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Kimberly Russell of Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas, was selected to replace retiring LSU Eunice Chancellor William J. Nunez III in June after Nunez retired, and Russell became the first female chancellor in the school’s history.

The story about the mayor’s job in Eunice was still unfolding as the year wound down as the Louisiana Supreme Court considered an appeal of a 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal decision that cleared the way for appointed mayor Scott Fontenot to run for the job.