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Republican John Schroder to become Louisiana's next treasurer, defeats Derrick Edwards

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Sugarcane harvest doing well at halfway point

The 2017 Louisiana sugarcane crop is meeting expectations as the harvest approaches the halfway point. “Tonnage is good, and sugar recovery is good,” said LSU AgCenter sugarcane specialist Kenneth Gravois. “For both of them to be good in the same year is rare. Everybody is really pleased.

October’s unemployment rate at 4.8%, continues historic decline

Louisiana’s October seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.8 percent. This figure is 0.3 percentage points lower than September’s rate of 5.1 percent. This is the sixth consecutive month the unemployment rate has declined. The last time the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.

From The Eunice News files

The following are from the November 2001 files of The Eunice News. October Students of the Month at East Elementary included Chelsea Dickens, Christopher Lavergne, Stephanie Castille, Logan Cormier, Caylee Dickens, Ryan Courville, Terrika Pitre, Coty Dillehay and Dawn Fontenot.

How about listening to each other?

“I’m afraid to discuss politics and current events with anyone except my wife and best friends, and it’s regrettable that millions of Americans feel the same way.” “Ah, yes, you speak of the Cato 2017 Free Speech and Tolerance Survey, a new national poll of 2,300 U.S. adults.

A prayer for peace

But the prayer he uttered outside a home on Logan Street in Harrisburg on a chilly night last week for Kaliah Dearing, 16, and Natasha Harner, 24, who had been found shot dead there, carried the same weight as if they’d been uttered by a man or a woman of the cloth.

Thanksgiving and étouffée on the hoof

I read somewhere that we eat more as a nation on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the year. I believe it, and have traditionally done my part to make that happen.

Patterson police officer sues mayor over incident started by traffic stop

A Patterson police officer has sued Mayor Rodney Grogan after a November 2016 incident where Grogan temporarily revoked the officer’s police commission card, citing ongoing insubordination, after the officer allegedly stopped the mayor for speeding. Patterson Police Cpl.

Eunice man, 3 others, arrested on porn charges

Attorney General Jeff Landry’s Cyber Crime Unit has arrested four men, including a Eunice man, on nearly 250 counts of possessing child pornography. “Keeping Louisiana children safe is a top priority for my office, and we will continue doing all we can to stop child predators,” Landry said.

Used car buyers urged to be wary of flood-damage vehicles

Consumers in the market to purchase a used car should keep an eye out for flood-damaged vehicles during their search. Hurricanes and flooding events in Louisiana and nearby states in the last few months mean that consumers need to be on their guard.