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Demand grows on Food Bank resources

The Eunice Food Bank needs you. The food bank supplies many families in Eunice and has recently grown to feeding more families.

Jail tax renewal urged

Renewal of a tax to maintain and operate the St. Landry Parish Jail is a critical issue for parish government, according to Parish President Jessie Bellard.

Police chief hopes cards help people tip police

Eunice Police Chief Randy Fon tenot is hoping a “confidential witness card” will make it easi- er for people to help police solve crimes. The cards — the same size as business cards — are intended to make it safer for people to cooper- ate with police.

State’s jobless rate rises to 9.4%

Preliminary data for October released Friday by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) shows that, since September, seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment increased by 21,500 jobs from 1,855,700 to 1,877,200. From October 2019, seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment decreased by 105,800 jobs.

Eunice News announces turkey contest winners

There are 22 winners in the annual Eunice News Turkey Contest. Winners, listed below, need to come to the Eunice News Office, 465 Aymond St., to obtain a voucher. They then take voucher to Champagne’s. The deadline to pick up the turkeys from Champagne’s is Nov. 30.

Go long for Thanksgiving

Recently, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert and Bummercloud in Chief, Dr. Anthony Fauci, expressed concerns over families gathering together for a traditional Thanksgiving celebration this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

What does the future hold for church attendance?

Are you a faithful Christian who is concerned about empty pews — and the steadily decreasing impact of Christianity on the social fabric? There’s good news about the Good News. After years of procrastination, I have stretched beyond my 600-word columns and written an honest-to-goodness BOOK.

1918 brought good news amid epidemic

At Thanksgiving 1918 the Spanish flu epidemic raging across the world still had south Louisiana in its grip.

Johnson moves up in House GOP leadership ranks

U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, R-Benton, was elected as vice chairman of the House Republican Conference for the 117th Congress. Johnson stated, “I am truly honored to have been elected by my colleagues to help lead the House Republicans this upcoming Congress.

St. Landry Crime Stoppers awards