The following are arrests by Eunice police.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Feb. 19
05:27 Unknown individual knocking on door and window in the 600 block of West Ash.
11:08 Theft of money and fighting in the 400 block of East Vine.
Fish Fry dinners at St. Mathilda every Friday
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.
LSUE computer information and technology instructor Laurie Seeder leads an exercise in the school’s new computer lab in Manuel Hall. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
The computer information and technology department at LSUE now has a new computer lab for students to learn hands-on skills.
Belly Buddies, a program to provide students with snacks on weekends when they are away from school, has grown from seven students to 25 students at Glendale Elementary.
Rick Nesbitt holds up two 45 rpm records that include Bill Haley’s “Shake, Rattle and Roll” song at a recent Eunice Kiwanis Club meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Rick Nesbitt, owner of KEUN AM & FM radio station, is in the business of playing records, but it seems to go deeper than that.
Nesbitt estimates he has about 150,000 records, the vinyl kind that provided the music for generations before tape, CD and digital downloads.
Three candidates running for Eunice mayor in a special election on March 5 spoke at a forum Thursday at the Liberty Theater. The event was sponsored by the Eunice Kiwanis Club. Seated from left on the stage, backs to camera, are William Thompson, Roland Miller and Scott Fontenot. Standing is Kenneth Pitre, moderator. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
Candidates for Eunice mayor stated their cases in a forum at the Liberty Center as the March 5 special election nears.
Three of the four candidates, Scott Fontenot, Roland Miller and William “Bill” Thompson, spoke at the event Thursday. Candidate Tim Longman did not particpate.
Heidi Pitre
Business owner and pediatrician are gainful careers, but two LSUE students are worried about the future of the TOPS program and what could happen to how they fund their education for their future careers.
St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot
The six new St. Landry Parish Council members began to assert themselves at their second regular meeting.
The council rejected an ordinance that would have directed members to have their expense reports approved by the parish president.
Early voting for the March 5 election continues through Saturday.
The office is closed Sunday. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Persons must present picture identification with the voter’s signature.
Fire District 3, St. Landry Parish’s largest fire district, has been operating at a deficit the past three years and is relying on a $2.1 million reserve fund to keep operations afloat, a fire district administrator said.
Capt. Clay Higgins, St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office public information officer and St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers spokesperson, records a Crime Stoppers segment in front of the sheriff’s office headquarters in Opelousas on Wednesday. Higgins was joined by law enforcement officers and leaders of the St. Landry Parish community in taping the segment, which was directed at ending street gang violence in St. Landry parish and in the region. Louisiana State Police investigators are searching for the remaining, wanted fugitives of the Gremlins criminal gang. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
More than 40 law enforcement officers and community leaders gathered in a show of force against street gang violence as they filmed a St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers segment Wednesday morning.
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.
