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St. Landry arrests
April 15 Jason Wayne Dean, age 30, 403 Guilbeau Rd., Carencro, LA, obscenity. Bronson Dodge, age 31, 511 Odessa Rd., Duson, LA, bench warrant. Jeffery Thomas Barnwell, age 40, 1008 N. 2nd St., Eu...
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Former Eunice officer dies when her Opelouas PD unit hits tree
Arrangements are pending for Opelousas police officer and former Eunice officer Peggy Sylvester, who was killed early Sunday during a heavy thunderstorm. State Police said Sylvester, 50, an assista...
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From the Files ... April 1933
From files of The Eunice News April 1933 Five men were sentenced to life imprisonment for the attempted burglary and abusive treatment of an elderly Basile farmer. Mrs. Andre Arceneaux was awarde...
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Follow up: Reed finishes three-year labor of love
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com It’s complicated. After three years of splinters in his fingers and an intense labor of love, Benny Reed has completed the renovation and constructio...
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DA Taylor filed a motion to remove SLSB Richard
OPELOUSAS — The Quincy Richard saga took a new twist on Thursday when St. Landry Parish District Attorney Earl Taylor on Thursday filed a petition to remove the St. Landry Parish School Board membe...
Apr 12, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice PD bust captures convicted Crowley murderer allegedly threatening to kill again
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com A recent Eunice drug bust helped to net a convicted murderer–who threatened to murder again, according to the Eunice Police Department. Keith Mouton,...
Apr 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice PD stings alleged Crowley teen crack dealer
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Narcotics stings continue as the Eunice Police Department Narcotics Division conduct investigations and make arrests. A recent arrest, as a result o...
Apr 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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From the Files ... April 1925
From files of The Eunice News: April 1925 The new high school building was formally dedicated. Dr. E.L. Stephens of Southwestern Industrial Institute was guest speaker. General Manager A.A. More...
Apr 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Milele Horton, of Eunice, was arrested for the third time within 14 months.
Eunice police bust alleged pot dealer for the third time
The third time was not a charm for one Eunice woman. Eunice Police Department Narcotics Division arrested Milele Horton, 38, of 821 South Beulah Street, for her third drug violation in 14 months, a...
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Grand jury indicts Darby's alleged killer
A grand jury has indicted a Youngsville man on a charge of second-degree murder in the killing of Michael “Luke” Darby of Eunice. The 15th Judicial District jury returned its indictment after delib...
Apr 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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From the Files ... March 2001
From files of The Eunice News: March 2001 Levin Fusilier, Jr. has been appointed to the national Republican Party Business Advisory Committee. St. Edmund Elementary science fair winners are Bla...
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Eunice man accused of kidnapping, beating girlfriend
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Domestic abuse turned into kidnapping as a Eunice man was arrested for simple kidnapping and domestic abuse battery of his girlfriend this week. Eun...
Mar 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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A vehicle disregards rail-crossing arms as a locomotive approaches a Eunice grade separation Monday.
22 cited in rail-crossing violations exercise
Police and sheriff’s deputies wrote 22 citations, including to a school bus driver, for railroad-crossing violations in Eunice on Monday. The enforcement action was part of a safety exercise organi...
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Man tear gassed after allegedly dragging woman from house pleads to lesser charge, gets probation
A man who allegedly broke into a Eunice home and dragged his girlfriend to another residence before being subdued with tear gas has been put on probation and told to stay away from the woman. Taylo...
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Seahawks' Simon's encounter with detective was second in two nights; alleged resistance stopped after Taser 'painting'
NFL draftee and former LSU defensive back Tharold Simon of Eunice dropped resistance when Taser “painted” by the officer arresting him late Thursday night, the second night he had encountered polic...
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LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday. He was arrested by another Eunice police officer on the scene minutes after this photo was taken. This most recent arrest of Lege marked his third arrest since December.
'Cop watcher' arrested for third time
by Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com The Eunice Police Department issued an advisement to all officers about their new shadow: Alexander Lege. “Officers have been advising the dispatche...
Apr 28, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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Seahawks take Simon in fifth round as 138th overall NFL Draft pick
Former Eunice High and LSU football player Tharold Simon's weekend ended better than it started when he was picked by the Seattle Seahawks in the National Football League draft Saturday. Simon, 22,...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 25 25 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice Rotarians Pat Dossman, at left, and Jacque Pucheu, center, award Kaylee Gotreau, right, the 2013 title and prizes. Gotreau, of Dr. Monty Heinen’s office, was named the “2013 Administrative Professional of the Year” on Wednesday. Photo by Todd C. Elliott
Rotary names 2013 Administrative Professional of the Year
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com She considered herself a secretary as the Eunice Rotary Club considered her a winner on Wednesday. Kaylee Gotreau, of Dr. Monty Heinen’s office, sai...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Eunice News among press association winners
Judges of the Louisiana Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest named Eunice News Editor Jim Butler and Sports Editor Tom Dodge best in two writing categories. The awards were announced...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Young re-sentencing time frame extended
It may be just coincidence that evaluation of Chad L. Young, sentenced to life in prison for killing his parents and brother in November 1988 when he was 17, is now expected to be complete by June ...
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Accused in juvenile sex case put in diversion, other cases at various stages
More than three years after his arrest, a Eunice man accused of sex offenses involving a juvenile has been put in the St. Landry District Attorney Office’s pre-trial diversion program. If Scott Mar...
Apr 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Veterans who spoke to students during a program Wednesday at LSU Eunice included, from left, Geneva Rochard Johnson (a Eunice native), LIllie Clark, Theresa “Teddy” Andrus, all World War II-era vets, and Dot Pocklington, who was the first female general officer (brigadier general) of the US military reserve forces.
Women vets - they served abroad and at home, afield and afloat
They were the forerunners of women who now serve the nation in every military capacity, most of them restricted in what they could do and where. Women veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and t...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kenneth Joseph, left, unloads his production trailer for Pretty Boy Films as he prepares to shoot a music video featuring Eunice rap/hip hop artists I-10 Wes, center, and Slick for the music video of “Why U Ain’t Got What I Got”.
Pretty Boy Films puts Slick, I-10 Wes in hometown video
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Last Friday there was a shooting in the 400 block of Beulah Street. Kenneth Joseph, 38, came home, to the old neighborhood, to shoot a music video. ...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fleming: State gun violence report skewed
By Todd C. Elliott todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com Louisiana ranked worse overall in gun violence, but Congressman John Fleming believes the state is being targeted for its relaxed gun laws. Accordin...
Apr 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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