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Labor issue pinches crawfish industry

Sun, 03/08/2015 - 7:16am

Clint Aucoin with College Station Mudbugs shows off a platter of freshly boiled crawfish. As of Friday, a pound of boiled crawfish was running $5.49 at College Station Mudbugs. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)

Mudbug madness may be madder than usual this season as a cap on the number of alien seasonal workers has resulted in fewer people to peel crawfish at the height of the season, limiting the number of peeled and packaged crawfish for sale.

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Cleanup day nears

Sun, 03/08/2015 - 6:10am

Mayor Rusty Moody holds an anti-littering sign -- “It is on the sign: Don’t do that dear” -- during a Feb 24 meeting to organize a litter cleanup day Friday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan.)

A statewide cleanup day is planned Friday and Eunice organizer Donna Baltakis wants volunteers to make themselves known.
Baltakis, director Keep Eunice Beautiful, said Friday is Leaders Against Litter Day across the state.

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Early morning walkers getting a break (pdf)

Sun, 03/08/2015 - 5:21am

Pre-dawn walkers at the Community Nature Trail will be able to keep the hours they like if Eunice alderman approve new hours for the city parks and city lake.

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Sheriff issues appeal to citizens in fight against crime

Sat, 03/07/2015 - 3:53pm

Responding to the increasing number of people wanting to assist the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and build a stronger partnership in the fight against crime, Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz announced recently that St.

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Cajun, creole language grant available

Sat, 03/07/2015 - 1:31pm

The Richard Guidry Cajun and Creole Language Fund, a Fund at Community Foundation of Acadiana, is accepting grant proposals that foster or extend the growth of the French language in public discourse, the arts or education.

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Crawfish author to make presentation at South Regional Library in Lafayette

Sat, 03/07/2015 - 7:23am

Sam Irwin, author of “Louisiana Crawfish: A Succulent History of the Cajun Crustacean,” will be available at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at South Regional Library.

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Chief: Expect arrests soon in vehicle incidents

Sat, 03/07/2015 - 7:00am

The pause button seems to have been hit on the wave of vehicle breakins and thefts in Eunice, Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.
The incidents ended after Monday night, he said.

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Eunice police radio logs

Sat, 03/07/2015 - 6:41am

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
February 28
05:28 Vehicle in ditch, N. Martin Luther King.
05:48 Ungovernable juvenile, 200 block of Goldman.
09:37 adult son taking air out of tires, 100 block of College.

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Eunice arrests

Sat, 03/07/2015 - 6:33am

The following are arrests reported by Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot.

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Two-vehicle crash leaves a Crowley teenager dead, another in critical condition

Sat, 03/07/2015 - 6:16am

A two-vehicle crash on La. 92 at Muskrat Road in Acadia Parish took the life ofa 13-year-old Halle Thompson of Crowley and left a female juvenile driver in critical condition, a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I reported.
The wreck occurred about 4 p.m. Friday.

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Eunice arrests

Thu, 03/05/2015 - 12:56pm

The following are arrests reported by Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot.
March 4
Kenneth Ray Guillory, 37, 1621 West Vine, Eunice; simple battery and simple kidnapping.
Drakeeno Rashad Mitchell, 23, 100 Crestview, Apt. 101, Eunice; bench warrant for running a stop sign.

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Eunice man charged with smacking girlfriend on Valentine's Day

Thu, 03/05/2015 - 11:11am

A 37-year-old Eunice man is accused of smacking his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day.
Kenneth Ray Guillory, 37, of 1621 West Vine, Eunice, was arrested by Eunice police Wednesday on charges of simple battery and kidnapping.

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Labor issue pinches crawfish industry

Cleanup day nears

Early morning walkers getting a break (pdf)

Sheriff issues appeal to citizens in fight against crime

Cajun, creole language grant available

Crawfish author to make presentation at South Regional Library in Lafayette

Chief: Expect arrests soon in vehicle incidents

Eunice police radio logs

Eunice arrests

Two-vehicle crash leaves a Crowley teenager dead, another in critical condition

Eunice arrests

Eunice man charged with smacking girlfriend on Valentine's Day

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