U.S. Sen. David Vitter
U.S. Sen. David Vitter has announced satellite office hours on Wednesday in St. Landry Parish.
Mary Ellen Donatto, a St. Landry Parish School Board member told Eunice Rotary Club members Tuesday she would like to see the parish’s truancy rate decrease and the graduation rate increase. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
By the lowering truancy rate and increasing the graduation rate, St. Landry Parish School Board member Mary Ellen Donatto believes that more businesses – and more tax dollars – will come into the parish.
Eunice police Lt. Ryan Young, left, and Detective Robert Brickley are shown outside the St. Landry Bank & Trust in Eunice after an armed robbery Thursday morning. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
By Harlan Kirgan
harlan.kirgan@eunicetoday.com
The following are excerpts from The Eunice Police radio logs.
July 2
05:49 Traffic stop, Amy Shopping Center; Citation.
08:00 Traffic stop, Purple Peacock.
The following are arrests by Eunice police.
July 2
Benjamin Guillory, 21, 201 N. East St., Eunice; Armed robbyer and illegal use of weapons.
David D. Gallow, 39, 110 W. Park Ave., Eunice; Second-degree battery.
St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers is searching for a man who used two excavators to destroy a recreational vehicle at Eunice Recycling Center on June 18, The Acadiana Advocate reports.
KATC-TV reports the man caused $27,000 in damage.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Arrests
July 1
07:33 7th and Bernice; Cable wire hanging.
09:25 Traffic wreck, Walmart; Citation.
12:14 Traffic wreck, Bobcat.
The following is an arrest by Eunice police.
July 1
Bobby Ray Vidrine, 29, 130 Mamie St., Eunice; Arrest warrant for indecent exposure.
Motorists throughout the state will notice a heightened law Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Commercial enforcement presence over the July 4th holiday, a Louisiana Highway Safety Commission news release stated.
Kenneth Peart, organizer of the City of Eunice’s Fourth of July fireworks display, has been preparing for Saturday’s show for a few weeks. The fireworks show will start at 9 p.m. Saturday. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
What does a $50,000 fireworks display look like?
Look at the sky above the Eunice Recreation Complex at 9 p.m. Saturday to find out.
Their relationship may be a 45-year-old history, but John Arabie and George White made history Tuesday morning as the first same-sex couple to be married in St. Landry Parish.
Tri-Parish unemployment rates for April remain above those of a year ago, according to not seasonally adjusted data released Tuesday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
St. Landry Parish’s unemployment rate in May was 8.2 percent, up from 7.2 percent a year ago in May.
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.
