A proposal to allow golf carts on city streets is back in play before the Eunice Board of Aldermen.
The city meeting is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Eunice Municipal Complex, 300 S. 2nd St.
Holly Bertrand
Holly Bertrand will never forget the day she found out she was going to be a mother for the first time — it was today, Mother’s Day.
“The first time I was pregnant, I actually found out I was pregnant on Mother’s Day, so it was a very special Mother’s Day,” Bertrand said.
Eunice sales tax collections rose by 1.8 percent in the first four months of the year, according to a report by the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division.
The St. Landry Parish Council plans to adjust its travel budget at its regular meeting on May 18.
At the the Council’s Administrative and Finance Committee Wednesday, an overrun of the budget was discussed.
Eunice Main Street is soliciting Redevelopment Incentive Grant applications from downtown building and/or business owners. The Eunice Main Street program is able to offer two types of competitive grants: a $10,000 grant for major projects and a $2,500 grant for minor projects.
Superintendent Edward Brown (File Photo)
Two Eunice St. Landry Parish School Board members linked academic problems at parish schools as a reason why they joined an 8-3 vote to not renew the contract of Superintendent Edward Brown at a meeting Thursday.
Eunice High School history teacher Pierre Martel, fifth from left, was among top teachers and administrators honored at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting Thursday. Martel is a finalist for state Teacher of the Year. Award sponsors included State Farm insurance. From left, are Raymond Cassimere, board president; Mitch Fontenot, Eunice High School principal; Annette Hayes, State Farm agent; Mike Candella, State Farm agent; Martel; Iggnatius Castille, State Farm agent; and Edward Brown, superintendent. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
Eunice High School history teacher Pierre Martel, fifth from left, was among top teachers and administrators honored at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting Thursday. Martel is a finalist for state Teacher of the Year. Award sponsors included State Farm insurance.
The St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voter Office will be conducting voter registration drives Monday through Friday during Voter Education Week. The office staff will visit locations throughout the parish.
The following are arrests reported by St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
May 6
Larry Fontenot, 66, 300 block of Schexnayder Rd., Palmetto. Three counts of criminal trespass.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
May 5
04:55 Dogs keep barking in the 1200 block of Clifford.
08:18 Fire alarms going off at location in the 900 block of Williams. No smoke or fire.
The following is an arrest by Eunice Police.
May 5
Michael Jackson, 36, 100 block of Crestview Loop, Eunice. Driving under suspension.
Nurse Cassandra Thomas, and Sandra Smith, CNA, serve themselves breakfast during an event at Acadian Medical Center. Nursing staff at the hospital were treated to breakfast Wednesday as part of National Nurses Week. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)
Nursing staff at Acadian Medical Center were treated to breakfast Wednesday as part of National Nurses Week.
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.
