By November the St. Landry Parish School Board is to have $10 million to spend on capital improvements such as new schools.
Eric LaFleur, bond attorney, told the board’s Building, Lands Sites Committee Monday, that a list of projects needs to be developed by Oct. 15.
Hurricane Katrina inundated New Orleans, but on the Mississippi Gulf Coast the Category 3 storm blew and washed away lives and buildings in a Monday morning siege of fury.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Aug. 25
11:49 Damage to property at Bellard’s Home Medical.
12:24 Damage to property at Best Western room.
12:35 Gas drive off at Murphy gas station.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Aug. 25
Joseph Paul Lafleur, 32, 100 block of Greenway Drive, Church Point. Criminal mischief and felony theft.
As part of the St. Landry Parish Smooth Ride Home rural road improvement program, the following roads of Phases 1A and 2A will be addressed today, Wednesday through Saturday.
Wednesday: Chretien Point Road, Phase 1A – shoulder work
Jason DeVillier, Acadiana Regional Airport director, addresses reporters, industry representatives and public officials at a news conference at South Louisiana Community College in New Iberia on Aug. 20. Backing him up are (from left) Dr. Natalie Harder, SLCC chancellor; UL Lafayette president Dr. Joseph Savoie; Dr. Mark Zappi, dean of the College of Engineering, UL Lafayette; Raymond Reaux, vice president of Engineering, Fenstermaker; Jason El Koubi, One Acadiana president and CEO; One Acadiana chairman Joe Zanco; Michael Tarantino, president and CEO, Iberia Industrial Development Foundation; and Erroll Babineaux, vice president, Air Services, Acadian Companies. ( Photo by Ken Grissom)
South Louisiana Community College needs to be able to train commercial pilots.
UL Lafayette needs a new facility for its growing engineering school.
Maybe it didn’t occur to the two guys alternately carrying and dragging a generator down a street that their behavior might catch the attention of onlookers.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Aug. 24
06:20 Two men running in the alley in the 400 block of Juanita with a generator. Two detained. Bolt cutters and flashlight recovered.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Aug. 24
Allen Ray Thomas, 49, 200 block of Bradley Street, Scott. Disturbing the peace by intoxication.
Corey Hannon, 38, 1400 block of Williams Avenue, Eunice. Illegal possession of a stolen firearm.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs. .
Aug. 20
06:55 Traffic wreck at Laurel and 4th.
07:05 Traffic wreck. Champagne’s.
08:33 Student at Central Middle does not want to go to class and does not like his haircut.
Eunice police report the following arrests.
Aug. 21
Jessica Lynn Rasberry, 23, 200 block of Ray LeJeune Road, Jennings. First offense DWI and careless operation.
Aug. 23
Donald Ray Ned, 60, 200 block of Child Street, Eunice. Simple burglary.
Jeffery Sylvester of Ville Platte
Jeffery Sylvester of Ville Platte will be honored as Rice Farmer of the Year during the 79th International Rice Festival Oct. 15-18, according to Troy Perry, festival president.
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.
