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Arbor Day celebration planned Saturday at Chicot State Park

Louisiana’s Arbor Day will be celebrated with a tree seedling giveaway at Chicot State Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The tree seedling giveaway will take place at Pavilion 1 near the splashpad in Chicot State Park.

AgCenter agents give tree-planting tips

Anyone who has ever visited the LSU AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center or the neighboring campus of LSU Alexandria has probably noticed — and maybe even stopped to snap a photo of — a pair of huge live oaks that stand in a field behin

Lafayette and Evangeline parish schools win national honor

Early College Academy in Lafayette Parish and Pine Prairie High School in Evangeline Parish have been named National ESEA Distinguished Schools by the National Association of ESEA State Program Administrators (NAESPA).

Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.

News notes

Dr. MLK Jr. celebration canceled

Eunice downtown Mardi Gras canceled

The downtown Eunice Mardi Gras celebration is officially canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision was announced at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting.
Mardi Gras is on Feb. 16.

COVID-19 vaccination site list adds Eunice pharmacy

The initial list of sites for the first round of COVID-19 public vaccinations skipped Eunice, but a second round added the pharmarcy at Super 1.
More than 100 pharmacies were added across the state on Monday.