Dr. Stephanie Aldret
Concussion treatment has evolved over the years, and Stephanie Aldret, D.O., with The Core Institute at Louisiana Orthopedic Specialists at the Acadian Medical Center, is working on a concussion research study with members of the Louisiana Ice Gators hockey team.
Bulb & Blossom Club meeting Monday
The Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club will meet at 5 p.m. Monday at at the residence of Melba Stelly.
This is the club’s annual plant exchange. All members are asked to attend and membership is welcomed to anyone interested.
A fire broke out in the smokehouse of Eunice Superette’s Eunice-Iota Highway location shortly after 9 a.m. Monday morning. The Eunice Fire Department, several St. Landry and Acadia parish fire districts as well as the Eunice Police Department and City Marshal’s Office responded to the incident. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Eunice Superette will celebrate two openings Monday — the reopening of its original location on the Iota Highway and the soft opening of its new location on Laurel Avenue.
This the vehicle that crashed in Ville Platte after the armed robbery of the Ville Platte Clinic Pharmacy on Monday. Ville Platte police arrested a man believed to be the driver, but the passenger eluded a manhunt. Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said his investigators are continuing to investigate whether the white car was used in connection with an armed robbery Monday of the Advance America Cash Advance. (Photo courtesy of Eunice Police Department)
Law enforcement agencies are still on the hunt for a Crowley man who they want to question about armed robberies in Eunice and Ville Platte on Monday.
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot reflects on his election Saturday. He is shown in the mayor’s office at the Eunice Municipal Complex on Tuesday morning. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Since November Scott Fontenot has been operating as Eunice’s interim mayor.
With Saturday’s election win, Fontenot is settling into the job as mayor without interim attached to it.
“It seems like it took forever, but it got here quickly,” he said.
Paul Anastasio, a former fiddler with Merle Haggard and Asleep at the Wheel, will lead an assemble cast in a tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Saturday night at the Liberty Theater. The show will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m., and admission is $5. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Paul Anastasio, a fiddler with Merle Haggard and Asleep at the Wheel, will lead an ensemble cast in a tribute to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Saturday night at the Liberty Theater.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
March 8
05:37 Lobby complaint. Woman said someone shot at her vehicle.
07:14 Central Middle School principal asked for assistance with kids hanging out at the store and along road near the school.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
March 8
Desmond Amos Guillory, 26, 800 block of South Beulah, Eunice. Aggravated second-degree battery.
A 74-year-old man died in a two-vehicle wreck at La. 93 and 723 at 3 p.m. Tuesday, a Louisiana State Police Troop I news release reported.
Paul Carrier, Eunice Street Department superintendent, helps fill sandbags Tuesday morning at the Eunice City Barn in anticipation of heavy rains through Thursday. In the background is Gerald Leger, also a city employee. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles is monitoring a large band of showers and thunderstorms across southeast Texas this afternoon. Between half an inch and one inch has already fallen in this area. Southeast winds of 20 to 25 mph were gusting over 30 mph across our entire region.
A 40-year-old Eunice man was shot two times in a domestic incident at about 10 p.m. Monday in the Beulah Gardens area, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.
The incident remained under investigation Tuesday morning, he said.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
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.
