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Perchville fire station opens in Acadia Dist. 4
Acadia Fire District No. 4’s new station on Saddle Drive in Perchville is open for business. Equipped with a pumper truck donated by the City of Eunice, the district’s new station was completed at ...
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Man arrested for allegedly attacking Rotary fountain with knife
A Eunice man was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly attacking a downtown city monument with a knife. Approximately 7:41 p.m., Eunice Police received a call that a man was using a knife to strike ...
Jun 30, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dies urges teens to buckle up, stay off cell phones while driving this weekend
Eunice Police Chief Ronald Dies is warning teens to follow state and local laws when driving, because he will have extra juvenile officers on patrol this holiday weekend and periodically through th...
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Civil rights groups holding march on City Hall July 4 to ask police chief to resign
There will be a march on Eunice City Hall July 4 at 11:30 a.m. to demand Police Chief Ronald Dies’ resignation, according to organizers. Douglas Bellard, vice president of the Louisiana chapter of ...
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Two groups on Liberty bill July 2
This Saturday, July 2, 2011, the weekly "Rendez-vous des Cajuns" Music Show will present a performances by MARY BROUSSARD & Sweet LaLa and RICHARD MILLER & the Musical Playboys. The "Rendez-vous de...
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Mardi Gras revelers
Georgie and Allen Manuel display traditional Mardi Gras masks, costumes
Wire screen masks and cone-shaped hats called capuchons are required attire for Courir de Mardi Gras, the annual chicken chases on horseback in Acadiana. These outfits have also made Georgie a...
Jun 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Opelousas pair arrested when the law visits their pot farm, also known as their house
OPELOUSAS – An Opelousas man and woman are charged with a number of offenses after more than 100 marijuana plants were found at a residence here. The St. Landry Sheriff’s Deputies along with U. S. ...
Jun 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice Food Bank Director Dr. Sanford Wood and Cleco Senior Customer Representative Lisa Dupuis stand beside 61 fans donated by Cleco as part of the CLECO/LIHEAP Council on Aging fan drive.
Fans available for seniors in need
CLECO/LIHEAP Council on Aging fan drive has brought 61 fans for donation to the Eunice Food Bank. Individuals with Eunice mailing addresses 60 years old or older, who have demonstrated need, are el...
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Rotary Club president Jason Smith, right, listens to Dr. Tim Croughan describe the years of study that led to the development of herbicide-resistant Clearfield rice.
Years of patient research led to herbicide-resistant rice
Sometimes, if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain; even if it takes 17 years to get there. That was the approach Dr. Tim Croughan of the Rice Research Station i...
Jun 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nichols State biology professor helps students to become “stewards of the land”
Nichols State University biology professor Dr. Gary LaFleur, Jr. told Eunice Rotarians earlier this month that bigger isn’t always better in higher education. LaFleur, a Eunice native who began his...
Jun 25, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Landry accepts position as Eunice economic development director
It’s official -- Dr. Fred Landry is on-board as the City of Eunice’s economic development director. Landry, a Louisiana State University Eunice professor, in April agreed to be the interim director...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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City's operating margin drops again as seasonal changes show up
The City of Eunice’s operating margin continued to drop in April, according to the statement of operations completed last the second week in June. According to the statement, the city had received ...
Jun 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Three employees charged in Eunice Rec Department theft; more than $3,000 recovered
Three Recreation Department employees are charged with burglary of more than $3,000 in cash and checks from Director Trish Johnson’s office. According to reports, police were notified Thursday mor...
Jan 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trial of alleged drug-dealing Eunice policeman not yet set; one of his co-defendants has jury date
A man accused in July 2010 of participating in a prescription drug distribution ring while a Eunice policeman is awaiting arraignment in district court. A hearing is pending for another man accuse...
Jan 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Charges dropped against Eunice man accused of attempted feticide
Charges have been dropped, with the mother’s consent, against a man accused of trying to kill an unborn child to avoid paying child support. Kenneth Myers of 1445 Yukon was charged with attempted f...
Jan 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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Judge rejects Lawrence's claim of Eunice City Hall conspiracy, sanctions attorney
A federal judge has tossed out a suit alleging a political conspiracy against a fired City of Eunice employee and imposed sanctions on his attorney. Former Gas Department employee Joe Lawrence clai...
Jan 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisiana First Lady Supriya Jindal greets students at W.W. Stewart Elementary in Basile Tuesday.
La. First Lady Supriya Jindal presents technology to Basile elementary school
BASILE – First-grade students at W.W. Stewart Elementary School had a very special guest teacher Tuesday morning - Louisiana’s First Lady Supriya Jindal. Jindal was onhand to recognize the presenta...
Jan 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice conducting mid-year audit as part of transition
Mayor Rusty Moody has authorized a mid-year audit of city finances, a customary accounting update when administrations change. And while it will be some time before he knows precisely where the cit...
Jan 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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2010 recipient Carlton N. Frank, Jr. presents Eunice City Councilmember Germaine Simpson with the 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award.
Councilmember Germaine Simpson named 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award recipient
Ward 2 Councilmember Germaine Simpson was clearly surprised when she was named the recipient of the 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award during the 25th annual Eunice program honoring King’s li...
Jan 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Scenes such as this, from Second Street and Walnut Avenue, will be dealt with by Eunice Police, Chief Dies said Tuesday.
Police to get aggressive on illegal parking downtown
Cars and bars were on Police Chief Ronald Dies’ mind when his turn came at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting. The chief is not a council member but by tradition has a place on the dais at its mo...
Jan 14, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Expansion on hold while jail, court annex brought up to code
OPELOUSAS – Renovations required to bring the St. Landry Jail and Annex up to code preclude any plans to increase prisoner housing, St. Landry Parish Government’s Director of Administration said Tu...
Jan 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rusty Moody, right, and Ronald Dies share a minute at Wednesday night ceremony.
Well-wishers greet city officials at formal inaugural ceremony
City of Eunice elected officials took their oath of office for the second time Wednesday night in a formal inaugural ceremony at the Liberty Theater. A full house of well-wishers -- family, friends...
Jan 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Edwin Edwards will spend rest of term (six months) confined to home
Former Gov. Edwin Edwards has been released from federal prison and moved to a halfway house, after serving eight years for a corruption conviction. He will serve the remainder of his sentence in h...
Jan 13, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 50 50 recommendations | email to a friend
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Vernon McManus, new city attorney, left, and Jacque Pucheu, stepping down after 12 years in the job.
Jacque Pucheu, Jr. steps down as Eunice city attorney; McManus succeeds
Jacque Pucheu, Jr. turned the City Attorney’s chair over to Vernon McManus at Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, ending 12 years as the municipal barrister. McManus’ nomination by Mayor Rusty Mo...
Jan 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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