Attorney general’s budget faces hurdles

Attorney General Jeff Landry

The Louisiana House took a possibly unprecedented stance last week when it approved a standalone appropriations bill, apart from the state budget, for the attorney general’s Justice Department.
The likelihood of HB 105 passing, though, is not great, based on more than a dozen interviews regarding the proposal.

LSUE offered as a model for community college to university transfer rates

LSUE and the University of Louisiana Lafayette are named as one of six high-performing pairs of community colleges and universities with strong transfer student outcomes.
LSUE and UL Lafayette were offered as models for transfer practices and policies in a report from the Aspen Institute and the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Four Krotz Springs men arrested on drug charges

Cory Williamson

Four Krotz Springs men arrested were arrested by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office on drug charges Wednesday.
Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz said, “On May 18, the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Narcotic Enforcement Team continued to execute warrants in St. Landry Parish after a series of undercover buys involving the distribution of crack cocaine, methamphetamine,

Narcotics detectives arrest Krotz Springs man, seize guns, drugs and cash

Benjamin J. Dedon, 57, of Krotz Springs, was arrested by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Department Tuesday after officers seized seized guns, marijuana, pills and $28,000 in cash from his home, said Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said in a news release.

Benjamin J. Dedon, 57, of Krotz Springs, was arrested by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Department Tuesday after officers seized seized guns, marijuana, pills and $28,000 in cash from his home, said Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said in a news release.

Eunice man arrested on drug charge, transferred to Rayne Police on attempted 1st degree murder charge

Terriell Bradley, 27, of Eunice was transferred from the St. Landry Parish Jail, where he was being held on drug charges, Thursday to the Rayne Police Department, which has charged him with attempted first-degree murder, Major Eddie Thibodeaux, St.

House panel declares for the Declaration of Independence

Rep. Valarie Hodges, R-Denham Springs, answers questions before the House Education Committee Wednesday on her bill to require school children to memorize and recite daily a passage from the Declaration of Independence. Credit: Jack Richards

Louisiana students may have one more thing to recite in their morning homerooms if House Bill 1035, which gets a full hearing before the House of Representatives next week, passes into law.

Prison chief: Budget cuts won’t cut prisoner population

Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Jimmy LeBlanc and Undersecretary Thomas Bickham testify on the effects of a $39 million reduction to the corrections budget before a Senate Finance Committee Wednesday night. (Manship School News Service Photo)

Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate per capita in the nation with one in 26 residents under correctional control, and Jimmy LeBlanc, head honcho of the state’s prison system, believes the looming $39 million shortage in much needed funding to local and state prisons won’t help change th

Bill to skip tests for graduation for students with disabilities dies

The House Education Committee unanimously killed a bill Wednesday to allow students with disabilities who do not pass a graduate exit exam or a final course test but met all the other requirements retroactively could apply for a high school diploma.

News notes

EHS class of 1966 to meet May 23
The Eunice High Class of 1966 will meet for lunch at Ruby’s at 11:30 a.m. Monday, May 23.

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MAMOU – In an impressive showing, Mamou earned a sweep over Eunice Monday in the season opener for both teams.

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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)

Obituaries

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.

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