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How Mississippi beat Louisiana to legalized gaming

By the mid-1980s, gas prices were at record lows as foreign oil flooded the marketplace and Louisiana, having collected millions in severance taxes during the preceding decade, was now facing massive budget deficits. In response, then-Gov.

The resistance is a failure

You don’t need 20/20 vision to see that the whole world is waiting for the Democratic Party to push back against the tyrannical tendencies of the Trump administration. And waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

Summertime dinner calls long overdue

Maybe a new Utah law will revive the lost art of parents calling their children home for dinner.

St. Landry Parish high school scores

St. Landry Parish high school scores released Tuesday. In St. Landry Parish there were 980 high school students tested in English I with the following results in percentages: 2, advanced; 27, mastery; 30, basic; 25, approaching basic; and 15, unsatisfactory.

St. Landry Parish test scores lower than those in area parishes

Louisiana student performance improved in social studies and remained steady in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics on recent Louisiana Educational Assessment Program tests, also known as LEAP 2025, according to a Louisiana State Department of Education news release.

Resolution to link Clovis Crawfish to the city

Clovis Crawfish, Mary Alice Fontenot and Eunice are forever linked, but that notion is about to become official. The Eunice Board of Aldermen are requesting Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Legislature designate the city as “The Home of Clovis Crawfish.

Splash pads opened

Two splash pads, one at the Fairground Park and the other at the former Amy swimming pool near Central Middle School, were opened Saturday. Mayor Scott Fontenot announced the splash pad news at Tuesday’s meeting of the Eunice Board of Aldermen. They were both packed with kids and adults, he said.

Sales tax collections take sharp upturn

Sales tax collections in some cases rose sharply in St. Landry Parish in June, according to statistics from the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division. Collections through June were ahead of those in the same period in 2017 in Eunice, St.

Rose Courville Gaspard

Rose Courville Gaspard passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at the age of 84. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, July 14 2018, at 10:00 AM. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice. Burial will follow at St. Paul Cemetery. Deacon David Guillory will officiate.

Vernon Carl Duplechin

Vernon Carl Duplechin passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at the age of 81. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, July 13, 2018, at 10:00 AM at Quirk & Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Pastor Dennis Gotreaux will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.