Aquaculture experts from the LSU AgCenter will speak at a meeting for crawfish producers on Oct. 18.
The session will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Toups Crawfish, 3695 Basile-Eunice Highway, Basile, Louisiana.

From St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz
MYTH: Domestic violence doesn’t affect many people.
A woman is beaten every nine seconds.
The American Medical Association (AMA) and FBI estimate 3 to 4 million women are battered each year in the U.S.

Opelousas native Patrick Jenkins was selected as school superintendent by the St. Landry Parish School Board on a 7-6 vote with a key vote cast by a Eunice board member. 
“I’m overjoyed,” Jenkins said after Wednesday’s vote, but he acknowledged the split on the board. 

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
Oct. 6
06:52 Man bringing female juvenile to Acadian Medical Center. Possible rape.
08:51 Break-in in the 200 block of Childs.
09:43 Lobby complaint about stolen trash can.

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Oct. 7
Earma Jane Robinson, 57, 1700 block of Caddo Street, Opelousas. Failure to return leased movable.
Aaron Edward Alumbaugh, 43, 300 block of Woodruff, McCrory Arkansas. theft of goods.