News

There’s no home for her in either party

With so much happening in the world, you probably don’t want to read about my own personal dark night of the soul. But at the risk of sounding narcissistic, I do think there is some value in examining why a person like me would feel compelled to leave the Republican Party.

Red Rover, Red Rover are childhood games over?

I’m on the fence about this, if you want the truth. You see, more school districts are banning childhood games that were staples when I was growing up in the 1970s. Some say dodgeball, kickball, keep-away, tug-of-war, Red Rover and other games are teaching children the wrong lessons.

Donelon warns of flooded cars hitting resale markets

Commissioner Jim Donelon is reminding Louisiana consumers to be vigilant when purchasing used vehicles that may have been flooded in Texas as a result of Tropical Storm Imelda.

Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital creates endowed scholarship

Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital presented the LSU Eunice Foundation with a $20,000 check to create the Lafayette Surgical Specialty Hospital Endowed Scholarship for a student enrolled in LSUE’s surgical technology clinical program.

Citrus disease causing concern for growers

As the citrus harvest gets under way in Louisiana, some growers have complained about internal dry rot of fruit this year. Mature fruit looks otherwise healthy from the outside, but internal dry rot can be seen after peeling the fruit, said LSU AgCenter plant doctor Raj Singh.

UL Lafayette’s founding president’s desk returned to its original splendor

LAFAYETTE — Dr. Edwin Lewis Stephens’ desk “stuck out like a green thumb.” Susan Richard knew she had muddled metaphors – but describing the avocado color that once coated the rolltop used by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s first president required some linguistic license.

Keep Eunice Beautiful receives state grants

Keep Eunice Beautiful received two grants from Keep Louisiana Beautiful that were among 40 announced totaling $125,000. Keep Eunice Beautiful was awarded an affiliate grant for two trash receptacles and a clean up supply grant.

Eunice News to honor veterans

The Eunice News plans to honor area veterans in a special edition to be published Nov. 10, the day before Veterans Day. The Eunice News is asking for a photo and information about individual veterans to be submitted. The submission can be made by email to: myra.miller@eunicetoday.

Veteran honored on 100th birthday

The Veterans of Foreign Wars Eunice Post 8971 honored Harold Gournay on his 100th birthday. Gournay is shown at right with the VFW Louisiana State Commander Mickey Carroll, who presented him with a special certificate of recognition from the VFW National Commander-in-Chief William J. “Doc” Schmitz.

Second alligator captured in Eunice

Eunice Police captured its second alligator within days, this time coming out of the graveyard by O’Reilly’s on U.S. 190. The alligator was spotted at about 11:30 a.m. Saturday and taken to the city limit line and released into the bayou, according to a Eunice Police Department log on the incident.