Ernest Gaines (Photo courtesy of Ernest J. Gaines Center)
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette announced that the Ernest J. Gaines Center, located on the third floor of the Edith Garland Dupré Library, is the recipient of a National Endowment of the Humanities Grant to hold a summer institute from May 30 to June 24 entitled “Ernest J.
A check for $3,000 was presented to the LSUE Foundation from the Experience Louisiana Festival proceeds. The presentation was made on the campus Thursday. The festival was was held in October for the first time on the campus. From left, are Kelly Pitre, Angelle Bellard, Scott Fontenot, Kimberly Russell, Dwight Jodon, John Pucheu, Pat Dossman and Marion “Nootsie” Sattler. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The LSUE Foundation received a $3,000 check from the Experience Louisiana Festival held for the first time on the LSUE campus.
The festival was held Oct. 17 and 18 and drew about 5,000 people for music, folk demonstrations, arts and crafts, poetry, a film festival, and food.
The Red Cross, Eunice Fire Department, First Baptist Church, Golden Star Baptist Church, Our Savior’s Church, other churches and individuals will be uniting in Eunice on Saturday to install free smoke alarms in homes that need them and teach people about what they can do now to be prepared should
The Kiwanis Club of Eunice is sponsoring a mayorall debate at 6 p.m. Feb. 18 at the Liberty Theater.
Amy Smith, of Bucyrus, Missouri, tries her hand at making a capuchon Saturday morning at the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center in Eunice. The event was one of the Mardi Gras events taking place Saturday in Eunice. A children’s run, boucherie and band open up today’s festivities in downtown Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
By Harlan Kirgan
Editor
The Eunice Mardi Gras celebration began Friday evening on a chilly note, which is expected to last through the big party on Tuesday.
After Supt. Edward Brown announced that June Inhern, a white woman, had been hired as supervisor of individualized instruction, two black St. Landry Parish School Board members voiced complaints.
Celeste Gomez, right, St. Landry Parish Tourism executive director, hands Coby Clavier, left, information on the tourism commission. At center is Harold Taylor, St. Landry Parish Council chairman. Clavier, of Eunice, was elected chairman of the Parish Council’s Public Works Committee at Wednesday meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The St. Landry Parish Council appears headed to ending verbatim accounts of its meetings published in its legal notices.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Feb. 4
Juvenile, 12, Eunice. Ungovernable juvenile and curfew violation.
Juvenile, 15, Eunice. Ungovernable juvenile and curfew violation.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
radio logs
Feb. 4
07:06 Stolen vehicle in the 200 block of South Cane.
07:44 Woman calling for the 400 block of Bacciochi said boyfriend hit her last night.
The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office wants to warn all Acadiana residents that professional criminal “scammers” are hard at work trying to steal from our citizens.
The Prairie Acadian Culture Center will be open from (:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today through Saturday. The center closes on Sunday and will reopen for Monday and Tuesday.
The center’s events include:
The Eunice Mardi Gras schedule include the following.
MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.
Dash cam footage of the shooting of the 6-year-old in Marksville.
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)
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.
