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Eunice Post Office temporarily closed for safety concerns

Eunice Post Office customers were greeted Saturday afternoon with an official taped message on the front doors of the Eunice Post Office that read, “Eunice Post Office is closed due to safety concerns. Effective Monday, September 23, 2019.

Curfew in St. Landry Parish lifted

St. Landry Parish President Bill Fontenot announced the parish wide curfew has been lifted.
The curfew wais in effect beginning 12 p.m. Saturday through 6 p.m. Sunday due to Tropical Storm Barry.

Pence visits fire-damaged church

By: Chris Rosa, LSN
OPELOUSAS - Sancha Noel Smith said only good could happen by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence meeting and visiting with parishioners of three churches that burnt in March and April near Opelousas.

Eunice Police name suspect in shooting

Eunice Police have identified 21-year-old DeMondre Desmond Terry as the suspect in the March 16 shooting that wounded a man on the Kim’s Market parking lot on March 16, according not a news release from Police Chief Randy Fontenot.

Teen charged in fatal hit and run

An 18-year-old teen, Phillip H. Fontenot, of Eunice, has been arrested in the March 1 fatal hit and run, according to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot in a news release.

Drug bust nets 3 arrests

About 2.5 pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $20,000 was seized as a search warrant was executed in the 200 block of North Street and on South Mallet Street, according to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot.

Branch gunshot victim identified

The gunshot victim at Branch has been dentified as Matthew Mark Briscoe, 32 of Church Point, according to a news release from Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson.

Shooting in Eunice over weekend

According to Chief of Police Randy Fontenot, the Eunice Police received a call from Mercy Regional Medical Center in Eunice at 1:46 a.m. Monday that a gunshot victim had been brought to the emergency room.