September 5
0637 Disturbance, Tamaran.
0655 Disturbance, 700 block Lewis.
0746 Accident, Maple & LSUE Dr.
0954 TV stolen, 1000 block West Ash.
1358 Juvenile disturbance, West Laurel.
1438 Accident, Laurel & C.C. Duson.
Sept. 8
Eric Darnell Celestine, age 29, 143 Veteran Drive, Opelousas, LA, bench warrant, 2 counts of resisting an officer.
Alaina Devillier, age 17, 247 LaCompagne St., Opelousas, LA, criminal damage to property, simple assault.
Mary Ellen Donatto is a candidate for School Board District 13 in the Nov. 4 primary election.
The sixth of nine children, she worked five years as a teacher aide in the St. Landry Parish School System to fund her college education.
From files of The Eunice News
September 1925
Mrs. Pitre has opened a restaurant in the Manuel building in which Arnold Ledoux formerly conducted his meat market. She is serving the kind of coffee which made Eunice famous.
Douglas Biessenberger, with Mowata Farms, taxis down Eunice Airport runway. He is spraying soybeans in the area.
A lot has changed in Eunice since 1964, and advancements at the airport since it opened that year are no exception.
Albert “Al” Hayes, Jr. is a candidate for St. Landry Parish School Board Member District 12 in the Nov. 4 primary election.
The St. Landry Parish Veterans Memorial Committee will hold the dedication and unveiling of the new memorial to parish veterans Wednesday at 6 p.m. The memorial is located at 5348 Hwy. 182 South in Opelousas.
Louisiana Crane, headquartered in Eunice and one of Acadiana’s Top 50 private companies, is accused of discrimination against immigrant job applicants.
The company, through a spokesman at an Austin, Texas law office, says it is committed to hiring legal workers.
Escaped Eunice City Jail inmate Jody Vallier, 25, was captured Friday morning.
Authorities in Texas ran him down at a mall in Dallas, police said.
He will be returned to Eunice this week.
Sept. 5
Kirk James Guillory, age 51, 138 Clarence Lane, Opelousas, LA, improper Lane usage, driving while intoxicated-1st offense. Arrested by Louisiana State Police.
September 4
0730 Caller complaints she was called a bad name by her roommate, Sunrise Gardens.
1426 Man harassing Beauty School students, East Laurel.
1654 Hit and run, Gatti’s.
1748 Disturbance, 300 block East Maple.
Sept. 4
Kenneth Myers, 32, 1445 Yukon, warrant domestic abuse battery, two counts.
Cory Johnson, 20, Lafayette, bench warrant.
Octavie Fontenot, 50, Ville Platte, three Evangeline Parish warrants.
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.
