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Barbershop bones brought lots of speculation

Everybody who saw them seemed to have an opinion about the big bones on display at the Dupre Barber Shop in Eunice in March 1943. Delino Miller brought them to the shop. He said his grandfather found them about 1895 in the Atchafalaya Basin, but he didn’t know much else about them.

Are you clinging to ‘poor-people’ habits?

“And we was too broke to even pay heed/But that’s how it is when you’re po’ folks.” — Bill Anderson. I was intrigued by a recent USA Today article about “poor-people” habits (i.e. vestiges of frugality that persist even when a person becomes financially comfortable).

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Thursday, July 24 James McGee, 28, 100 block of Fairfield Ave, Terrytown, LA.

Eunice Police Arrests report

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, July 23 Shandary Simien, 43, 200 block of South Mallet, Eunice. False communication with intent to cause emergency response, cyberstalking, telephone harassment.

Eunice Police Radio log

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls. Wednesday, July 23 There was one traffic stop at 9:50 p.m. Officer D. Broussard 12:17 a.m.

News notes

Soccer registration is now open The Eunice Rec Soccer Program is a Co-Ed program, open to youth 4-14 years of age. Participant registration is $45. Registration opened July 22 and will continue through Aug. 22. Season dates are from Sept. 15 through Oct.

How PBS and NPR can go commercial

“The public broadcasting people are too snooty to run traditional advertisements,” I said to a giddy media consultant. “The Trump-backed bill rescinded more than $1 billion in public broadcasting funds,” said the consultant.

The DOE gets Fs in education

It’s only taken 45 years for my father’s dream to come true — at least in part. But thanks to Donald Trump, a Republican Congress and a conservative Supreme Court, the Department of Education is finally being dismantled. My father called for the DOE to be abolished when he ran for president in 1980.

Six ‘Woman With Heart’ nominees for 2025 announced

OPELOUSAS — The Women United of St. Landry-Evangeline United Way will host the 13th Annual Women With Heart Luncheon and Awards event on July 28 at the Opelousas Civic Center. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased online at www.uwsle.

Eunice City Lake stocked with Florida Bass fingerlings

From the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries The Eunice City Lake was stocked with 1,200 Florida Bass fingerlings by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Inland Fisheries Section.