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Taster’s Choice a hit in its 10th year

A crowd gathered at LSUE Acadian Center for tasting and sampling of different foods during the 10th annual Taster’s Choice (Le Courir De Mardi Gras Pour Le Clinic) on Wednesday. The event is a cooking competition and is the major fundraiser for the Eunice Community Health Center.

Impractical manifestation of a midlife crisis

I bought a BMW. It’s a white convertible that screams “Midlife crisis!” from the highest rooftops. Of course, when I bought it two years ago, I didn’t think I was having a midlife crisis. I just thought I liked the car.

Bringing the ribald revelers home

Several years ago, I tried to write a single paragraph that contained every cliché ever used to describe what happens in urban Louisiana on Mardi Gras.

Trump-style payback for Bernie

The national Democratic Party is in full panic now, its leaders in a headlong flight like something from a 1950’s sci-fi flick where terrorized townspeople flee a 10-story tall monster crushing cars and flattening buildings. It’s not some Godzilla-like creature risen from the ocean depths.

Eunice Rotary Club donation to LSUE

Eunice Rotary Club Community Outreach made a $4,000 addition to the club’s LSU Eunice Scholarship Fund at the Wednesday meeting.

Eunice man arrested for possession of child porn

A Eunice man was arrested today for possessing and sharing child sexual abuse images. Earlier this year, troopers assigned to the Louisiana State Police Special Victims Unit began an investigation into the distribution of child pornography. The suspect, 41-year-old Kevin D.

Bayou Plaquemine Brulé is in USDA water quality projects

Bayou Plaquemine Brulé in Acadia Parish is among water quality projects to be funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Plaquemine Brule and Bayou Du Portage located in Iberia and St. Martin parishes are sharing $501,723 for water quality projects.

Carnival season brings focus on impaired driving

Law enforcement officers have beefed-up patrols across the state and will arrest people who drink and drive during the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement wave through Feb., according to Louisiana Highway Safety Commission Executive Director Lisa Freeman.

Dispute develops about St. Landry Parish School Board agenda preparation

A dispute is unfolding about who controls the content of agendas for St. Landry Parish School Board meetings. The agenda issue cropped up when some Board members recently expected an item about the Opelousas Middle School to be on the agenda and it was not there.

Board puts brakes on school superintendent contract talks

The brakes were slammed on the negotiations on St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Patrick Jenkins’ contract. The School Board’s Executive Committee voted that Jenkins would get an informal evaluation in March and a decision on whether to begin talks may be made in April.