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12 parks may close as state budget tightens

Thu, 04/07/2016 - 5:07am

David Vidrine of Ville Platte fishes at Chicot State Park last summer. The park will remain open even if the state park system budget is cut for the 2016-17 fiscal year. (Photo by Claudette Olivier)

Chicot State Park is one of the state’s most lucrative and visited parks, and the facility will remain open for business even if the state parks’ budget is cut for next fiscal year.

Crime Stoppers segment focuses on burglary in Eunice

Thu, 04/07/2016 - 4:58am

Nick Authement, left, with KATC, Sgt. Mitchell Hoke with the Eunice Police Department, Maj. Eddie Thibodeaux with the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and St. Landry Crime Stoppers, and St. Landry Crime Stoppers assistant Samantha Fontenot record a Crime Stoppers segment in Eunice on Tuesday. Guns, a German knife from WW II and coins were stolen from Eunice WWII veteran. (Phots by Claudette Olivier)

St. Landry Crime Stoppers spokesman Maj. Eddie Thibodeaux of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office is seeking tips to solve the July robbery of a local veteran’s home.

Beauty school damaged in wreck

Tue, 04/05/2016 - 2:19pm

A UPS truck ran into the Louisiana Academy of Beauty, 550 East Laurel Ave., at about 8 p.m. Monday. A Eunice Police report on the incident was unavailable Tuesday morning, but Police Chief Randy Fontenot said there were no injuries. The wreck closed the business for Tuesday’s operation. Jennifer Reed, owner, said classes will reopen as soon as possible. Reed said the UPS driver was trying to avoid someone in the road when the wreck occurred. The area the truck crashed into has from 15 to 30 people in it during business hours, she said. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Reed/Louisiana Academy of Beauty)

A UPS truck ran into the Louisiana Academy of Beauty, 550 East Laurel Ave., at about 8 p.m. Monday.

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