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Eunice Police Arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. June 29 Johnathan Miles, 25, 1100 block of Tate, Eunice. Driver’s license suspension/ renovacation, red lights, and evidence of compulsory motor vehicle liability security in vehicle. June 30 Jerald G.

David Wayne Sonnier

EUNICE-It is with great sadness that the family of David Wayne Sonnier announces his passing on Thursday, June 27, 2019 in Sulphur at the age of 66. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:00 pm on Monday, July 1, 2019 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice.

Frogging means family, friends and fun

Waiting on the midnight hour is most often reserved for New Year’s Eve, but in south Louisiana, there’s another night of the year that the arrival of midnight has got nothing to do with Auld Lange Syne, sparklers and fringed blowout noisemakers.

Auditor: Many local governments ‘right at the brink’

Several local government entities in Louisiana are in need of court-appointed fiscal administrators because they can’t pay their debts and many more are at risk, Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera said Monday.

LSUE releases Spring 2019 Chancellor’s List

LSU at Eunice has named 282 students to the Spring Semester 2019 Chancellor’s List in recognition of their academic achievement. The list comprises full-time students who maintained at least a 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale during the semester.

Keep Eunice Beautiful urges smokers to watch their butts

Keep Louisiana Beautiful is kicking off a campaign: “Keep Your Butts In Your Pants.” Cigarette butts remain the most littered item in the country. Ninety-five percent of cigarette filters are not biodegradable. Littering cigarette butts are illegal, unsightly and harmful to waterways and wildlife.

There is something about moving day

There’s something about the sound of an empty house. You walk room to room and your footsteps seem to echo as you take inventory of each vacant space. I did it again, just last week. I counted and it was the fourteenth move of my adult life. That’s a lot.

Too much political correctness in Louisiana

I don’t know about you, but I sure am confused about all this current debate over gender equity, gay rights and transgenders. I keep reading in the newspaper about LGBT. I had to look up the lettering to even know what the abbreviation means.

Long’s mental saga held the headlines

Sixty years ago Louisiana and the nation watched with a combination of awe, incredulity, and amusement, a political episode that was bizarre even by the standards of Long-era Louisiana.

Inmate sentenced for Trump threats

U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Buddy Keith Myers, 24, originally from Simms, Texas, and an inmate at Allen Correctional Center in Kinder, Louisiana, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Robert R.