The Eunice Fire Department is taking applications for Toys for Tots, and the deadline to fill out an application is Nov. 25.
Fiddle players take a class during the Blackpot Camp at Lakeview Park and Beach. The event is part of the Blackpot Festival, which will be this Saturday and Sunday in Vermilionville. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Music, dancing and food are all slices of the pie that make up Louisiana’s history, and out-of-towners are camping out to get a piece of the action.
St. Landry Parish’s unemployment was 7.8 percent in September, down from 8.1 percent a year ago, but the number of people employed and looking for jobs dropped over the year, a report by the Louisiana Workforce Commission shows.
St. Landry Parish School Superintendent Edward Brown.
(The Eunice News file photo)
Eunice third- through eighth-grade students generally outperformed the St. Landry Parish district scores in the recently released Common Core tests, but fell short of the state composite scores.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Oct. 29
Joshua J. Pete, 36, 300 block of Miller Road, Opelousas. Failure to return leased movable.
