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Court says $1.6 million enough in actor's mother's injury case
LAFAYETTE – The Third Circuit Court of Appeal says the mother of an aspiring actor and child actress is not entitled to more than the $1.6 million a Crowley jury awarded her for claims from a 2004...
Oct 13, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Trial date in double-murder case on hold
CROWLEY – A new trial date for accused double murderer Daniel Prince is on hold, while issues raised when his previously set trial was interrupted are resolved. Prince is accused of killing two Bra...
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The Guillory Developmental Center, forced to close due to state budget cuts, will house the Eunice Department of Motor Vehicles and other city offices.
State signs agreement to let city use old Guillory Developmental Center facility for DMV, other offices
The City Council agreed Tuesday night to an intergovernmental agreement which will give it use of the Guillory Developmental Center building, empty since the center closed during state budget cuts....
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Two arrested, charged with hit and run, in two weekend incidents
Two Eunice residents were arrested for alleged hit and run accidents in unrelated incidents over the weekend. In the first incident, a car vehicle carrying an adult and a 14-year-old juvenile was s...
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Interviews pending for fire chief candidates
Mayor Rusty Moody is in the process of establishing an interview procedure for five fire chief candidates. He said he hopes to have a nomination to the City Council at its November meeting. Wayne L...
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Basile man booked on gator violation
A Basile man has been cited for an alleged violation of the closed alligator season. On Monday, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said that it received an anonymous tip that four allig...
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New trial date for trio of accused rapists
VILLE PLATTE – Trials have been rescheduled for three men accused of kidnapping a woman from a Eunice nightclub, raping her and dumping her in rural Evangeline Parish. The incident occurred in Augu...
Oct 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shane Ceasar
Walmart employees foil three alleged shoplifting attempts in three days
Attention Walmart shoplifters: Walmart employees are on the lookout for you. Eunice Police investigated three unrelated shoplifting attempts at Walmart last week and arrested four people over a thr...
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Looking Back
From files of The Eunice News: October 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Furnes Anderson, 301 Mathila, have been advised their son, Cpl. Austin J. Anderson, 20, was killed in action in Korea on Sept. 3. He was w...
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Basile man charged with felony theft after cashing stopped check
A Basile man has been charged with felony theft after allegedly cashing a check with a stop payment, then failing to give the money back. According to Eunice Police, Oscar John Miller, 34, of 2617 ...
Oct 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Taser deployed against man allegedly selling pot, resisting arrest
Police deployed a taser on a Eunice man allegedly selling drugs in a school zone and resisting arrest. Eunice Police report receiving an anonymous tip about a group of young men using and selling d...
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3rd Circuit says former fireman entitled to more pay
The Third Circuit Court has reversed a district court ruling and ordered the City of Eunice to pay a former fireman a disputed sum. The appellate judges ruled that Dwayne Olivier was entitled to be...
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Three dead in Ville Platte standoff; insurance agent kills self, two La. Dept. of Insurance investigators
Louisiana State Police troopers and SWAT operators responded to a shooting in Ville Platte that left two Louisiana Department of Insurance investigators dead. Tuesday afternoon at approximately 1...
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St. Landry Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz speaks to members of the parish council Monday night.
Sheriff Guidroz lays down the law, saying no trail rides over 500
OPELOUSAS – St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz told the parish council Public Works Committee that he will no longer approve trail rides of more than 500 riders. “We’ve been dealing with th...
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Lukie Dominic Ledet, Jr.
Man allegedly takes tractor for joy ride, crashes into state police vehicle
Intoxication and stolen tractors would seem to be a bad combination, as one man may have discovered, according to police reports. The Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office reported that on Saturday mornin...
Jun 06, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Michael Jones
Eunice man arrested after allegedly beating six-months-pregnant girlfriend
A Eunice man was arrested Sunday after allegedly beating his six-months-pregnant girlfriend. Michael Jones, 35, of 303 Ulysses, was booked Sunday afternoon on a charge of domestic abuse battery. Ac...
Jun 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Joseph C. Fontenot
UPDATE: Missing Eunice man located in Jennings hospital
Eunice Police reported Monday morning that Eunice resident Joseph C. Fontenot has been located in a hospital in Jennings. Fontenot had been missing since Tuesday morning, when he left his home to g...
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Tom Voinche, co-host of KATC Channel 3’s “Good Morning Acadiana” program, just marked 50 years in his broadcasting career.
Tom Voinche celebrates 50 years in broadcasting
What began as a gangling 15-year-old boy following daddy to work landed Tom Voinche, Jr. where he is today, known to thousands across Acadiana as a news co-anchor for “Good Morning Acadiana” at KAT...
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Any motorist can still request Robbie’s Wrecker, judge reiterates in ruling
Robbie’s Wrecker is still eligible to tow vehicles in Eunice, but is not on the automatic call list. Dist. Judge James Doherty, noting the political aspects of the case, ruled Tuesday that Police C...
Jun 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Civil Service board rescinds three officers' disciplinary actions
Chief Ronald Dies’ version of the Rose Mary Stretch resulted in disciplinary action against three of his officers being reversed. The Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board convened Wednesda...
Jun 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ill-timed visit to his home leads to officer's dope arrest, he resigns
An unrelated visit to house by his supervisors ended up in a Eunice police officer being charged with drug violations. The officer was booked on a felony drug charge after narcotics detectives alle...
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Officer appears for felony lineup on drug charge
A police officer charged with a felony drug count went to district court line up Thursday and apparently posted bond. Details concerning the case to this point are confined to radio log informatio...
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice Police officer arrested on drug possession charges
A Eunice Police Officer was arrested Wednesday evening and charged with felony possession of prescription drugs. According to the radio logs, at 6:37 p.m., another Eunice officer obtained permissio...
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Briefs or boxers? Doesn't matter, pot in pants is illegal
Briefs or boxers? Didn’t matter to the man charged with hiding his stash in his shorts. Police say a late-night shooter found himself with additional charges when police allegedly found pot in his ...
Jun 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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