The following are from the May 1999 files of The Eunice News.
Pamela Kay Connery, founder and volunteer executive director of the Louisiana Bobcat Refuge, left, and Dr. Ned Fruge tend to bobcat kitten Susie Q. Connery was recently named the 2015 Volunteer Conservationist of the Year. (Photos by Claudette Olivier)
“I like the way you walk, I like the way you talk, Susie Q.”
Well, Susie Q’s eyes aren’t even open yet, and she can’t talk, but if she could, she would say thanks to Pamela Kay Connery, founder and volunteer executive director of the Louisiana Bobcat Refuge located near Eunice.
From left, Lt. Donnie Thibodeaux, Deputy Chief Richard Daigle and Police Chief Randy Fontenot. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The Eunice Police Department is increasing its focus on training with an eye to standardizing how officers are initiated into the work and veterans are kept up to date, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.
“It has become an issue,” Fontenot said of training.
District Judge Marilyn Castle visited the Summit Group at the Rice Palace in Crowley on April 16 to discuss her upcoming race for the State Supreme Court. Her district includes Lafayette, Acadia, Vermilion, Jeff Davis, St. Landry, Avoyelles, Calcasieu and Cameron parishes. Judge Castle has the reputation of being fair to all parties in her court; thus assuring all defendants that they will get a fair and unbiased hearing based on the facts, evidence and applicable law that is so vital to the integrity of our judicial system. She outlined the duties and responsibilities of a Supreme Court Justice and answered all questions from the group. Those in attendance were, seated from left, Crowley Chief of Police and Acadia Parish Sheriff-elect K. P. Gibson, B. I. Moody III and Judge Castle; standing, Billy and Nancy Broadhurst, Milo A. Nickel Sr., Kenneth Privat and Fred Reggie. (Photo by Crowley Post-Signal)
District Judge Marilyn Castle visited the Summit Group at the Rice Palace in Crowley on April 16 to discuss her upcoming race for the State Supreme Court. Her district includes Lafayette, Acadia, Vermilion, Jeff Davis, St. Landry, Avoyelles, Calcasieu and Cameron parishes.
Gustave Sonnier got religion for a little while, but the lure of the road overcame his piety. He traveled the highways and byways, proud to represent his hometown of Lafayette among the Knights of the Road.
A lineup of chefs has been scheduled on Saturdays at the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve’s Prairie Acadian Cultural Center for free foodways cooking demonstrations.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio logs.
April 28
05:43 Man in 300 block reported someone stole his John Deere lawnmower.
06:17 Man said he thinks he has some stolen items in his dad’s backyard in the 800 block of LSUE Drive.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
April 28
Taylor Brooke Fontenot, 21, 1600 block of Cajun Drive, Mamou. Failure to secure registration, driving under suspension, no insurance, no license plate, misuse of a temporary tag and obstruction of public passage.
The Senate Thursday unanimously passed Senate Bill 395 by Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, ending a practice of lawyers, judges and lawmaker indulging several times a year in food and drink at the swanky Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans on the taxpayer dime.
Forget budget deficits, tax credits, discrimination and Real ID, Louisiana restaurants will soon be able to whip up freshly caught alligator dishes brought to the chefs by the diner.
The House of Representatives rejected a bill Wednesday which the author says was designed to offer public colleges and universities some flexibility in the face of budget cuts and financial difficulty.
Former Attorney General Buddy Caldwell testifies Wednesday against legislation that would limit the power of justices of the peace during a House Criminal Justice Committee hearing. At the table with Caldwell is Connie Moore, justice of the peace for St. Tammany Parish. Credit: Justin DiCharia.
Former Attorney General Buddy Caldwell testified Wednesday against a bill prohibiting justices of the peace from issuing felony warrants unless all other judges within their district had been contacted first.
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.
