From June 1 to Thursday, Oct. 22, the Eunice Fire Department responded to four times the number of grass fires it did during the same time period last year.
(Photo by Claudette Olivier)
The Eunice Fire Department, Eunice Police Department, Eunice City Marshal's Office and Acadia Parish Sheriff's Department responded to a mobile home fire in the 300 block of Corn Street just after 8 a.m. Tuesday.
Kelsie Richardson, a junior at Eunice High School, wears the initials of her late classmate Julia Watford during a balloon release at the Northwest Community Center. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
There was one fewer Eunice High Bobcat fan cheering in the stands for the homecoming game Friday night, and the absence of Julia Watford will never be forgotten by her classmates, including best friend Meghan Guillory.
Celebrations of life will be held for Carla Watford, 39, and her daughters, Julia, 16, and Jayia Watford, 9, at 1 p.m. Saturday at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Eunice.
State Fire Marshal H. "Butch" Browning, third from left, said the deaths of a Eunice mother and her two daughters Sunday was a murder-suicide. Browning spoke at news conference Monday afternoon at the Eunice City Hall. Browning said Carla Watford, 39, shot Julie Watford, 16, and Jayia Watford, 9, in the master bedroom of a house at 750 S. 4th St., early Sunday morning, the set the house on fire before killing herself. From left, are Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot; Lance Carruth, assistant chief with the fire marshal's office; Browning; and Eunice Fire Chief Mike Arnold. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
A Eunice mother shot her 16- and 9-year-old daughters with a handgun, set their home on fire and then shot herself, State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning Jr. said Monday at a news conference at the Eunice City Hall.
