During its monthly meeting Wednesday, January 8, the Mamou Town Council discussed the need for residents to bag leaves so ditches don’t become clogged, causing flooding.
Eunice attorney Josie Frank was unanimously elected president of the St. Landry Parish School Board at its Thursday meeting.
She was immediate past vice president and succeeds Harry Fruge, also of Eunice.
Investigation continues into a Wednesday shooting incident that resulted in two deaths.
Police said Kody Fontenot, 32, formerly of Eunice, and Mia Trahan, 25, were found dead shortly after noon in a duplex on Arlington Street.
As Louisiana marks the 40th anniversary of its constitution, one Eunice resident was invited to be among the surviving delegats of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, or “C.C. ‘73”, reunion this weekend in New Orleans.
A man accused of trying to run over Eunice police officers has pleaded guilty to narcotics charges in a separate case.
Troy Mott pleaded guilty in 27th Judicial District Court to distribution of cocaine.
