Gov. John Bel Edwards proposed a budget Friday that includes a $2,000 pay raise for K-12 teachers that could climb to $3,000 if more money becomes available.
He also called for a $1,000 pay raise for support workers at schools.
For nearly 50 years, Black History Month has been celebrated in the U.S. The story took root when Carter G. Woodson, a Harvard-trained historian, and minister Jesse Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1926.
A poster was unveiled and a proclamation made at the Eunice Board of Aldermen meeting on Feb. 14 to welcome the Dewey Balfa Cajun & Heritage Week set March 20 to 25 at Lakeview Park & Beach in Eunice.
There are no small number of accusations lately that — shocking as it may be — some of our politicians are lying to us.
I was saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Glenn Himebaugh, co-founder of the journalism department at my alma mater, Middle Tennessee State University.
Big preparations had been afoot for weeks for Mardi Gras celebrations across south Louisiana in 1899. It was to be especially festive because Mardi Gras fell on Valentine’s Day that year.
Boy Scout Troop 425 was recognized at the Feb. 14 Eunice Board of Aldermen meeting for its repair work at the Eunice Depot Museum. The scouts sealed the ramp and deck on Feb. 5.
Start your morning off with a boucherie today as the Eunice Mardi Gras Festival continues centered on 2nd Street and Walnut Avenue.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz was the guest speaker at the Eunice Rotary Club Wednesday. Guidroz brought along with him District Attorney Chad Pitre.
Guidroz provided a 2022 annual report for the Rotarians.
Jeremy Ivory has been promoted to deputy chief of the Eunice Police Department.
The Eunice Board of Aldermen approved the promotion of Ivory from lieutenant to deputy chief at its Feb. 14 meeting.