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Lou Anna Manuel Doucet

Lou Anna Manuel Doucet passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at the age of 78. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 11:00 AM at St Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice with Father Hampton Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Mt Calvary Cemetery.

Bobby Gene Ponthier

Bobby Gene Ponthier passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at the age of 59. A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Quirk and Son Funeral Home in Eunice with Carl Lyons officiating. Burial will follow at Mt Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.

Arrest made in drive-by shooting death

Eunice Police arrested Demyron L Skinner, 19, on Saturday and charged him with second-degree murder in the drive-by shooting death of a 21-year-old man on Nov. 4, according to news release from Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot. Skinner is accused in the death of De’Omaante K.

News notes

EHS Football playoff tickets sale Monday The EHS Football Playoff Reserve seating tickets will be sold from five until 7 p.m. Monday at Eunice High and from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the DugOut Event Center. ECCBC Children’s Choir practice set The Eunice Community Concert Band & Choir Inc.

893 Louisiana children adopted from foster care last year

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) held its 21st Annual Adoption Celebration at the Governor’s Mansion on Thursday to celebrate the 893 children who found permanent homes with 661 families during the 2019 federal fiscal year.

From The Eunice News files

From the November 2009 files of The Eunice News. Jean McManus accepts her Angel Award from Christy Reeves, Exectuve Director Blue Cross, left, and First Lady Supriya Jindal during the 15th annual Angel Awards ceremony Thursday night. “Angel” gets her award.

Eunice native is an Army legend

Bryant Fontenot graduated in 1980 from St. Edmund High School with the desire to become a pilot and not just any kind of aviator. Fontenot, 56, remembers getting hooked on the helicopter scenes in the classic Vietnam War movie, “Apocalypse Now” at the Liberty Theater.

Murder trial set on Church Point victim’s birthday

The man charged with the 2016 murder of Church Point native Bethany Walters is scheduled to go to trial on what would have been the young woman’s 26th birthday. The victim’s mother, Cindy Walters, said, “The judge set the trial to start on April 28 of next year. That would have been her birthday.

How many dollops in a gollop?

I thought we had come close to ending the conversation over interpreting the holiday recipes handed down from grandmothers and great aunts, but apparently not. You may recall the earlier discussion about recipes that call for a smidgen of this or a tad of that.

Opinion: Millage renewal is a small price for farmer, 4-H future

Agriculture is the lifeblood of our economy. All together, agricultural endeavors in Acadia Parish generates millions into the parish, and those dollars are turned over numerous times. Dr.