate Kelsie Gaspard, 18, watches. Both students said they only know how to write their names in cursive. (Photo by Rebecca Chaisson)

Lainey Fruge, 17, of Eunice High School, writes her name in cursive, while classmate Kelsie Gaspard, 18, watches. Both students said they only know how to write their names in cursive. (Photo by Rebecca Chaisson)

Cursive reinforced in new LA English language arts standards

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
By Misty Castile - The Center Square (The Center Square) – Louisiana students will soon be taught under revised English language arts standards designed to strengthen reading and writing fundamentals, state education officials say.
Eunice Police Station

Eunice Police Station

First responders get boost in mental health support

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
Ty Wooten didn’t realize the weight of answering his first 911 call — until more than a decade later. A woman had dialed 911 to report that her husband had shot himself in front of her and their 7-year-old son, on the family’s living room couch. It was Wooten’s first call as a dispatcher.
Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests

Police Report

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
The following are arrests by the Eunice Police Department and St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. City Police Monday, May 4, 2026 John Reed, 41, of Natalie Street in Eunice, was charged with probation.
Eunice police seized more than five ounces of suspected marijuana, multiple boxes of THC vape cartridges and eight bottles of prescription cough syrup during a Wednesday raid at a West Park Avenue home, leading to the arrest of a 28-year-old Eunice man on felony drug distribution charges. (Submitted photo)

Eunice police seized more than five ounces of suspected marijuana, multiple boxes of THC vape cartridges and eight bottles of prescription cough syrup during a Wednesday raid at a West Park Avenue home, leading to the arrest of a 28-year-old Eunice man on felony drug distribution charges. (Submitted photo)

Eunice police arrest repeat drug offender

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
Eunice police seized more than five ounces of suspected marijuana, multiple boxes of THC vape cartridges and eight bottles of prescription cough syrup during a Wednesday raid at a West Park Avenue home, leading to the arrest of a 28-year-old Eunice man on felony drug distribution charges.
Four Eunice gas stations all located within one mile of each other showed regular gas prices ranging from a low of $3.94 to a high of $4.04 on Wednesday afternoon. (Photos by Rebecca Chaisson)

Four Eunice gas stations all located within one mile of each other showed regular gas prices ranging from a low of $3.94 to a high of $4.04 on Wednesday afternoon. (Photos by Rebecca Chaisson)

Local gas prices reach key $4 psychological point

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
By Alton Wallace-The Center Square Gasoline prices are soaring in Louisiana, rising 19.3 cents a gallon over the last week to an average of $3.
Baby's birth

Baby's birth

A Mother’s Love

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
By Rebecca Chaisson Managing Editor Her dream was to become a stay-at-home mom. This is something Mallie Smith of Eunice visualized for most of her life, so when she married her husband, Brett, on her 31st birthday, she had already mapped out plans for their family.
Dean Wilson provides basin information to the Public Works Committee. (Photo by Bobby Ardoin)

Dean Wilson provides basin information to the Public Works Committee. (Photo by Bobby Ardoin)

Council hears warnings from basin keepers

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
By Bobby Ardoin Eunice News correspondent Representatives from the non-profit Atchafalaya Basin Keepers organization presented St. Landry Parish Council members on Wednesday with several issues they claim endanger the wetlands area frequented by naturalists and outdoorsmen.
Rkyer Navarre rang the St. Jude bell on his last day of radiation with his parents Dylan and Elaina Navarre. (Submitted photo)

Rkyer Navarre rang the St. Jude bell on his last day of radiation with his parents Dylan and Elaina Navarre. (Submitted photo)

Team Ryker celebrates ringing St. Jude bell

Myra Miller
Friday, May 8, 2026
By Rebecca Chaisson Managing Editor “When a child gets cancer, is there a reason?” That’s the question Elaina Navarre of Iota found herself asking after her 10-year-old son, Ryker, was diagnosed with something far more serious than a ganglion cyst.