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A two-vehicle accident on Laurel Avenue, U.S. 190, in front of Taco Bell Friday afternoon sent six people, including adults and children, to Acadian Medical Center with various injuries. Eunice police, firefighters, city marshals and Acadian Ambulance responded to the accident.

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States.
The court ruled 5-4 that states will have to stop enforcing bans on same-sex marriages.

Unusually excessive rainfall and cloudy days have been a challenge for growing rice, but it’s too early to become pessimistic about this year’s crop, according to the director of the LSU AgCenter Rice Research Station.

Darrell Guillory, publisher of The Eunice News and chief operating officer of Louisiana State Newspapers, was elected to a three-year term on the board of the Louisiana Press Association, the statewide organization of 120 member publications.

Louisiana’s governor historically wields more power than counterparts across the United States: handpicking leadership in both chambers of the Louisiana Legislature, setting State Bond Commission agendas and possessing line-item veto authority.