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A Mardi Gras weekend reception for Le Courir – Explorations of Community and Culture in a World turned upside-down – artwork by Herb Roe will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 at the Jean Lafitte National Park & Preserve, Prairie Acadian Cultural Center, 250 W.

From files of The Eunice News:
January 1926

A power plant for Eunice, which will supply electricity to Ville Platte, Mamou and Iota, is likely, at a construction cost of $500,000.

It’s a case of “drainage and clean ditches” versus “books and reading”.
Either way, a parish-wide property tax proposal is likely coming this year.

Narcotics officers discovered an active meth lab in a Highway 13 apartment shortly after 2:00 p.m. Friday.

Acadian Medical Center’s First Baby of 2014 is Kennedy Rae Fontenot, daughter of Troy Fontenot and Ashtyn Lavergne of Pine Prairie. The baby girl, born on Jan. 2 at 4:28 p.m., weighed 5 pounds and 10 ounces, and is 17-3/4 inches in length.