The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
Sept 1
Jason Kent Miller, 41, 200 block of Corrine Street, Eunice Driving under suspension and no turn signal.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Sept. 1
09:59 Caller found possible joint on front porch in the 200 block of Verbina.
12:16 Wreck by Burger King.
For residents who are returning to homes that have been affected by recent flooding, mold removal is a top priority.
Breathing in mold can lead to health effects similar to seasonal allergies. Those with asthma may be more susceptible to the allergic effects of mold.
Tri-Parish unemployment rates in July rose from a year ago with St. Landry Parish having the highest rate at 9.1 percent, up from 8.4 percent in July 2015.
Jobless rates rose as the workforce dropped in numbers.
Louisiana is the only state in the Deep South that has approved Medicaid expansion. To help the state prepare for this, researchers from LSU conducted the most comprehensive assessment of the current health insurance status of the population.
Louisiana renters who experienced losses due to the severe storms and flooding beginning on Aug. 11 may be eligible for disaster recovery assistance from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).
Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson will host a free ACT Prep Class on Saturday for all interested high school students in Acadiana.
Four mobile homes have been placed on the LSUE campus after Bengal Village was overbooked. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
LSUE’s fall enrollment may have grown by 8 percent to about 2,700 students, but the growth evidently wasn’t anticipated for Bengal Village.
Bengal Village was overbooked, Van Reed, director of public relations, said.
Aurdie Bellard, RPh, of Bellard’s Family Pharmacy, in Eunice
Aurdie Bellard, RPh, of Bellard’s Family Pharmacy, in Eunice, was installed as southwest regional director of the Louisiana Pharmacists Association.
Flood-affect residents may use a smart phone to register with FEMA. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
A FEMA official urged residents affected by the August flooding to register with FEMA.
“We need people to keep in touch with FEMA,” Sharon Karr, of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said at the Disaster Recovery Center in Eunice.
Angela Cassimere handles a computer with the proposed St. Landry Parish School Board budget projected in the background at a special School Board meeting Monday in Opelousas. Cassimere is supervisor of instruction, school choice, and school improvement. Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The St. Landry Parish School Board budget scheduled for a vote today shows an eroding general fund balance.
Mary Ellen Donatto, right, talks about a survey on the desired characteristics of a superintendent at an Aug. 22 St. Landry Parish School Board committee meeting in Opelousas. The survey was approved at a special meeting Monday and went online on the School Board’s website Tuesday. Seated, from left are School Board members Milton Ambres and Hazel Sias. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The St. Landry Parish School Board placed a survey on its website Tuesday asking the public to pick the top ten desired characteristics of an effective superintendent.
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.
