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Community Garden open hour Tuesdays
The Eunice Community Garden has scheduled open hours from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays to allow the community to learn about the opportunity to garden in a community setting.

One Acadiana chief: Energy downturn highlights need for regional approach to development

Jason El Koubi, president and CEO of One Acadiana, speaks to the St. Landry Parish Economic Industrial Development District Board of Directors meeting in Opelousas on Monday. El Koubi delivered on a report on the progress of One Acadiana. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

One Acadiana, a nine-parish economic development coalition, is more important than ever given the downturn in the oil and gas industry in south Louisiana, Jason El Koubi, president and CEO of One Acadiana, said at a meeting of the St.

Concert to benefit UL Lafayette’s Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore

UL Lafayette’s Center for Louisiana Studies is holding a house concert at Avery Island with local musicians David Greely, founding fiddler of Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys, currently performing solo and in GreelySavoyDuo and GumboJet, and Blake Miller, founding member of Pine Leaf Boys, curr

Former Ville Platte Police officer, 106, dies in house fire

Ville Platte firefighters responded to a residential structure fire at 1089 Robert F. Kennedy Drive in Ville Platte at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday, after neighbors reported smoke emanating from the home, a State Fire Marshal’s news release stated. (Photo courtesy of the Louisiana State Fire Marshal)

State Fire Marshal investigators continue to piece together clues as to what started a fire that claimed the life of one of Louisiana’s longest-living citizens Saturday morning.

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Sports

MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.

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Karla Bellon, left, and Michelle Brown shop Saturday at Gossip Boutique during the annual Noel on The Prairie.

The 17th annual Noel on the Prairie held Saturday and Sunday in Eunice drew many pre-holiday shoppers with 32 Eunice merchants offering customers discounts and sales. Above are shoppers at Holly’s Hobbies. (Photos by Myra Miller)

Obituaries

Irice Ann Darbonne Lavergne passed away on Thursday November 17, 2016 at the age of 73.
Burial will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.

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