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Bond reduced for Eunice man arrested on multiple drug charges
Bond for Billy Thomas, charged with several drug counts, has been reduced from $66,500 to $40,000 after a hearing this month. Thomas, 34, of 450 North Cane, is charged with four counts of violatio...
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Dr. Julie Rocque
LSUE to co-host conferences on French education in minority language settings
Louisiana State University Eunice and its Francophone Canadian partners, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and Centre de la Francophonie des Ameriques, will be hosting a series of conferences...
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Looking Back
From files of The Eunice News: January 1940 Professor Francis Bulber of the LSU Extension Service is organizing a community chorus in Eunice. W.R. Hill is chairman of the new chorus. Paving, at ...
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Dylan Crown
Two arrested, charged with dealing drugs this week
Eunice Police arrested two men this week and charged them with selling drugs. In the first instance, a Eunice man accused of selling drugs out of his house was arrested Monday morning. The Eunice...
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Energy company to build gas pipeline from Eunice to Texas
Economic Development Committee Chairman Don Reber announced plans for a 130 mile natural gas pipeline stretching from Eunice to Texas. Reber said he and Mayor Claud “Rusty” Moody met with represen...
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Raymond Leblanc, Jr.
City Marshals get their man
Eunice City Marshals arrested one of their most wanted fugitives last week with the help of law enforcement authorities in Dallas, Texas. Raymond Leblanc, Jr. of 2529 Ribbeck Rd., Lake Charles, an...
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No one seems to know why sex-crime records are sealed in St. Landry
As of this writing, no one within the judicial bureaucracy has responded to last week’s publication noting that persons accused of sex crimes get special treatment in St. Landry Parish. Minutiae a...
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Laquinta Vallier
Maybe next time he'll use riding mower -- man says girlfriend stabbed him because he took too long doing yard work at another house
A Eunice man was allegedly stabbed by his girlfriend Friday afternoon for taking too long doing yard work. Eunice Police responded to a call at 12:36 p.m. from a woman who said her son had been cu...
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Charter cable, internet fees to increase in March
Charter Communications cable and internet customers may notice their bills are a little higher next month. Charter announced last month that fees for several services will be increasing starting M...
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Dr. Allison Landry shows a video of using a pipette to remove the nucleus of a cell during a talk about animal cloning at the Eunice Rotary Club last week.
No cloning around - biology instructor discusses truth and myths of cloning with Eunice Rotarians
By J. Anfenson-Comeau jcomeau@eunicetoday.com You can have your beloved pet dog or cat cloned (at upwards of $50,000!) but you can’t clone an exact duplicate of yourself to get twice the housewor...
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DeRouen of Eunice undergoing surgery as a result of a bicycle accident
Karl DeRouen, Jr., of Eunice will undergo surgery today in Lafayette as he sustained injuries from a bicycle accident Monday afternoon. DeRouen, a bicycle activist and enthusiast, was riding his ...
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Precious Robinson
Two arrested at Bengal Village for marijuana possession
Two former Louisiana State University Eunice Lady Bengal basketball players were arrested early Monday morning and charged with possession of marijuana. Eunice Police responded to a call shortly a...
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Teen accused for murder, pleads to lesser charge, gets 33 months
A Crowley teenager accused of first-degree murder took the state’s offer of accessory after the fact, pleading no contest and getting 33 months at hard labor rather than risk life in prison. Ove W...
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Warren "Boo Boo" Gautreaux
Second Courvilles murder defendant seeks dismissal of charge
Dist. Atty. Earl Taylor’s office this week received the Eunice case file regarding the arrests of Quinten Ceasar and Warren Gautreaux, charged by police in November with the first-degree murder of ...
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DeRouen's path to recovery begins following initial surgery
Karl DeRouen, Jr. faces additional surgery in the aftermath of his bicycle’s collision with a pick up truck Monday. Persons close to the family said that following initial surgery Tuesday doctors ...
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Judge delays Soileau sentencing, allowing time for property sale closing
Sentencing of a Eunice woman for 36 counts of monetary instrument abuse and fraud has been re-scheduled for Feb. 23. Lisa Soileau pleaded guilty in December to charges that involved more than $100...
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Martin Bellow
UPDATE: Police allege Eunice man engaged in sexual activity with 15-year-old runaway boy
Eunice resident Martin Bellow was charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile Monday following an investigation into an Alexandria runaway. Sunday evening, a 15-year-old male came to the Eu...
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Martin Bellow
Eunice man charged with felony carnal knowledge of juvenile runaway boy from Alexandria
Eunice resident Martin Bellow was charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile Monday following an investigation into an Alexandria runaway. Eunice Police received information Sunday afterno...
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Jury selection continued for teen charged with attempted murder
Jury selection has been continued until April 10 for a Eunice teenager charged with two alleged drug violations and attempted murder. Benjamin Guillory, 18, is accused of possession with intent to...
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A masked Mardi Gras walks down Second Street past the Liberty Center during the 2009 Mardi Gras parade in Eunice.
City's Mardi Gras schedule firms up; Fat Tuesday is Feb. 21
Eunice City Hall has released a schedule of events for the 2012 Mardi Gras holiday. Wednesday, Feb. 15 6:30 p.m. - “Le Courir de Mardi Gras Pour le Clinic” taster’s choice fund raiser for the Eu...
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Quinten Ceasar
Judge says evidence doesn't support charge against one Courville murders defendant
Acknowledging two cold-blooded murders occurred, Judge Donald Hebert noted Thursday that nevertheless a minimum standard of probable cause for the arrest of a suspect is required, ruling that level...
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Quinten Ceasar
Charges against one Courville murder suspect dismissed
Judge Donald Hebert ruled following a hearing Thursday morning that there was not probable cause to charge Quinten Ceasar, 31, with first degree murder in the Jan. 2006 slaying of Youric and Mary A...
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Accused sex offenders have special status in St. Landry public record
Accused sex offenders have special status in the St. Landry Parish criminal court records system. Once they are arrested, their cases, unlike those accused of other crimes, disappear from public v...
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Josh Cormier
Elderly woman chases down alleged cell phone thief, makes him give it back
A Eunice man was arrested Sunday after an elderly woman pursued him after he allegedly swiped her cell phone. According to Eunice Police, the victim stated that a white male came to her house that...
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