The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
radio logs
Jan. 15
07:06 New slaughterhouse needs a officer to stand by while they pour concrete.
09:14 Woman from the 400 block of Pearl said a man threatened to kill them.
The St. Landry Parish Council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Old City Market, 131 W. Bellevue St., Opelousas, for a regular meeting, which include a public hearing. The agenda is attached.
The Rev. Eddie Castor, pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church, Eunice, was the keynote speaker a prayer breakfast Saturday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
A prayer breakfast celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. presented reminders that the United States continues its struggle to travel the road blazed by the civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39.
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot, left, congratulates Michael Dunn on his promotion from sergeant to lieutenant at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen’s meeting. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan.)
Eunice police used their Tasers four or five times in 2015, down from up to 35 times in 2014, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said at a Board of Aldermen’s meeting Tuesday.
Fontenot said the reduction in the use of the stun gun is related to increased training of police.
Mardi Gras is just a bite of king cake away, and the festivities in Eunice kick off Feb. 3 with the Eunice Community Health Center’s 6th Annual Taster’s Choice event.
The first week on a new job is always a whirlwind, especially when the new desk is in the state’s House of Representatives.
The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department closed the public comment period last week on its proposed rule to begin selling advertisements to private companies.
Grégor Trumel, consul general of France in Louisiana, is to attend a reception following the screening of “Voyagers Without Trace” at the 11th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival in Lafayette on Wednesday. (Submitted Photo)
The 11th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival’s opening night feature film will be “Voyagers Without Trace,” which will screen at the Acadiana Center for the Arts at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, followed by a reception with Grégor Trumel, consul general of France in Louisiana.
Former Mamou Police Chief Robert McGee was sentenced Thursday to one year and a day in prison for depriving an inmate at the Mamou jail of his federally protected rights.
The sentence relates to an incident where McGee used a Taser on a compliant inmate.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT: NYSE) today announced plans to close 269 stores in the U.S. and globally.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Jan. 15
A Eunice man seated unrestrained in the backseat of a car was killed in a two-vehicle collision at about 6 p.m. Monday on U.S. 190 at Beck Milller Road west of Eunice, a State Police Troop I report stated.
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.
