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Louisiana native confirmed as next U.S. energy secretary

The U.S. Senate has approved a Louisiana native’s bid to be the 15th secretary of the federal Department of Energy. Dan Brouillette was confirmed by a 70-15 vote Monday. Brouillette had been deputy secretary under former Energy Secretary Rick Perry, whose final day in that office was Dec. 1.

From The Eunice News files

From the December 2009 files of The Eunice News. Bihm wins parish title. Macy Bihm, a Bobcat Bruiser, is St. Landry Parish’s High School Student of the Year. Senior Macy Bihm, Eunice High School’s Student of the Year won the title of St. Landry Parish Student of the Year. Sweep through the school.

Elaine Prather Vidrine Howerton

Going Home Celebration will be at 3:00 PM, Sunday, December 8, for Elaine Vidrine Howerton, 93, who passed away on December 5 in Jennings, LA, surrounded by loved ones. Brother Kevin West, pastor of First Baptist Church of Ville Platte, will conduct funeral services.

OK, tail-end boomer

I don’t blame millennials and Gen Z for mocking baby boomers with the trending “OK boomer” meme. I’ve had my issues with baby boomers, too. “OK boomer,” reports dictionary.

Trump was right to stand up for Navy SEAL

Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher is a highly decorated combat veteran who made the mistake of posing for a photograph with a dead ISIS combatant. It was a breach of etiquette, to be sure. And it was not good optics for a Navy SEAL to have done such a thing.

’Tis the season for phony outrage

Thanks in large part to social media, and in equally large part to the mean-spirited discourse of the day, virtually anything can be turned into a national controversy. For Exhibit A, I go to Melania Trump or, more specifically, to the first lady’s coat. If you remember last holiday season, Mrs.

Column goes to the dog

If you’re tired of running around in circles to find a Christmas gift for the dog lovers on your list, I know just the thing for you to fetch. The charming softcover book “It’s A Dog’s Life: Tales from A Dog Named Max,” by Max, with help from Nina Hershberger, is now available from Amazon.

Keeping up the good fight

Demon rum was much on the minds of the people of at least part of south Louisiana a century ago, if newspapers reports are any indication.

Savoie’s Foods announces $12.7M expansion

A $12.7 million expansion of Savoie’s Sausage and Food Products’ food production facility in St. Landry Parish near Opelousas was announced by Gov. John Bel Edwards and President Frederick Lafleur on Thursday.

City agenda includes audit report

An audit report from Shirley Vigé Jr. is on the Eunice Board of Aldermen’s agenda for its 6:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting at the Eunice Municipal Complex. The audit is for the fiscal year July 2018 to June 2019. There was no discussion about the audit at the Board’s agenda meeting on Thursday.