News
It’s no secret that newspapers have been increasingly laying off reporters for years, especially those covering statehouses.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Aug. 13
The Rev. Keith Pellerin, the pastor of St. Philip Neri Catholic Church in Kinder, is pictured here as he delivers the homily during the Mass for the 59th anniversary of the death of his fourth cousin Charlene Richard. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
When the Cajun and Creole ancestors of those currently living in South Louisiana first arrived, they brought with them vestiges of the ways of life from their native homeland.
Beginning Wednesday, construction will begin on a $3.04 million project on La. 106 from La. 13 to U.S. 167 between mileposts 9.9 to 14.4 in Evangeline Parish, according to DOTD.
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins
Along with agriculture and oil and gas, the seafood industry is an important economic driver for south Louisiana.
Sports
History was made Wednesday at LSU Eunice s a ground breaking ceremony was held for the construction of the soccer fields.
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Tom Dodge
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh in the series previewing the 2018 football season.
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Tom Dodge
Perry Gallow plays each game with a fire and passion that still drives him at 54, the oldest player on his teams.
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Tom Dodge
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the seventh in the series previewing the 2018 football season.
Jerry Francois was a dominating athlete in the late 1950s for the Eunice High Bobcat Track and Field team.
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John Burson
Lifestyle
These Eunice Elementary students arrive on campus Thursday to begin their first day of school.
Eunice public school students started their first day of school Thursday. At Eunice High Richard Shofstall of First Baptist handed out free donuts to all students.
This group of girls arrived together at Eunice Jr. High School to start their first day of school.
Public Safety
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Aug. 14
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
Aug. 13
Toni R. Lejeune, 28, 100 block of Mamie Street, Eunice. Probation violation.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
Aug. 13
09:33 Grandma trying to leave with 3-year-old in the 3200 block of U.S. 190.
Obits
EUNICE – Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Greater True Light Baptist Church, 341 Anne St., Eunice, for Mr.
Suzanne Herrera Doucet passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2018, at the age of 71.
No services have been scheduled at this time.
A memorial service for Devin Marc Sanders, 33, will be held on Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at Quirk & Son Funeral Home in Eunice from 4:00 PM.
Donald “Donnie” J. Bollich
EUNICE — It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Donald “Donnie” J. Bollich announces his passing on Thursday, August 09, 2018 at Acadian Medical Center. He was 87.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, August 11, 2018 at 10:00 am at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Iota, Louisiana for Charlotte Gayle Miller, 70, who passed away at her home.
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