Baton Rouge Sen. Yvonne Colomb.at far end of table, Louisiana State Police Lt. Robert Burns, middle, and private citizens Brad Ourso testify Monday in front of the House Transportation Committee over a bill to significantly raise fines for driving while texting. Credit: Jack Richards.
Baton Rouge Sen. Yvonne Colomb.at far end of table, Louisiana State Police Lt.
The House solidly rejected 18-68, a bill to improve standards on public water systems in certain parts of northeastern Louisiana and was prompted by residents of St. Joseph whose water is undrinkable.
From foreground, Sen. Yvonne Colomb ,D-Baton Rouge ,Office of Motor Vehicles that will allow Louisianans to fly commercially after January 2018 when the state’s driver’s license will no longer double as secure identification, Credit: Jack Richards,
The House Transportation Committee put Louisiana closer to take off with REAL ID compliance Monday, approving Senate Bill 227 by Sen. Yvonne Colomb, D-Baton Rouge, on an 11-1 vote, and moves to the full House floor for debate later this week.
Louisiana’s film tax credit program came under fire Monday in a Senate committee that has for the past month systematically reviewed tax giveaways and incentives, looking for savings and inefficiencies.
Members of the public join with law enforcement across the country for National Police Week – May 15t through May 21 – to honor law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice, as well as the family members, friends and fellow officers they left behind.
LSU Eunice was selected as an experimental site for the U.S.
The following are arrests reported by St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
May 16
The St. Landry Parish Council is to meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Old City Market, 131 W. Bellevue St., Opelousas. The meeting agenda is attached as a pdf.
The House voted 80-14 Friday to reprioritize more than a billion dollars in capital outlay projects after a presentation by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Neil Abramson, D-New Orleans, showed the state does not have anywhere near the money to handle the projects on its current plate.
Following a move to transfer funding from the state’s TOPS college scholarship program to safety-net hospitals last Thursday, the LSU Medical School at Shreveport still will be $35.6 million in the red, the chancellor warned Sunday, forcing the school to make cuts to all the medical programs.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
May 13
05:36 Pickup followed woman jogging on Park Avenue. Vehicle drove up the wrong way on Park and followed women.
09:22 Met man about trouble with wife.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
May 13
Christy Champagne, 28, 500 block of Pearl Street, Eunice. Bench warrant.
Tiffany Richard, 22, 100 block of Eisenhower Lane, Eunice. No turn signal and driving under the influence.
May 14
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.
