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The Eunice branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles and some other DMV offices around the state are under fire.
The Eunice News reported in November 2013 that sources speculated that the Eunice branch could face closure, as part of the Jindal administration’s budget rimming.

A man driving a stolen car led police on a 100-mph chase early Tuesday before hitting a bridge railing and being arrested.
While on patrol an officer observed a Dodge Stratus disobey a stop sign about 3 a.m. at the intersection of W Magnolia and Samuel Drive.

Former Eunice mayor Lynn LeJeune confirms that she has taken the post of president/CEO of the Opelousas-St. Landry Chamber of Commerce.
She said Tuesday that she will begin the job on Friday.
She succeeds Frankie Bertrand, who she called “a legend.”

The city of Eunice grew by three acres as a result of a vote at the Tuesday night Eunice City Council meeting.

Summer will be a season of completed city projects in Eunice, project that have long been delayed.