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Early votes are against School Board tax proposals

The three St. Landry Parish School Board tax propositions were crushed in early voting. According to the state Secretary of State’s website, Proposition 1 for an employee pay raise lost with only 30% of the 3,237 early votes voting for it.

Sunday edition notice

Delivery of the Sunday edition of The Eunice News is delayed until Sunday to allow the election results to be reported. The edition is usually delivered on by Saturday.

Sons experienced father’s evolution into a segregationist

Though 57 years have passed, Leland Boyd still can’t forget the smell of burnt human flesh.  In December 1964, Leland, then 12, stood in the doorway of a hospital room, where Frank Morris, a 51-year-old Black man from Ferriday, lay in critical condition after two men had torched his shoe shop.

History tells us to take tyrants like Putin seriously

The world seemed surprised when Hitler annexed the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia in 1938. More surprised when he invaded Poland in 1939 and flabbergasted when he marched into the Soviet Union in 1941. Never underestimate the ambitions of an evil tyrant.

Are you terrible at remembering names?

If you have a habit of forgetting names as soon as you’re introduced, join the club. In all fairness, I have a mind like a steel trap when it comes to appointments, debts and trivia; it’s just that names tend to chew their leg off in order to escape. Bless his heart, my son Gideon is even worse.

Lumber and the lucky Lehman

According to family tradition, the Lehman, the first schooner used by pioneer Calcasieu lumberman Daniel Goos, was named after an old sea captain who he had known for many years.

Louisiana may prohibit release of mug shots before conviction

The Louisiana Legislature is considering a ban on the release of almost all police mug shots unless a person is convicted of a crime. The proposed restriction could impact the way media reports on arrests throughout the state. House Bill 729, sponsored by Rep.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. March 25 Frankie Ray Cattano, 37, 700 block of Front Street, Krotz Springs.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. March 24 Juvenile, 14, Eunice. Aggravated battery.

Eunice Police radio dispatch logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. March 24 04:04 Caller in the 500 block of Pearl advised of five suspicious persons in the yard. 06:07 Suspicious person in the area of 7th and Park. 11:01 Caller in the 400 block of Sharon advised of theft.