Louisiana State Police Troop I reminds everyone to make sure safety and sober driving is the number one priority this New Years. Louisiana State Police Troop I will be implementing the DWI “No Refusal” checkpoints this New Year’s week, news release stated.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Dec. 28
05:55 Shoplifting at Walmart.
06:56 Break-in at Tri-Parish Dryer at 601 East Baccochi.
10:29 Laptop and Kindle Fire missing from residence in the 400 block of Eula.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Dec. 28
Robert John Veillon II, 27, 900 block of 9th Street, Mamou. Bench warrant on original charges of driving under suspension, and improper display of license plate.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff.
Dec. 28
Individuals and businesses who have fallen behind on their taxes have three days remaining to take advantage of Louisiana Tax Amnesty 2015.
Eunice police say a man who took a swing at another man on Christmas Day outside Kim’s Market on Laurel Avenue ended getting shot three times.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Dec. 24
Kelly Nicole Trahan, 23, 300 block of Perrotti Street, Eunice. Simple battery.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice police radio logs.
Dec. 24
04:35 Stolen vehicle from 400 block of South 2nd.
06:57 Woman reported smelling gas in her home in the 1300 block of Bruce Avenue.
From the December 1993 files of The Eunice News
The Rotary Club named newspaper editor Jerry Hoffpauir its Citizen of the Year.
There are now 15 politicos — some running, some thinking about it and others simply being encouraged — who are in the hunt to replace U.S. Sen. David Vitter in 2016.
Swamp Pop Museum Director Janie Knighten is seen standing in front of a mock stage set up with clothes worn by Swamp Pop musicians and instruments played by those musicians. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth West)
Josh Miller, of Church Point, is one of the founding members of the Louisiana Blood Trailing Network. The Facebook group was founded to assist deer hunters with locating their shot deer as well as to provide real time training for tracking dogs. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
By Claudette Olivier
You wait all day, and just before shooting time ends, that big buck that has been taunting you on your trail camera all season moves right into the crosshairs of your rifle. You fire, the deer jumps and darts off into the shadows of the sunset.
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.
