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Allegiance Health Management names Acadian Medical Center CEO

Allegiance Health Management (AHM) announced Monday that Kevin Frank has accepted the role as the new CEO for Acadian Medical Center.

Tri-Parish jobs dip 1.4%; Unemployment rates drop

Tri-Parish unemployment rates are down from a year ago, but there are not as many people in the workforce as there were in August 2017. In August, the workforce in St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes totaled 68,208 — down 976 people or 1.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Sept. 28 Allen Ray Kennerson, 55, 900 block of Park Circle, Opelousas. Reckless operation of a vehicle, flight from an officer. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Department.

Jimmy Joseph Frugé

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, October 2, 2018 at 1:30 PM in Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette for Jimmy Joseph Frugé, 70, who died on Friday, September 28, 2018 at his residence in Lafayette surrounded by his family.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Sept. 28 09:13 Woman going door to door about fundraiser for Eunice Elementary is not authorized. 10:56 Wreck at CC Duson and U.S.190. 11:36 Wreck in the 300 block of South 5th.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Sept. 28 Christopher P. Harris, 43, 500 block of 8th Street, Eunice. Probation violation. Janella Brown, 55, 800 block of South Beulah, Eunice. Theft.

From The Eunice News files

From the September 2007 files of The Eunice News. Great reader at Glendale. Rachel Freeman, a fourth grade student at Glendale Elementary, has recently reached her Accelerated Reading goal of 20 points. Her teacher is Michelle Stelly. Bobcats hope to halt Rebel advance.

Spendthrift idioms define Congress

“Republicans like to talk about fiscal discipline, but when they have control of Congress they spend like drunken sailors!

Stop Google’s kiddie data predators

No consent. No disclosure. No escape. For legions of unwitting students and teachers across the country, this is the dangerous, de facto data policy Google has imposed over their school districts.

The fight over a line in the water

More than 70 years ago this week, on Sept. 28, 1945, President Harry Truman signed a proclamation that set off one of the most important and long-lasting legal battles in Louisiana’s history.