Hundreds of people watched the sky light up during the annual Fourth of July fireworks display at the Eunice Recreation Complex Tuesday evening.
The sandbags were moving fast at the Northwest Community Center Pavilion Tuesday as a tropical storm threatened the northern Gulf Coast.
St. Landry Parish President declared a state of emergency Tuesday and that was followed by Gov. John Bel Edwards declaring a state of emergency for the state.
A baseball camp was held at LSUE Monday through Friday for boys 5 to 14 years old.
A Memorial Day Service was held at 5 p.m. Monday at the corner of Park Avenue and 2nd Street in Eunice. The annual event was sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of the Foreign Wars, Doucet-Aucoin Post 8971, and the American Legion Post 129 Turner-Mornhinveg Moore.
St. Edmund High School held its commencement ceremony Saturday at St. Anthony of of Padua Catholic Church.
(Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
The Eunice High School commencement ceremony was held Friday in the school's auditorium. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
The 71st Miss Eunice and Teen Miss Eunice Pageant was held Saturday evening inside Eunice High School’s auditorium.
The annual contest was sponsored by the Junior Auxiliary of Eunice.
The 2016 reigning queens Lynzi Trosclair, Miss Eunice, and Teen Miss Eunice McKenzie Smith crowned the new 2017 queens at the conclusion of the pageant.
Winning Miss Eunice Queen is Madison DeVillier. DeVillier, 18, is a senior at Eunice High School and the daughter of Claude and Missie DeVillier of Eunice.
Commencement was held at LSUE on Friday. The university announced that were 185 candidates for degrees.
The 2017 annual St. Edmund Spring Fair was held the weekend of May 5-7, with crowds eating, playing games, playing bingo, and riding fair rides. The fair was held on St. Edmund School grounds.
The 15th annual Eunice Rotary Club Zydeco Triathalon was held Saturday at LSUE. The event raises more than $8,000 for the Eunice Community Health Clinic, a free health care provider for the working poor and under-insured. There were 240 participants registered for the event that includes swimming, bicycling and running. For the first time there were two competition divisions, Crawfish and Gators, for youngsters from 7 to 15 years old. Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
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