The following is from the May 1999 files of The Eunice News.
Eunice High School history teacher Deborah E. Tatman was awarded the James Madison Fellowship. Only one fellowship was awarded by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation of Washington, D.C., in each state.
Starting Monday, the Click It Or Ticket campaign begins. The campaign continues through June 5.
Police Chief Randy Fontenot said the campaign allows more police to be on the road concentrating on traffic violations, particularly seat belts and child safety restraints.
Eunice Mayor Scott Fotnenot speaks to the Eunice Kiwanis Club. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The replacement of the bridge on Maple Avenue at the Bobcat Drive intersection may start by summer, Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot told Eunice Kiwanis Club members Thursday.
St. Landry School Board members, from left, Mary Ellen Donatto, Raymond Cassimere and Randy Wagley confer during the board's May 19 special meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
State budget cuts dipped into the pockets of St. Landry Parish public school teachers to reduce a $542 supplemental paycheck to $433 this month.
Kirsten Brown-Thomas, St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency executive director, speaks at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on May 18. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Eunice residents area to be notified of Community Action Agency offerings
Kirsten Brown-Thomas, St. Landry Parish Community Action Agency executive director
The city of Eunice received a 7 ft. by 14 ft. trailer to be used for debris removal and litter abatement from the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission. The commission is allocated $1,600 a month for a litter abatement program in Eunice, which utilizes city inmates.
Leading the LSUE faculty at the commencement ceremony Friday were, from right, Chancellor Kimberly Russell; Scott Angelle, a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors and Public Service Commission; and State Rep. Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, who was the commencement speaker. See more photos from the LSUE graduation at eunicetoday.com. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
LSUE awarded 193 degrees to students from across the state Friday morning.
LSUE Chancellor Kimberly Russell said, “I would like to congratulate you. It takes hard work and dedication to complete an academic credential, and you have persevered.”
Mariyah Aucoin
Three people are charged and a fourth person is sought in a pre-dawn home invasion-armed robbery that occurred May 16 on East Peach Avenue in Eunice.
The following is an arrest by Eunice Police.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
LSU’s class of 2015-16 was a groundbreaking one for the university in many areas with new records for African American, Hispanic, female, veteran and overall graduation numbers.
At the spring commencement ceremony on Friday, May 13, at total of 4,102 degrees were awarded – the largest amount of degrees awarded at a single commencement surpassing last year’s 3,977 degrees awarded in the spring.
Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette will ordain the latest class of deacon candidates to the permanent diaconate in two separate ceremonies which are scheduled for Sunday and June 4. Both ceremonies will take place at the Cathedral of St.
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.
