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St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 25, 2025
The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office. Monday, July 21 Robert Clifton Douglas Sr. Of Janesville, Wisconsin, and Chamire Denise Murphy, of Opelousas. Tuesday, July 22 Robert Mallet III and Shalemeiko Shawnee Johnson, both of Opelousas.

St. Landry Parish civil cases

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 25, 2025
The following are civil cases filed in the 27th Judicial District Court. Wednesday, July 16 Laura Leday vs Tonya Ashford, damages. Capital One NA vs James Mosley, open account. Pelican State Credit Union vs Christina Taylor Cannatella, open account.
Collin Junuis Benoit

Collin Junuis Benoit

Iota man arrested on drug charges

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 25, 2025
Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested an Iota man for various narcotics charges on July 23 in the 600 block of Gotts Cove Road, according to a news release from Sheriff K.P. Gibson. Deputies were called to assist the Department of Children and Family Services.
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz announced four corrections deputies have graduated from the State of Louisiana Basic 92-hour course. During the course, deputies are instructed on the use of force, inmate care, introduction to weapons and contraband control. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office uses in-house, state certified instructors to train deputies prior to their attending a more extensive corrections academy to become P.O.S.T. – certified corrections officers. Guidroz states, “Our goal is to have every deput

Sheriff Bobby Guidroz announced four corrections deputies have graduated from the State of Louisiana Basic 92-hour course. During the course, deputies are instructed on the use of force, inmate care, introduction to weapons and contraband control. The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office uses in-house, state certified instructors to train deputies prior to their attending a more extensive corrections academy to become P.O.S.T. – certified corrections officers. Guidroz states, “Our goal is to have every deput

Corrections deputies certified

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 25, 2025
Sheriff Bobby Guidroz announced four corrections deputies have graduated from the State of Louisiana Basic 92-hour course. During the course, deputies are instructed on the use of force, inmate care, introduction to weapons and contraband control. The St.

AI is a 21st century ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 25, 2025
My favorite horror movie is the original “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” closely followed by the 1978 remake with Donald Sutherland. The reason I still sleep with the lights on after watching them is the idea that we can live among facsimiles of reality, when it’s all fabrication.

Barbershop bones brought lots of speculation

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 25, 2025
Everybody who saw them seemed to have an opinion about the big bones on display at the Dupre Barber Shop in Eunice in March 1943. Delino Miller brought them to the shop. He said his grandfather found them about 1895 in the Atchafalaya Basin, but he didn’t know much else about them.

Are you clinging to ‘poor-people’ habits?

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, July 25, 2025
“And we was too broke to even pay heed/But that’s how it is when you’re po’ folks.” — Bill Anderson. I was intrigued by a recent USA Today article about “poor-people” habits (i.e. vestiges of frugality that persist even when a person becomes financially comfortable).
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Thursday, July 24, 2025
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Thursday, July 24 James McGee, 28, 100 block of Fairfield Ave, Terrytown, LA.
Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller
Thursday, July 24, 2025
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, July 23 Shandary Simien, 43, 200 block of South Mallet, Eunice. False communication with intent to cause emergency response, cyberstalking, telephone harassment.
Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller
Thursday, July 24, 2025
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls. Wednesday, July 23 There was one traffic stop at 9:50 p.m. Officer D. Broussard 12:17 a.m.