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Eunice schools do well on annual LEAP testing
Eunice schools met or exceeded state averages in in fourth- and eight-grade Louisiana Educational Assessment Program testing this spring. Eunice Elementary excelled in all of the fourth-grade LEAP ...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fleming bill would suspend temporarily IRS audit authority
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Congressman John Fleming wants to hold the Internal Revenue Service accountable with his newly proposed legislation that would audit the authority o...
May 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rainville
Police make alleged meth distribution bust
A Eunice woman was arrested after allegedly selling crystal meth to an undercover officer. Police said Chasity Rainville, 24, of 211 West Park is charged with distribution of Schedule II CDS, poss...
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This ATV and trailer were recently stolen from a Eunice residence.
Crime Stoppers seeks info about ATV thefts
This week, St. Landry Crime Stoppers is seeking help in gathering any information regarding a recent rash of ATV thefts in Eunice. Just recently, a homeowner noticed his 2012 Honda Foreman 500 4X...
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Retired Department of Transportation and Development Director Bill Fontenot spoke to Eunice Rotarians Wednesday regarding his intention to run for St. Landry Parish president.
Smooth Ride Home also billed as one road to prosperity
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Bill Fontenot knows roads. And if voters put in their proverbial “two-cents”, Fontenot says the promise of “a smooth ride home” can become a reality...
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When lightning strikes...
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Early morning 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...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Bengals in regional title game after win over Pearl River
The LSU Eunice baseball team advanced to the Region 23 Tournament Championship game with a 7-3 victory over Pearl River Community College on Friday night. The Bengals (47-8) scored five runs in th...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ward 1 City Council member Roland Miller, left, listens as City Attorney Vernon McManus reviews police hiring authority.
Council hears renewed cop complaints, passes on hiring approval
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Summer came early as the regular Tuesday meeting of the Eunice City Council overheated amid “police issues” brought before the council and a concern...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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St. Edmund holds athletic banquet
By Tom Dodge tom.dodge@eunicetoday.com St. Edmund held its annual sports awards banquet Monday night at the Northwest Community Center. University of Louisiana at Lafayette head baseball coach T...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Farmers Market back to former hours on Weds., Sat.
The Farmers Market will be open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. until and on Wednesdays from 3 p.m. until. The market on South 2nd Street is in its 13th year of operation. Among items available this week...
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jury convicts Bergeron on three rape counts, acquits on another
Stephan Bergeron was convicted Friday of one count of forcible rape and two counts of simple rape in a Eunice case that began in 2009. The jury acquitted on the most serious charge of the indictmen...
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Warren "Boo Boo" Gautreaux
Courville murder case trial nears
Warren Gautreaux asked for a speedy trial and it appears he’s going to get it. The accused killer of Youric and Mary Ann Courville of Eunice in January 2006 is scheduled for trial beginning Tuesday...
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South Louisiana sweet potatoes have market issues
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...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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 ...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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203 receive degrees at LSU Eunice
EUNICE - LSU Eunice awarded 203 degrees during commencement ceremonies in the LSU Eunice Health and Physical Education Building. High Honors: Graduates earning a 3.5-3.799 grade point average rec...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rodier
New St. Landry economic developer expects to hit ground running
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Moving St. Landry Parish forward begins with Bill Rodier moving 23 boxes of his personal belongings into his new office. “I don’t know if I’ll be ou...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice police charge 'Leday four' with alleged five finger discount at Walmart
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Four, alleged shoplifters– who are thought to be kin– were charged with taking a “five-finger discount” at the Walmart in Eunice on Thursday. Three f...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Moses
Former neighbor recalls agony of captive Cleveland girl's disappearance, elation over rescue
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com The kidnapping and rescue a decade later of Gina DeJesus hit close to home for one local resident. Dorothy Moses, 84, of Eunice, said that she was ...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday. He was arrested by another Eunice police officer on the scene minutes after this photo was taken. This most recent arrest of Lege marked his third arrest since December.
Lafayette DA declines charges against videotaper of cop stops
A Gueydan man who was arrested after videotaping a traffic stop in Lafayette Parish, and also arrested following similar incidents in Eunice, will not be prosecuted on the Lafayette charges. Alexan...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Meche
Library manager leaving for private industry job
According to Michelle Meche, Librarian Manager at Eunice Public Library, her last day as manager is Saturday. As Meche, departs her post at the library, and another manager fills her space, she sa...
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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