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Eunice police used their Tasers four or five times in 2015, down from up to 35 times in 2014, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said at a Board of Aldermen’s meeting Tuesday.
Fontenot said the reduction in the use of the stun gun is related to increased training of police.

Mardi Gras is just a bite of king cake away, and the festivities in Eunice kick off Feb. 3 with the Eunice Community Health Center’s 6th Annual Taster’s Choice event.

The first week on a new job is always a whirlwind, especially when the new desk is in the state’s House of Representatives.

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department closed the public comment period last week on its proposed rule to begin selling advertisements to private companies.

The 11th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival’s opening night feature film will be “Voyagers Without Trace,” which will screen at the Acadiana Center for the Arts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, followed by a reception with Grégor Trumel, consul general of France in Louisiana.