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From The Eunice News files

From the August 2009 files of The Eunice News. Louisiana State Newspapers columnist and local historian Jim Bradshaw shares stories about the lawless Cajun Prairie of the 19th Century with Eunice Rotarians Wednesday afternoon.

Support sought for St. Thomas Fall Festival

Dear friends, and foundations of our community, The leaves haven’t changed. The air is still smoldering. Mosquitoes roar and swarm like crowds at a football game. But what did you expect? This is Fall in southern Louisiana. And so it is time once again for our Fall Festival at St.

Real-time failure of democratic socialism

Harry Reid is starting to make sense. I was afraid this day would come. Perhaps it’s an indication of the Apocalypse or, at the very least, that multiple blows to the head, received during my less-than-stellar amateur athletic career, have finally caught up with me.

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It was hard to go east to west by water

Steamboats were first introduced onto Bayou Teche in 1818, largely because the commerce from big sugar plantations made the bayou and its neighboring waterways busy places in the years before the Civil War.

Crowd forming for House speaker

The latest name to surface in the developing race for speaker of the state House belongs to Rep. Stephen Dwight of Lake Charles, a second-termer-to-be who sent a letter to supporters last week announcing his bid the big gavel.

Tri-Parish workforce down 712 workers

The Tri-Parish workforce shed 712 people in the workforce in July compared to July 2018, according to not seasonally adjusted numbers from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics released Friday. St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes’ workforce totaled 68,687 in July, down from 69,399 in July 2018.

Parish burn ban is a hot topic

A ban on burning in rural St. Landry Parish subdivisions is up for more discussion after the Parish Council approved it in June. At Wednesday’s meeting, the burn ban was sent back to a September committee meeting for more discussion.

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Lafayette man pleads guilty to possessing child pornography images on cell phone

Trevor Lee Engle, 22, of Lafayette, pleaded guilty Friday before U.S. District Judge Michael J. Juneau for possessing approximately 300 images of child pornography on a cellular phone, U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced.