The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Oct. 26
09:20 Stop sign ran over.
14:05 Wreck at LSUE at Tigerland.
14:47 Theft at in the 300 block of McKenzie.
16:01 Wreck at Chevron.
16:14 Theft in the 700 block of South 6th.
08:47 Money taken from residents by ex-spouse in the 700 block of South 13th.
10:49 Caller said white Dodge Charger on La. 13 passed the Mowata Store traveling at a high rate of speed. Subject is stopped in the middle of the road with his head back.
12:44 Stolen dog and necklace in the 100 block of Julia.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Oct. 23
Raesha Joseph,, 19, 800 block of East Maple Street. Serving 10 days for simple battery.
Johnathon J. Arabie, 25, 400 block of South of College, Eunice. Theft.
Unofficial Results
Governor
Runs in multiple parishes
94 of 94 precincts reporting: 100% - absentee: 100%
From the October 2003 files of The Eunice News.
A national publishing company has selected two music books by Eunice Symphony Orchestra founder Nancy Simon for publication, bringing to seven the number she has written.
It was front-page news all across the area in late October 1902 when Southern Pacific announced a new schedule that offered two trains a day running across south Louisiana to connect New Orleans with San Francisco.
Jules Bouteleux, 30, and Juliette Duchange, 29, of Brussels, Belgium, look at the Mardi Gras exhibit at the Experience Louisiana Festival in the Continuing Education Building on the LSUE campus. (Photo by Myra Miller)
A Belgian couple learned about a traditional Mardi Gras at the Experience Louisiana Festival and plan to return in February for the Eunice celebration.
Family members of Elmo Quirk, the only police officer ever killed in the line of duty in Eunice, gathered at Eunice City Hall Wednesday for a flag presentation and raising. Quirk was killed by a drunken driver Jan. 4 1965. The flag was donated by Concerns of Police Survivors and will be given to the family later this week. From left, are Claire Quirk; Bobby Quirk; Alison Turk; Edie Quirk Turk; Eunice Police Department Detective Robert Brickley; Pam Quirk; Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot; Clarice Quirk, widow of Elmo Quirk; Bob Quirk; Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot; Deputy Chief Richard Daigle; Detective Sgt. A.J. Frank; and Juvenile Detective Stephanie Myers. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Family members of Elmo Quirk, the only police officer ever killed in the line of duty in Eunice, gathered at Eunice City Hall Wednesday for a flag presentation and raising. Quirk was killed by a drunken driver Jan. 4 1965.
Torie Theriot
(Submitted Photo)
Once you leave Wheel of Fortune, you can never go back.
The Eunice Fire Department is taking applications for Toys for Tots, and the deadline to fill out an application is Nov. 25.
Dancing at the Experience Louisiana Festival on Oct. 18 at Louisiana State University Eunice campus.
Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot speaks to the Eunice Kiwanis Club. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Scott Fontenot, named interim Eunice mayor, said it has been a smooth transition switching from his council seat to the top job at City Hall.
“I’m not going to do anything major,” he said Thursday at a Eunice Kiwanis Club meeting. “I am going to run for mayor in March.”
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.
