The following are arrests by Eunice police.
Aug. 24
Allen Ray Thomas, 49, 200 block of Bradley Street, Scott. Disturbing the peace by intoxication.
Corey Hannon, 38, 1400 block of Williams Avenue, Eunice. Illegal possession of a stolen firearm.
Jeffery Sylvester of Ville Platte
Jeffery Sylvester of Ville Platte will be honored as Rice Farmer of the Year during the 79th International Rice Festival Oct. 15-18, according to Troy Perry, festival president.
From the mobile command center, Tour du Teche official Ray Pellerin watches the real-time progress of a team in the Chitimacha Race held last May. Using GPS technology specially designed for adventure races, TDT will be able to keep up with teams in the upcoming 275-mile Tour de la Rivière Rouge. (Photo by Ken Grissom)
Tour du Teche is putting on two new ultra marathons, Tour de la Rivière Rouge, 275 miles from Shreveport-Bossier City to Port Barre, and the 410 de Louisiane, 410 miles from Shreveport-Bossier City to Berwick, near Morgan City.
The year 1904 was a hard one for Sheriff John Addison Perkins of Calcasieu Parish, which then stretched all the way to the Mermentau River. He’d made a name for himself several years earlier with the arrest and execution of Ed Batson, who had been accused of multiple murders.
Rick “Shoo-Shoo” Brown of Eunice and Matt Alexander of Jennings put a protective vest on Bubba the bulldog prior to a hog hunting trip south of Basile. Brown, Alexander and several other hunters regularly assist area farmers with removing hogs from their property. (Photos by Claudette Olivier)
Daisy and Tick had their noses in the air, but they weren’t on their way to any highfalutin tea party — they were on their way to a hog hunt.
