Two combines are used to harvest rice in Acadia Parish. Farmers in south Louisiana reported a drop in their first crop, but many of them had an excellent second crop yield. (Photo by Bruce Schultz)
The 2015 Louisiana rice crop was a challenge for many farmers, with excessive rainfall in the south and hot temperatures in the north.
Unemployment rates in St. Landry and Evangeline parishes dropped in November from year-ago levels, but the number of people working also declined.
A few area restaurants are serving boiled crawfish, and more places will be serving them as the season picks up in the new year. College Junction Mudbugs is selling boiled crawfish for $6.29 a pound. (File Photo)
Those looking to curb their crawfish cravings can find a handful of places in the area serving boiled mudbugs.
The Eunice Rotary Club is looking for a citizen who has shown extraordinary community spirit and given outstanding service to the community as the organization accepts nominations for the 2015 Citizen of the Year Award.
As the next governor and Legislature segues into a new term, the Louisiana Republican Party is transitioning into a new era as well.
It’s top leadership role is up for grabs as questions percolate about which elected officials will claim ownership of the party infrastructure.
On Christmas Eve, members of Our Savior’s Church in Eunice, led by the Rev. Jamie Tyler, pastor, delivered 18 mattresses to the three Eunice Fire Department stations. Fire Chief Michael Arnold said, “Everyone can now rest comfortably while on duty.
Phillip DeVillier
The October election brought change to the Eunice-area political landscape.
Phillip DeVillier won the election for District 41 state representative. DeVillier will follow three-term Rep. Mickey Guillory into the office.
Guillory was term-limited out of the office.
Memorials appeared at the house at the corner of 750 South 4th Street in Eunice after a mother killed her daughters, set the house on fire and then killed herself in September. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Homecoming week at Eunice High started off on a sad note as students at the school learned their schoolmate Julia Watford, 16, and her younger sister Jayia, 9, had died by the hands of their own mother during a murder-suicide.
The LSU Eunice players celebrate in the infield after winning the 2015 NJCAA Divsion II baseball national championship in Enid, Oklahoma. (Photo by Tom Dodge)
Their backs were against the wall after losing to Western Oklahoma State College earlier in the NJCAA Division II World Series.
After a 16-14 marathon win over UCONN-Avery Point that lasted to nearly five hours on Thursday, LSU Eunice had to beat Western twice on Saturday.
Jim Brown
Do you make New Year’s resolutions? I always do. A New Year always brings with it promise and uncertainty, but the coming year brings with it a greater foreboding than we have experienced in the past.
Mark Savoy, right, leads a jam session similar to one held on Saturday mornings at the Savoy Music Center. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The first Experience Louisiana Festival Festival was a completely ambitious event on the LSUE campus that was 18 months in the making and a pleasant surprise to festival-goers.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Dec. 30
08:12 Attempted burglary at the ball park. Someone tried to break into the building containing equipment.
09:04 Wreck at True Value.
12:03 Wreck at Murphy USA.
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.
