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South Louisiana sweet potatoes have market issues
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Sweet potatoes have risen in popularity as nationwide fast-food restaurant chains and frozen food sections of grocery stores have paved the way to a veritable yams renaissance. However, sweet potato crops in South Louisiana have fallen on sour times. One LSU Ag Center official said that the sweet ...
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When lightning strikes...
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Tuesday night thunderbolts and lightning caused damage and a power surge that left the Eunice O’Reilly Auto Parts store without power on Wednesday. J...
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Bengals behind Person shut out PR, head back to Series to defend title
PEARLINGTON, Miss. -- The LSU Eunice baseball team is heading back to the NJCAA World Series next week in Enid, Okla. following their 5-0 victory over Pearl River Community College in the Region 23...
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From the Files ... May 1971
From files of The Eunice News May 1971 Named child rulers of the recent St. Edmund Spring Fair were Connie Fruge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Jimmy Fruge, and Randy Ashford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Barry ...
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Brown, Exec Committee agree on St. Landry superintendent contract
The Executive Committee will recommend to the St. Landry Parish School Board that Superintendent-elect Edward Brown be paid $118,000 annually. The committee and Brown reached that contractual agree...
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Eunice teen dies in shooting of trio at Branch crossroads
BRANCH – A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad. According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies responded ...
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Mary Horton on her wedding day.
Husband charged with 1962 murder of Mary Horton Vail
Fifty years after her death, authorities have charged Felix Vail, 73, with the murder of his wife Mary Horton Vail, a former Eunice High homecoming queen who has relatives still living in the Eunic...
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New Iberia woman gets 26 months in $12 million IRS scam
LAFAYETTE – A New Iberia woman was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison and for filing false claims of more than $12 million with the IRS and receiving tax refunds she was not owed. She...
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Martin will put $20 million into Chopin plan upgrade, expansion
CHOPIN – Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and Chief Financial Officer Roy O. Martin, III of RoyOMartin-Martco Ltd. Partnership announced Monday that the company will invest $20 million to modernize...
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Trio of personal care attendants face Medicaid fraud charges
ZACHARY – Three Zachary women are charged with Medicaid fraud, each accused of filing false claims. All three were arrested May 15 by the State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with a...
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Eunice teen dies from wounds in Branch shootout
BRANCH – A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad. According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies responded ...
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Louisiana quartet pays heavy price for outlawing deer in Iowa
RED OAK, Iowa --Four Louisiana men from Kentwood, Roseland and Ponchatoula were found guilty of poaching Iowa deer from a case that started when someone made a call to the Turn in Poachers hotline....
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Police Report
Tuesday, May 21 1006 Accident, AMC. 1401 Threatening call, airport. 1501 Shoplifting, Walmart. 1727 Accident, West Bacciochi. 1749 ATVs doing donuts in road, North MLK. 1815 Fight, 600 block South ...
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Arrests
May 21 Georgette Sue Dietz, 35, 230 Veterans Drive; simple assault. Chasity R. Rainville, 24, 1562 Duralde Highway; distribution of schedule two narcotics, violation of uniform controlled dangerous...
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St. Landry arrests
May 22 Jessica JoAnn Ryder Landry, age 32, 307 Ash St., Melville, LA, theft. Nicholas Charles Fontenot, age 33, 425 St. John St., Lafayette, LA, theft - felony. Alvin Francis Bergeron, III, age 2...
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2013 LHSAA Baseball Playoffs
Class 5A Bidistrict pairings (32) Pineville at (1) Barbe (17) New Iberia at (16) Covington, 6 p.m. Wednesday (24) Rummel at (9) West Monroe (25) Haughton at (8) St. Paul’s, 6 p.m. Tuesday (28...
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Blue Jays fall to Cougars
OAK GROVE – The No. 29 St. Edmund Blue Jays’ season ended with a 9-0 loss to No. 4 Oak Grove on Thursday. The Blue Jays (10-18) threatened in the first inning when Austin LaFleur walked and again ...
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LHSAA School Relations Committee Actions
BATON ROUGE -- The LHSAA School Relations Committee, at the direction of the LHSAA Executive Committee, met on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 23 and 24, 2013, at the LHSAA office to discuss many issu...
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Lady Bengals grab softball championship
By Tom Dodge Tom.dodge@eunicetoday.com CLINTON, Miss. - The top-ranked LSU Eunice Lady Bengals won their second NJCAA Division II softball title in three seasons with a 8-0 win over defending cha...
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!! Lady Bengals shut out Phoenix for second crown in three years
UPDATE : The LSU Eunice Lady Bengals defeated Phoenix College 8-0 Saturday afternoon to win their second NJCAA Division II softball championship in the past three years. The Lady Bengals finished r...
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Lady Bengals advance to national softball championship game
UPDATE -- The LSU Eunice Lady Bengals defeated Phoenix 6-1 Friday afternoon to advance to the finals of the NJCAA Division II national softball tournament. The Lady Bengals in posting their 61st wi...
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50 years of The Rolling Stones
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Lionel LeJeune of Basile tells St. Edmund Catholic High School students, from left, Adam Schatzle, Cole Hebert, Launey Arnaud and Austin Lafleur about his experiences as a U.S. Marines’ island-hopping campaigns in the South Pacific during World War II. He holds the Purple Heart (stabbed in the throat with a bayonet by a Japanese soldier during hand-to-hand combat) and the Bronze Star for valor. Among his recollections were his landing craft being grounded in the surf off of Guadalcanal and having to wade ashore as part of the invading force while bullets like invisible bees buzzed around him. LeJeune is 90.
Lionel LeJeune of Basile tells St. Edmund Catholic High School students, from left, Adam Schatzle, Cole Hebert, Launey Arnaud and Austin Lafleur about his experiences as a U.S. Marines’ island-hopping campaigns in the South Pacific during World War II. He holds the Purple Heart (stabbed in the throat with a bayonet by a Japanese soldier during hand-to-hand combat) and the Bronze Star for valor. Among his recollections were his landing craft being grounded in the surf off of Guadalcanal and having to wade ashore as part of the invading force while bullets like invisible bees buzzed around him. LeJeune is 90.
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"Soaring Into New Heights," at Highland Elementary
Highland Elementary held its Kindergarten Graduation with a special Theme of “Soaring Into New Heights.” Students sang songs, “Number Clap,” “ABC Rock,” “Tap Tap Tap,” and certificates were given t...
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Pre-K Graduation held at East Elementary
Pre-K students at East Elementary had the opportunity Thursday to sing many songs learned for their audience as they were part of Pre-K graduation ceremony. As they sat together on stage, they were...
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Fun-jumping time at Glendale Elementary
Pre-K students at Glendale Elementary had a free fun day last week with a School Bus Fun Jump. Students above from left, Ethan David, Montana Brown, Peyton Brown, and Aubrey Droddy. Pre K teachers ...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jinnie Poullard
Eunice - Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at New Zion Baptist Church for Jinnie Lee Poullard, 75, who died May 15, 2013 at Amelia Manor Nursing Home in Lafayette, ...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Mud-logging exec LAFAYETTE – Services for mud-logging company founder William Scott will be Friday. He died May 20 at age 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II’s European theater, recommen...
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Deaths Elsewhere
Long-time vet METAIRIE – Services for long-time vet Dr. Thomas Melius, Jr. will be Thursday. He died May 19 at age 90. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He was former veterinarian for Aud...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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