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Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. February 5 08:08 Report of loose dogs in the area of Pearl and Juanita. 09:37 Report of stolen debit card in the 800 block of South Beulah.

News notes

CDA hosts Valentine’s cake sale Catholic Daughters of the Americas Court Eunice 208 will hold its annual Valentine’s cake and baked goods sale to fund charitable donations. Come by and support them following masses at Saint Anthony’s Catholic Church in Eunice on Saturday, Feb. 13 after 4 p.m.

Lester "Stoney" Paul Miller

Lester “Stoney” Paul Miller passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at the age of 63. A Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2021 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home of Eunice. Burial will follow in St. Paul Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Pinpointing what is wrong with your plants

We all start out with good intentions and grand ideas when it comes to our gardens and houseplants.

From The Eunice News February 2001 files

From The Eunice News February 2001 files

Skeletal remains found in Evangeline Parish identified, homicide investigated

The Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations, with support from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, St Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Opelousas Police , are asking for the public’s help in providing information related to the July 4, 2016, disappearance of Erica Nicole Hunt of...

Kenneth Briscoe

It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Kenneth Ray Briscoe announces his passing at Acadian Medical Center on Feb. 4, 2021, at the age of 74. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice.

St. Landry Parish sheriff seeks man for shotgun shooting

Daveon Josiah Finley, 25, is being sought by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office and St. Landry Crime Stoppers. Finley is wanted for attempted second-degree murder, according to a news release from St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.

Piano keys from rice?

Rice farming was well established in Louisiana but was just getting started in east Texas in 1900, when Texas Farm and Ranch magazine sent W. C. Moore to get some tips on how it should be done.

Parish government office in Eunice

Interim St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard announced the opening of an office for parish government in the second floor of the Eunice Municipal Complex on Thursday. Office staff will include Sandra Darbonne.