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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.

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 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.