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Lemelle is new principal at Eunice Junior High School

Eunice Junior High School has a new principal, Chad Lemelle. Lemelle has 21 years of education under his belt and 14 years as an administrator. Lemelle, 46, worked as a director at the Acadia Parish Head Start in Crowley for the past two-and-a half years.

‘Oldest inhabitants’ were weather observers

Until well into the 1800s, the oldest people in a town or area were the keepers of weather lore.

2nd teen arrested in fatal Church Point shooting

A second teen has been arrested in the Nov. 3 shooting that left a 14-year-old Church Point boy dead. Acadia Parish Sheriff K.P. Gibson said Cameron Lorenzo Byers, 16, of Church Point has been booked into the Acadia Parish Jail. Byers is to stand trial as an adult, he said.

Thoughts post election day!

Winston Churchill once said the democracies and the election process are messy, sometimes chaotic, and inefficient. But, he also pointed out, that no one has devised a system that is any better.

Ready for Tyree to carve Thanksgiving trivia?

As your host, I have gathered a cornucopia of genuine Thanksgiving trivia, thanks to “Good Housekeeping” magazine and other sources. (Granted, “Good Housekeeping” reached its peak of relevance in the June Cleaver era.

Man pleads guilty to killing brother

A Church Point man has pled guilty to manslaughter in the July 2019 shooting death of his brother. Elvin Moore, 65, entered his plea on Oct. 30 in a 15th Judicial District courtroom in Crowley.

Sheriff: Church Point man impersonated detective to burglarize house

A Church Point man is accused of impersonating a detective in order to burglarize a residence in Palmetto on June 24, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.

Tips sought about Acadia Parish burglary

Acadia Parish Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a residential burglary which occurred in 1000 block of Hetzel Road north of Crowley between 7 a.m. and 6:45 p.m. Nov. 4. An unknown suspect made entry by forcing open a door to the residence.

Virus fires up again

St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux is closing his second-floor office in the Eunice Municipal Complex citing a COVID-19 outbreak. “I have decided to close the Eunice branch office until it is safe to reopen it because of the COVID pandemic.

LSUE plans to honor its first chancellor, Anthony Mumphrey

The Acadian Center on the LSU Eunice campus is to be renamed in honor of the first chancellor, Dr. Anthony Mumphrey. The renaming request is to be presented at the LSU Board of Supervisors meeting in December.