The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
March 17
05:13 3500 block of U.S.190, caller advised a male subject refuses to leave the emergency room.
07:47 Traffic stop, South 9th Street and Fairground; one citation.
Lynick J. Birotte
A 28-year-old man who is called a crack dealer by St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz lost a fight with a deputy at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday on the I-49 Service Road.
Panelists, left to right, were Dr. E. Joseph Savoie, University of Louisiana at Lafayette president; Dr. King Alexander, LSU president; Dr. Sandra Woodley, University of Louisiana System president; Dr. Natalie Harder, South Louisiana Community College president; and Dr. Joseph Rallo, state commissioner of higher education.
(Submitted Photo)
From the University of Louisiana Lafayette
Higher education leaders delivered a united message Monday: further reductions in state funding will hinder the ability of Louisiana’s colleges and universities to meet work force demands.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
March16
06:17 400 block of Liberty; caller needs her air conditioner set to go off and on.
06:34 Escort, 1400 block of Gregg Avenue; search of vehicle found multiple drugs.
The following are arrests reported by Eunice police.
March 16
Preston Ross Stevens, 31, 551 Nimitz St., Eunice; simple battery and criminal damage to property.
Anthony Powell, 22, 520 2nd St., Eunice; bench warrant for obstruction of road.
Seth Jonathan Fuselier
An 18-year-old Eunice man was arrested Sunday and charged with three counts of simple burglary, felony theft, illegal carrying of a weapon and obstruction of justice, according to Eunice police.
Chief Warrant Officer 4 George Wayne Griffin Jr., of Delhi, was one of four Louisiana Army National Guardsmen killed in a UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter crash, March 10. Griffin commissioned as a warrant officer in 1999 before eventually going on to become the battalion standardization pilot with over 6,000 flight hours, including more than 1,000 combat hours. The soldiers were participating in a routine night-time training exercise with the Marine 2nd Special Operations Battalion when the Black Hawk crashed into the Santa Rosa Sound, east of the Navarre Bridge in Florida. (Courtesy Photo)
La. National Guard news release
NEW ORLEANS – Four Louisiana National Guardsmen from the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment who died in a training accident, March 10, have been identified.
Eunice police interrupted someone who was in the process of stripping parts from surplus police vehicles near the Sittig Road fire station at about 3 a.m. Sunday.
Varden Guillory Sr., deputy chief, said police received a report of suspicious persons in the areas.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
March 13
07:26 Suspicious person, 500 block of Juanita; while male appeared to be intoxicated.
07:30 Damage to property, 500 block of C.C. Duson.
08:03 Traffic crash, C.C. Duson and Laurel.
Eunice police report arrested the following.
Arrests
March 14
Michael Wayne Washington, 40, 1450 West Dudley, Eunice; probation violation, video voyeurism.
March 15
Brittany Bryant is in the lead as a group of LSU Eunice students walk along Park Avenue to pick up litter Friday morning as part of Leaders Against Litter. (The Eunice News Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
By Harlan Kirgan
harlan.kirgan@eunicetoday.com
Dirty socks and a dead fish were among the 209 pounds of litter picked up in about 30 minutes Friday in Leaders Against Litter.
The Oleander, located on the west side of Eunice, featured a motel, restaurant and a lounge called the Pony Room. Eunice was once home to about 30 dance halls, including the Pony Room.
(The Eunice News Photo by Claudette Olivier)
“Turn at the Wagon Wheel” was no doubt once part of driving directions in L’Anse Aux Pailles, but since the Hicks Wagon Wheel dance hall burned down in the 1970s, locations of many such clubs have long been forgotten.
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.
