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School Board about to alter its meeting format

For years the St. Landry Parish School Board has followed a procedure of committee meetings followed by a regular meeting with all Board members present. At its Dec. 3 meeting the Board met as a committee of the whole prior to the regular session.

Mayor says city crews aren’t for garbage collection

Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot made the city’s case at Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting that its crews should not be picking garbage. “We are not the trash collector in the parish,” he said. “Solid Waste contracts with Waste Connections. They are the trash collector in the parish,” Fontenot said.

Vile is vile, regardless of your political party

I have been pretty honest and clear about my refusal to sing Kumbaya with the other side on policy. But I’m not willing to demonize people with whom I disagree in areas where politics and policy, ideology and integrity are irrelevant. Case in point: Phil Murphy.

COVID Grinch can’t steal our Christmas

Sorry, COVID-19, but you’re not going to stop our Christmas cheer this year. You remind me of the Dr. Seuss Christmas classic, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” The Grinch, you see, is a miserable old grouch.

Church Point teen’s trial set Feb. 1

A Church Point teenager is set to stand trial in February in the shooting death of another Church Point teen. Nicholas W. Ardoin, 18, is scheduled to be tried on Feb. 1, 2021, in connection with the Nov. 2 shooting of 14-year-old Trey’kwan Butler. Ardoin, who was arrested the following day, Nov.

Thefts target catalytic converters

St. Landry Crime Stoppers and Deputy Jared Harbour of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office needs help in solving a rash of burglaries throughout the parish. During November, deputies responded to eight separate burglaries involving the theft of catalytic converters.

Eunice Rotary food drive is underway

The annual Spirit of Christmas Food Drive sponsored by Super 1 Foods is here. Eunice schools will collect canned goods for the drive through Monday. The Rotarians will pick up all canned goods from each school on Tuesday. Rotarians will plan to deliver food to needy families on Dec. 19.

Suit filed to clean up Cankton site

St. Landry Parish and the village of Cankton have filed suit to clean up alleged contamination at the former 80-acre Cankton Tank Farm/MAR Services oilfield waste treatment, storage and disposal facility near Cankton, according to a news release from Lafayette attorney Bill Goodell.

Multiple shots fired on North 2nd

Eunice Police are investigating multiple shots fired on North 2nd Street Tuesday. According to the Eunice Police radio dispatch log, police were dispatched to the scene at 10:23 p.m. in the area of 1st and 2nd streets. “We do have suspects,” Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.

St. Landry Parish Jail inmates test positive for COVID-19

St. Landry Parish Government and the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office are monitoring the parish jail conditions and inmates who have contracted the coronavirus.