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Master plan advances, awaits Board action

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 9:25pm

Jack Burson, right, talks about the city’s budget during a town hall meeting in July at the Eunice Municipal Complex. The meeting was about the need for a master plan for the city. Also shown, from left, are Don Reber, chairman of the Eunice Economic Development Committee; Bill Fontenot, St. Landry Parish Government president; Anthony Baltakis, moderator and an LSU Eunice history professor; and Jason Bertrand, an alderman. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The push for master plan in 2015 had tracks back to 2014, but 2015 was a break-out year to turn an idea to plan the city’s growth into reality.

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Man found in pool of blood in barbershop

Wed, 12/30/2015 - 1:56pm

Eunice police suspect a man wounded twice in a barbershop was intended to be killed Tuesday.
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said Rogers Allison 2nd, 39, was found in a pool of blood on the floor of Studio 412, 412 North Martin Luther King, at about 6:30 p.m.