Sheriff Eddie Soileau
Funeral homes in Evangeline Parish, as well as funeral homes in neighboring parishes received a certified mailed letter on from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office informing them that the sheriff’s office “will no longer be in the funeral home escort business.”
St. Landry Parish polling sites in Eunice are:
Election District 1
Precinct 1A — Fire District 6 Sub Station, 1398 Guillory Road.
Precinct 5 — Eunice City Hall, 300 S. 2nd St.
Precinct 6 — Eunice City Hall, 300 S. 2nd St.
Interim Mayor Scott Fontenot is the leader in fundraising in Saturday’s election for Eunice mayor, according to reports filed with the Louisiana Board of Ethics.
Eunice voters may finally have the last word on who is the mayor to succeed Claud “Rusty” Moody.
Moody’s resignation in October triggered the appointment of Scott Fontenot as interim mayor and a challenge to the former Ward 4 alderman’s candidacy for mayor.
Former St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Capt. Clay Higgins’ resignation revealed a rift between the swaggering Crime Stopper figure and his boss, Sheriff Bobby Guidroz, in a very public way.
