The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
March 17
04:45 Advised that there is tire blocking the road at 2nd and Maple.
09:18 Loose dog at Pearl and Armide.
09:44 Manhole cover open at 7th and Maple.
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is monitoring major flooding on the Sabine, Neches, and Calcasieu Rivers.
Results from the 2016 Louisiana Survey show that Louisiana residents are disgruntled with the direction of the state, increasingly dismayed with economic conditions, and have little confidence in government to solve the state’s most important problems.
Fish fry dinners at St. Mathilda
The St. Mathilda Church Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor fish-dinner fundraiser plate lunches from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. every Friday at the Bishop Ceaser Center.
A donation of $8 will be accepted.
The Police Jury Association hosted a U.S. Senate forum earlier this month and it offered an early preview of what the leading candidates will be talking about on the campaign trail and which ones are likely to bump heads first.
The Eunice Rotary Club and the Experience Louisiana Festival will host its first Chef Series on April 1, featuring Tala Ehsan, a food and travel blogger at www.hungrynomad.net.
Brett Garcille, left, Brett Manuel and Lee Miller limited out on a hunt during last year’s teal season. Larry Reynolds, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Waterfowl Leader, said big duck season harvest reports from the St. Landry Parish area were extremely poor. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
The 2015/2016 waterfowl seasons came to an end March 7 with the close of the conservation order on light geese, and many hunters are bidding good riddance to an awful hunting season.
Danny Lyons, right, of Church Point, has a tablet computer in front of him at The St. Landry Economic Development District board meeting on Tuesday. Bill Rodier, executive director, said the district bought 20 of the tablets at total cost of $2,000. Rodier expects the tablets will save the district more than the cost of copying. Also shown, clockwise from left, are board members Jack Ortego, of Washington, Lynn Lejeune, of Eunice, and Link Savoie, of Sunset. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
There were reports of developments in St. Landry Parish despite the slowdown in the oil and gas industry at a meeting of the St. Landry Parish Economic Industrial Development District Board.
BATON ROUGE – New seasonally-adjusted federal data for 2015 show Louisiana lost more jobs than earlier estimated, in large part weighed down by the impact of low oil prices, a news release from the Louisiana Workforce Commission stated.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
March 16
08:46 Lobby complaint about stolen cell phone.
09:25 Plank with nails sticking it out it on the road near Coburns.
10:53 Woman advised her front door was open in he 200 block of Julia.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
March 16
Terrel W. Watson, 54, 300 block of Kyries Hebert Street, Eunice. Simple battery.
Devin Paul Sonnier, 33, 200 block of North St. Joseph, Eunice. Bench warrant for parking in handicapped area.
A third arrest has been made in connection with a Mamou stabbing that occurred during Mardi Gras.
KATC-TV first reported the arrest on Wednesday.
MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.
Dash cam footage of the shooting of the 6-year-old in Marksville.
Karla Bellon, left, and Michelle Brown shop Saturday at Gossip Boutique during the annual Noel on The Prairie.
The 17th annual Noel on the Prairie held Saturday and Sunday in Eunice drew many pre-holiday shoppers with 32 Eunice merchants offering customers discounts and sales. Above are shoppers at Holly’s Hobbies. (Photos by Myra Miller)
Irice Ann Darbonne Lavergne passed away on Thursday November 17, 2016 at the age of 73.
Burial will be held at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.
