The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
Aug. 29
10:15 Juvenile running around with diaper in the 1300 block of West Peach Avenue.
10:20 Theft of money at Acadiana Computer Systems, 241 North 2nd Street.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
Cindy Sue Lejeune, 57, 1400 block of Gum Avenue, Eunice. (Eunice Police photo)
A 57-year-old Eunice woman is charged with taking advantage of recent flooding to clean an 87-year-old woman’s house and at the same time helped herself to the woman’s jewelry, a Eunice Police Department arrest affidavit stated.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
LSUE OLLI French Table at Jean Lafitte every Friday
The LSUE OLLI French Table will be held at the Jean Lafitte Cultural Center until further notice. The free event is held on Fridays from 9:30 until 10:30 a.m. Subjects will be:
It was on a brisk day in September 1901 that the ground began to rumble and shake beneath the derrick in Jules Clement’s rice field on the Mamou Prairie in Evangeline Parish.
The following is from the August 1997 files of The Eunice News.
Raquella LeBlanc Manuel (Submitted Photo)
The St. Landry Chamber of Commerce board of directors has selected Raquella LeBlanc Manuel as president and CEO.
Manuel officially accepted the position on Aug. 10.
Jody Soileau, Chamber chairperson, applauded the board’s choice of Manuel.
The numbers are staggering. Thirty-one inches of rain in 15 hours in Livingston Parish alone, 13 people dead across five parishes, 20 parishes designated as disaster areas, and more than 30,000 residents and 1,400 pets rescued.
As the clean-up process continues in homes that flooded across south Louisiana, LSU AgCenter housing specialist Claudette Reichel offers advice on what flooring should be removed, what can be salvaged, and how to clean and disinfect flooring.
Louisiana first lady Donna Edwards talks to Pearl Godfrey, 85, of Ville Platte, at the Ville Platte Civic Center Friday. Edwards also visited Opelousas on Friday. (Photo by Raymond Partsch III/Ville Platte Gazette)
Donna Edwards grabbed the microphone and talked about hope and faith with those inside the Ville Platte Civic Center.
Flood damage to houses in the nine-parish One Acadiana region are estimated from $81 million to $253 million, according to a report by Jason El Koubi, president and CEO, sent to the regional chamber of commerce’s board members.
The assessment is about the Aug. 13 flooding.
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.
