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Eunice Police arrests

News Staff

Thursday, April 29, 2021

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 23 Rusty James Bordelon, 36, 100 block of Baine, Eunice. Bench warrant. Andrea Nichole Guillory, 21, 1300 block of West Peach, Eunice. Theft. Traven R. LeBlanc, 23, 800 block of Hwy. 1252, Carencro. Disturbing the peace. Juvenile, 17, Eunice.

Cleo Fields

Bill restricting no-knock warrants, chokeholds advances in Senate

Ryan Nelsen Lsu Manship School News Service

Thursday, April 29, 2021

BATON ROUGE – A bill that would restrict law enforcement officials from using no-knock warrants and chokeholds advanced Tuesday. Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, moved his bill, SB34, through the Senate Judiciary B Committee, and it will next go to the Senate floor.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s arrests

News Staff

Thursday, April 29, 2021

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. April 21 Ronald Lee Moten, 47, 300 block of Richard Street, Sunset. Bench warrant. Arrested by Sunset Police. Braylin Bershawn Lemon, 18, 100 block of North Romero, Carencro. Hold for Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office.

DHS announces extension of REAL ID full enforcement deadline

News Staff

Thursday, April 29, 2021

WASHINGTON – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is extending the REAL ID full enforcement date by 19 months, from Oct. 1 to May 3, 2023, due to circumstances resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

State keeping 6 seats in Congress

News Staff

Thursday, April 29, 2021

The Center Square The U.S. Census Bureau unveiled updated population counts for all 50 states Monday, shifting the fate of Congress and the Electoral College for the next decade. Louisiana’s population increased by 2.7% from 2010 to 2020, The state will keep its six seats in Congress.

Jerome Robinson, at the lectern, speaks about athletic facility needs in St. Landry Parish public schools at a meeting Monday in Opelousas. Seated at right is Eunice High School Principal Mitch Fontenot. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School Board planning tax vote for raises, athletic facility improvements

Harlan Kirgan Editor

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Property taxes to pay for employee pay raises and athletic facility improvements were presented to the St. Landry Parish School Board’s Finance Committee on Monday. Three proposals were presented by Superintendent Patrick Jenkins. One is for a 9.

Statewide mask mandated lifted

News Staff

Thursday, April 29, 2021

BATON ROUGE — Following months of sustained improvement in COVID hospitalizations and an increase in the supply and availability of vaccines, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that some mitigation measures will be eased and the statewide mask mandate was lifted Wednesday.

St. Landry Parish included in $30M child care program

News Staff

Thursday, April 29, 2021

BATON ROUGE — The St. Landry Parish School Board is among parishes sharing in $30 million of funding from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to pay for 2,970 seats in child care for children up to 3 years old for the 2021- 2022 school year.

Jerry Vidrine

Drug overdose death leads to murder charge

News Staff

Sunday, April 25, 2021

A Eunice man is charged with second-degree murder in the overdose death of an Oberlin man. Police Chief Randy Fontenot said detectives arrested Jerry Ross Vidrine, 33, of the 700 block of Tate Street, on Thursday. Vidrine is accused in the overdose death of James “Jim” Langley, 30, of Oberlin.

Angela Cassimere, St. Landry Parish School Board director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment. (Photo Harlan Kirgan)

Strings attached to COVID relief money

Harlan Kirgan Editor

Sunday, April 25, 2021

The nearly $104 million in COVID relief funds the St. Landry Parish School Board is eligible to receive comes with a big string attached. If the Board’s budget due April 30 for using a portion of the money is approved, the school district has to spend local money first and apply for reimbursement.