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Eunice Police arrests

News Staff
Sunday, April 25, 2021
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 20 Jamalco Jewel Winbush, 25, 1300 block of West Willow, Lafayette. Simple criminal damage to property less than $1,000. Dustin B. Guillory, 29, 2100 block of Britany Hwy., Church Point. Money warrant, 1 count, bench warrant, 2 counts. Michael S.
Former Eunice Mayor Lynn LeJeune, right, chats with St. Landry Parish Council members, seated from left, Mildred Thierry, Harold Taylor and Gil Savoy; and Amanda Cain, parish government finance officer, at Wednesday Parish Council meeting. LeJeune is Krotz Springs Port director. She was there with Pat Dossman, Dwight Jodon and Charles Seale to invite Council members to a tour of the Liberty Theatre. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Former Eunice Mayor Lynn LeJeune, right, chats with St. Landry Parish Council members, seated from left, Mildred Thierry, Harold Taylor and Gil Savoy; and Amanda Cain, parish government finance officer, at Wednesday Parish Council meeting. LeJeune is Krotz Springs Port director. She was there with Pat Dossman, Dwight Jodon and Charles Seale to invite Council members to a tour of the Liberty Theatre. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Parish reapportionment remains months away

Harlan Kirgan Editor
Sunday, April 25, 2021
OPELOUSAS — Reapportionment for St. Landry Parish’s Parish Council and School Board districts remains months away because of a delay in census numbers. Demographer Mike Hefner said the census count won’t be available until August or September.

LSU Faculty Senate calls for mandatory student vaccinations

Kathleen Peppo Lsu Manship School News Service
Sunday, April 25, 2021
BATON ROUGE — A resolution calling on LSU to add the COVID-19 vaccine to its list of mandatory immunizations for students returning to campus this fall passed the LSU Faculty Senate 52-1 Thursday.
Ornamental kale, snapdragons and sorbet violas make a dazzling plant display for fall and winter. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/ LSU AgCenter)

Ornamental kale, snapdragons and sorbet violas make a dazzling plant display for fall and winter. (Photo by Heather Kirk-Ballard/ LSU AgCenter)

Get creative with a colorful container garden

Heather Kirk-ballard Lsu Agcenter Horticulturist
Sunday, April 25, 2021
You don’t need a large yard or a lot of space to create a beautiful garden. You can create beautiful planters or containers that fit any space with limitless plant combinations that bring beauty and joy to wherever you call home.

Tri-Parish workforce shrinks from a year ago

Staff Report
Sunday, April 25, 2021
The Tri-Parish workforce has lost 2,455 people from a year ago, according to statistic released Friday by the the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The workforce includes people working and those looking for a job. In March, the Tri-Parish workforce was 67,642, down from 70,097 in March 2020.
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Celeste Gomez walk on 2nd Street to the Liberty Theatre on Wednesday. Nungesser said he will help with a restoration project. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and Celeste Gomez walk on 2nd Street to the Liberty Theatre on Wednesday. Nungesser said he will help with a restoration project. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Lt. Gov. Nungesser tours, pledges to help restoration of the Liberty Theatre

News Staff
Sunday, April 25, 2021
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser pledged his assistance to help restore the Liberty Theatre in a tour on Wednesday. Reviving the theater fits into Nungesser’s role as the chief tourism official in state government. He emphasized that role in addressing the Eunice Rotary Club before his tour of theater.
Wetlands Sake cans stand on the 31-acre field planted with short-grain rice that will be used to make the beverage. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)

Wetlands Sake cans stand on the 31-acre field planted with short-grain rice that will be used to make the beverage. (Photo by Bruce Schultz/LSU AgCenter)

LSU AgCenter rice is main ingredient in Louisiana brewed Wetlands Sake

Bruce Schultz Bschultz@agcenter.lsu.edu
Thursday, April 22, 2021
CROWLEY — Short-grain rice developed by the LSU AgCenter has been planted for a New Orleans company to make sake, a traditional Japanese beverage that is becoming more popular in the U.S. The Pirogue variety was planted on 31 acres at the H.

Catalytic converter thefts on the rise

Harlan Kirgan Editor
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Reports of stolen catalytic converters off vehicles are increasing in Eunice, which follows a national trend. The Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs noted two instances on Monday — one at Sears and the other at the John R. Young dealership.

First criminal trial held in 27th Distirct since onset of COVID-19

News Staff
Thursday, April 22, 2021
OPELOUSAS — A jury found an Opelousas man guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of death of his wife in what St. Landry Parish District Attorney Chad Pitre said was the first criminal trial since the onset of COVID-19. The jury verdict came on Friday for Daniel E.
Submitted photos

Submitted photos

Students of the Week at Glendale Elementary

News Staff
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Glendale Elementary announced its Students of the Week for April 7-9. In front, from left, are Zylee McQuirter, Mason Higginbotham, Bailey Ashworth, Victoria Hernandez, Khloe Glaze and Hayden Hooter.