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Keep Eunice Beautiful seeks volunteers for Love Our Waterways cleanup

By Rebecca Chaisson Managing Editor Keep Eunice Beautiful will join more than 140 groups across the state participating in Louisiana’s first coordinated, monthlong effort to remove litter and debris from waterways, shorelines and drainage areas.

Seniors gather for TRIAD Workshop

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office held its 2026 Senior Citizens TRIAD Workshop at the VFW Hall in Eunice Wednesday morning. Hundreds attended to learn about current issues impacting local seniors, ranging from topics like healthcare to personal safety. In April of 1994, St.

Eunice Pageant Organization

Averie Oliver: Averie Oliver is 2026 Deb Miss Eunice and is the daughter of Jennifer and Andre Oliver. Averie is a 6th grader and one busy girl.

Celebrate LA rice with your pressure cooker

By Quincy L. Vidrine LSU AgCenter September is National Rice Month, making it the perfect time to celebrate one of Louisiana’s most important agricultural commodities.

Four Arrested

A Eunice woman faces multiple sex-crime charges following an investigation involving children younger than 12, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office reported Monday, Sept. 7. Scarlett Nicole Matt, 34, of La.

Voting in person can make a difference!

Will elections ever be the same? From coast to coast, there continues to be a great deal of controversy over mail-in ballots as well as absentee voting. With millions of Americans choosing to vote by mail, processing and counting those ballots can take additional time.

Louisiana’s new anti-homelessness law punishes people already living a sentence

Throughout my life, I have seen my share of homeless people. Some of my own relatives have been homeless, and it saddens me to see men, women and children without shelter.  On June 9, Act 788 went into effect in Louisiana.

Courageous juror restores faith in the justice system

In the latest “trial of the century,” Lindsay Clancy faced first-degree murder charges in the deaths of her three young children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan. Clancy admitted killing them in January of 2023 at their family home in Duxbury, MA.

News Notes

Sept. 10 Prairie Center opens photo archive The Prairie Acadian Cultural Center will present a Throwback Thursday Photo Archive program from 5 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10. “Rendezvous in the Prairie,” featuring Elise Riley and Luke Huval, will follow from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sept.

Eunice Bobcats runs over Bunkie Panthers

By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor Eunice High head coach Andre Vige expressed confidence in his Bobcat football team throughout the offseason. Confidence? Sure. It's a coach's job to hype up his team. It doesn't matter if the team managed just eight wins over the past two seasons.