A request for the St. Landry Parish Council to approve paying District 9 council member Wayne Ardoin’s $4,987 legal bill incurred while he defended himself against a suit filed by Parish President Bill Fontenot ignited a fiery response at a committee meeting Wednesday.

Cody Gotte, 40, of Iota was arrested by Kinder police and charged with third-degree rape and crime against nature involving his niece.
In the early morning hours of Nov. 20,
Kinder police responded to a complaint at a Kinder resident located on 3rd Avenue on Nov. 20.

Roland Miller is announcing his candidacy for mayor of Eunice in the March 5 election.
His announcement includes the following.
“I am a lifelong resident of the city of Eunice, with the exception of serving 20 years in the United States Army.

Qualifying for two Eunice elections slated for March 5 ended Friday with the field unchanged from the first day of qualifying.
Four people qualified to run for the expired term of mayor and three people qualified for the Ward 4 Board of Alderman seat.
Qualifying for mayor are:

The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Dec. 3
Devin Sonnier, 33, 300 block of Dulles Street, Eunice. Theft.
Seth Fuselier, 18, 1400 block of West Dudley, Eunice. Three counts of simple burglary, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and theft of a motor vehicle.