The following is an arrest by Eunice police.
Feb. 10
Stephen Arvie, 42, of 2000 Betty Street, Eunice. Money warrant for domestic abuse.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Feb. 10
12:09 Theft at 300 block of Beulah.
12:16 Wreck at Rodney and Laurel.
13:59 Wreck at LSUE and Tigerlane. Acadia Parish sheriff.
15:21 Break-in in the 500 block of South 3rd Street.
Love Laid Down Revival in Crowley
There will be a Love Laid Down Revival Friday through Sunday with The Tennessee Fire Team travel ministry giving messages and music.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Feb. 11
Parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua gathered at the church to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday. Easter Sunday is March 27. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
The Lenten season has begun, and parishioners of St. Anthony of Padua gathered at the church to receive ashes on Ash Wednesday.
Kathleen Peters, a parishioner, said, “Ash Wednesday is for the future. God is good. God is very, very good.”
Eunice sales tax revenues in 2015 were about 1 percent higher than collected in 2014, according to a report by the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
Collections in 2015 totaled $5,257,497 compared to $5,205,883 in 2014, a $51,598 increase.
DNA tests identified the body found Feb. 1 in a wooded area in Eunice as that of Akeem Addidis Ceasar, 22, of Eunice, Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.
Ceasar had been shot, he said, but additional details were not released.
The death has been ruled the result of a homicide.
The St. Landry Parish Council on Aging Mardi Gras Dance was held from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at the Northwest Community Center in Eunice. Music was provided by Big J. & the Zydeco Dog Pound. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
The St. Landry Parish Council on Aging Mardi Gras Dance was held from 1 to 3 p.m. Monday at the Northwest Community Center in Eunice. Music was provided by Big J. & the Zydeco Dog Pound. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot has received several complaints in reference to stolen political campaign signs inside city limits at various locations.
“I know from past experience, these campaigns signs are expensive,” said Fontenot.
The intersection of Walnut and 2nd streets in Eunice filled with a Mardi Gras crowd that reached an estimated 5,000 people. The crowd pictured was in front of the stage as Paul Daigle and Cajun Gold performed at about 1:30 p.m. The day’s festivities began at 6 a.m. when the Eunice Mardi Gras Association opened registration for its run through the country that includes a parade through downtown Eunice at about 3 p.m. More photographs from the Mardi Gras in Eunice are on Pages 5 and 6. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The Eunice Mardi Gras tradition stayed alive with thousands of people filling the city’s downtown participating in parades, parade-watching, dancing, shopping and eating.
Interim Mayor Scott Fontenot said it was the biggest crowd he had seen in the downtown.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Feb. 10
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Feb. 8
Joseph Chauvin, no age, 7300 block of Baudin Road, Maurice. Disturbing the peace.
Brock Ruppert, 40, 1400 block of Athabaska Street, Eunice. Two counts of domestic abuse battery.
Feb. 9
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.
