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Council chairman calls for forensic audit of parish funds

By Bobby Ardoin Eunice News Correspondent The chairman of the St. Landry Parish Council says he’s fearful voters are becoming skeptical about renewing a sales tax dedicated for road improvements unless more transparency becomes available about how those revenues are being spent.

Happy Homecoming

Members of the Eunice High School homecoming court attend the traditional homecoming tea Thursday, Oct. 1, inviting the court of St. Edmund to join them. Following the tea, both schools participated in the annual EHS parade.

Devillier talks taxes, data centers, Space X at Rotary

By Saydie Stanley Staff Writer The rest of the state knows him as Mr. Speaker. In the Eunice Rotary Club, they still call him Phillip. Louisiana House Speaker Phillip R. Devillier opened his speech the way he said an AI chatbot told him to: tell the truth. “I’m not perfect,” he said.

Love Our Waterways

By Saydie Stanley Staff Writer Saturday’s cleanup started in the waterways people never think about until they flood: ditches and culverts already packed with what got thrown out a window. Keep Eunice Beautiful organized the work as part of Louisiana’s Love Our Waterways month.

Teal season opens in Louisiana on Sept. 19, LDWF announces

The 2026 statewide September teal hunting season begins Saturday (Sept. 19) and runs through Sept. 27, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced.

Archery Season to Begin Sept. 19 in Four LDWF Deer Areas

Archery season in four Louisiana deer areas will begin Saturday (Sept. 19), including Deer Areas 3, 7, 8 and 10, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. Archery seasons in the other state deer areas will begin Oct. 1.

Teaching history as it happened

By Rebecca Chaisson Managing Editor Throughout his career, Dr. Tony Baltakis taught students about wars fought before they were born. Then, on Sept. 11, 2001, the LSU Eunice history professor and Fulbright Scholar found himself trying to explain an attack as it unfolded for the very first time.

Dove Season Takes Flight

The 2026 dove hunting season began Saturday, Sept. 5, statewide, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced, and Garrett Daville and his wife, Rhea, of Eunice, took their two sons with them, 12-year-old Eli and 4-year old Slade, on their first dove hunt of the season.

St. Landry Parish Government

By Bobby Ardoin Eunice News Correspondent A St. Landry Parish Finance Committee deferred to advice from their legal counsel on Wednesday night and decided against seeking a legal opinion from the State Attorney General in connection with $1.8 million in funding from a dedicated parishwide sales tax...

FROM MARSH TO MARS

By Louisiana Economic Development PECAN ISLAND, La. – SpaceX has announced it will invest $100 billion to build its largest launch facility in Vermilion Parish, a spaceport designed to support thousands of launches annually and unlock spaceflight on an unprecedented scale.