A dental screening program is proposed for St. Landry Parish public schools that may start as soon as the next school year.
The dental program is through 232-HELP, an information service. The service also is accessed by dialing 211.
Louisiana’s overall labor force and those employed in the labor force continued to increase in April, according to seasonally adjusted data released Wednesday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon stated Acadia Parish narcotics agent arrests include the following.
Caleb Cart of Eunice stands in a rice field with his wife Katie and children Owen, Sloane and Hallee. Cart began farming for a living in 2005. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Many of those who enter the state’s farming industry are born into the business, but several first generation farmers are also breaking into the profession in St. Landry Parish.
Thaddeus Richard and Margaret Miller won the American Legion awards. Richard also won the Distinguished Service Award. (Submitted Photo)
St. Edmund Catholic School held its Class Night ceremony May 21.
Senior Paige Duplechin led the Passing of the Candle.
According to St. Edmund tradition, “Each year the passing of the candle plays a very important part in our ceremony.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
May 26
01:59 08, LSUE Drive; Woman said she hit a dog and was trying to find the owner.
06:30 Traffic stop, Maple; Citation.
08:37 Traffic stop, Maple and Corrine; Citation.
An Opelousas man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 months in prison for leaving a halfway house without permission, a news release from U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley stated.
Three roads are scheduled for work beginning today through the St. Landry Parish Smooth Ride Home program.
The work is dependent on weather conditions.
Parish government released the following schedule for Wednesday through Friday.
Shoulder work on Texas Eastern Road.
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. – May 26 – Dollar General has remodeled its store at 610 W. Canal St., Church Point, the company announced in a news release.
Alcohol was a factor in a single-vehicle wreck that occurred about midnight Monday on the eastbound Interstate 10 Service Road near the Iota/Estherwood exit, a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I stated.
The home of Mavis Fruge, recipient of Ordre des Palmes Academique and the 2013 Louisiana Culture Connection Louisiana Prix de la Franco-Responsabilite, lost her home of 39 years to fire on Tuesday.
Retired Eunice City Judge Lynette Young Feucht
Retired Eunice City Judge Lynette Young Feucht is to be honored at the first Distinguished Citizen Award Dinner on June 10 at Ruby’s Restaurant, 123 S. 2nd St., Eunice.
The dinner benefits the Evangeline Area Council of Boy Scouts of America.
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.
