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Sarah "Sally" Smith

EUNICE~It is with great sadness that the family of Sarah “Sally” Smith announces her passing on Tuesday, October 02, 2018 at Eunice Manor at the age of 80. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at 2:00 pm on Friday, October 05, 2018 at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Eunice.

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Voter registration deadlines near The last day to register to vote in person/by mail for the Nov. 6 will be at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 9, Cheryl Milburn, registrar of voters of St. Landry Parish, has announced. Registration online at Geaux Vote.Com is available through Oct. 16.

Unrestrained Eunice man dies in Allen Parish crash

A man from Eunice died this morning following a two-vehicle crash near Kinder. Shortly before 5:00 a.m. Wednesday, Louisiana State Police Troop D troopers responded to a two vehicle crash on U.S. 190 east on Kinder in Allen Parish.

Dirt bike theft suspect is from Eunice

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect in the Grand Prairie area who is suspected of stealing a dirt bike. In a news release from Sheriff Eddie Soileau said, “authorities are looking for Derrick D. LaFleur, 38, of Eunice.

Stopping violence: Listen to our police chiefs

Violence in our disadvantaged communities struck again in Baton Rouge, this time taking the life of LSU basketball player Wayde Sims who stepped in to a fistfight to defend his friend just off Southern University’s campus last Friday night.

An assault in the Senate

It was a long, embarrassing day of drama, tears and ugly partisan bickering. But by the end of Thursday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, I came to the conclusion that both Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford had told the truth.

Kavanaugh creates #MeToo moment for men

It’s very hard to watch another human being cry. It makes you feel like a voyeur, gazing upon a sad moment that should be lived privately. It is a minor agony, to experience the agony of another.

Opelousas attorney awarded Philanthropist of the Year honor

Bruce Gaudin is the recipient of the 2018 Leaders In Philanthropy Award for St. Landry Parish, an honor presented by Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) and Hancock Whitney Bank. Gaudin will be recognized during an awards luncheon on Nov. 15 at the Cajundome Convention Center.

Listening tour sounds note on trust

The need to nurture trust in the school system was one of the final discussions in St. Landry Parish school Superintendent Patrick Jenkins’ “listening tour” Monday in Eunice. Jenkins held a morning session at Cafe Mosaic and and an evening gathering at East Elementary.

How Blanco won (and relinquished) her La. governorship

Part three of three: From Baton Rouge to back home ON NOVEMBER 15, 2003, KATHLEEN BLANCO became the first women ever elected as a Louisiana governor. She was also placed as 23rd in America’s line of women governors — since 1975, at least, when late Connecticut Gov. Ella T.