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In a move that would result in Entergy customers saving hundreds of millions of dollars in repair costs to electricity systems after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Louisiana Legislature passed Act 55 during a regular session in 2007.

LSU at Eunice officials hosted their first Emergency Preparedness Information Meeting, allowing administrators and key staff members to discuss the university’s emergency plans with local law enforcement and emergency professionals.

Advanced Metal Construction of Opelousas has awarded the contract to replace faulty asbestos panels at Eunice High School.

From files of The Eunice News:

April 1947

Louis McGee, owner of Modern Electric Supply Co., was named manager of the Tri-Parish Fair by its board of directors. He succeeds Earl R. Stagg, who resigned to enter private business. Stagg has opened his new men’s and boys’ clothing store next to the Queen Theatre.

By Jim Butler

jimenews@bellsouth.net

St. Landry School Board member Harry Fruge of Eunice has had to wait but intends to again ask for a specific plan to address shortcomings noted in the board’s annual audit.

By Jim Butler

jimenews@bellsouth.net

The number of vacant jobs in the Lafayette area, which includes Eunice, dropped 20 percent in the most recent available survey.

Former Eunice Mayor J. Curtis Joubert has been appointed to the La. Tourism Development Commission.

Investigation continues into an early morning head-on collision on La. 13 North at Duralde, near Highway 374, that killed a Mamou man.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Layne Richard of Eunice has been arrested after an investigation allegedly revealed he was using illegal drugs, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Neither Mayor Bob Morris nor City Attorney Jacque Pucheu wants to discuss publicly Morris’ letter asking Pucheu to resign.