Eunice News

The Eunice Mayor is refusing to reimburse the Council on Aging despite a claim from the Attorney General that he has no right to do so.

St. Landry Parish property taxes are due by Dec. 31 and Quen Gallien, chief deputy tax collector, said her office in the courthouse is already very busy.

Ann Dubuisson Sturgill has just published a massive history of both St. Landry Parish and many of its earliest families, and numerous groups are coming together to celebrate.

The Queen Cinema, a downtown Eunice landmark since 1937, is getting a new lease on life thanks to a $10,000 matching grant from the Louisiana Main Street program.

The Eunice High Bobcats made quick work of its first-round opponent with a 40-12 win over the John McDonogh Trojans.

Lydia Ann Marks and Jonathon Brock Soley exchanged wedding vows on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at Oak Alley in Vacherie, Louisiana.

If you are going to Eunice's "November to Remember" celebration Saturday, don't forget to check out the 20 local merchants who will be hosting this year's Noel on the Prairie.

Nov. 13-15. Family night on Thursday, carnival rides, cracklin' cook-off, games, great music and a parade at 10 a.m. Saturday.

About 1,000 pounds of non-perishable food had been collected by noon Tuesday at the offices of four local chiropractors.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: n Keaton Tremell Darby, 24, 151 Kenneth Boagni Sr.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Michael Roland Ponthieux, 28, 169 Bear St., Port Barre, failure to appear on charges of posession of a Schedule II drug.

For Lyn Fontenot, local landmarks are a source of inspiration for her art. She captures in watercolor the buildings that represent the architectural history of a city or town.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Dwight Carrier, 35, 1020 Garland Ave., Opelousas, driving while intoxicated, driving under suspension, improper lane usage, bench warrant for failure to appear for arraignment on charges of driving while intoxicated and driving under suspension and a ...

St. Landry Parish will hold its second annual hazardous household waste disposal day Saturday in both Eunice and Opelousas.

Poet Jack B. Bedell, the Woman's Hospital Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Southeastern, caught more from a mosquito than West Nile virus.

A Eunice woman has been arrested after she allegedly attempted to hire a hit man to kill her husband and his new girlfriend.

There is never a better time to look for ghosts than Halloween and members of Louisiana Spirits, a group of paranormal investigators, recently stopped by the Liberty Theater in Eunice in an attempt to find them.

Ten suspected Eunice area drug dealers are behind bars on various charges, and more arrests are expected following a major drug sweep by officers with the St.

Residents in one Eunice neighborhood are fed up with the break-ins and burglaries and what they say is a lack of police response.

The various municipalities in St. Landry Parish have announced their official trick-or-treat times.