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Hazel Johnson

Hazel Johnson passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, at the age of 96 . A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, April 26 , 2019, at 10:00 AM at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice. Deacon David Guillory will officiate.

News notes

Farmer’s Market at Community Garden Saturday There will be a Farmer’s Market at the Eunice Community Gardens, located at 2101 W. Ash, behind the DMV, in Eunice from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday. Interested vendors can message administrator Joseph Miller or Mary Neil Delome.

Early voting ends Saturday

Benjamin Fontenot casts his vote in the Eunice during early voting at the Eunice City Hall on Monday. Early voting for the May 4 election continues through 6 p.m. Saturday. As of Wednesday morning 114 people had voted in the election. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Erasing Kate Smith won’t cover America’s hypocrisy

We have become a society that demands the utmost purity from our members. No flaws, no past errors, no gaffes in the distant past. We must all be like Caesar’s wife, completely beyond reproach. Well, not all of us, actually.

We have been misled on Medicaid expansion

State Representative Rick Edmonds recent article stated that there has been a great deal of misleading reports surrounding the state’s Medicaid Expansion program and Medicaid Fraud, and that Louisiana taxpayers deserve the facts since “we have only scratched the surface.

One wounded in Eunice home invasion

Eunice Police are looking for four men following a shooting that happened during a home invasion. Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said the four suspects knocked on the door of a home in the 200 block of Childs Street around 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Eunice Housing Authority gets clean, in the black audit

The big news from an audit of the Eunice Housing Authority is there isn’t anything out of the ordinary unless your regard a healthy balance sheet a lack of findings. The audit by The Vercher Group, of Jena, was for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2018.

Gleason license plate OK’d, DeVillier golf cart bill rejected

While a proposed hike in the state’s gasoline tax has been hogging the limelight in terms of transportation chatter at the Capitol, members of the House panel that has oversight of the broader policy issue spent part of this past Monday wading through less controversial bills.

Sheriff: Detective terminated after he is named by drug dealer

A St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s detective was terminated as the result of an undercover drug operation in Eunice, according to Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. The story about the termination of William “Billy” McCauley broke on the website Louisiana Voice. The St.

Diaper tax break gains favor

Louisiana lawmakers signaled support for legislation that would exempt diapers and feminine hygiene products, including tampons, from state sales tax. The so-called “tampon tax” or “diaper bill” is back on the radar. The bills were filed by Sen. J.P.