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Beggs landfill, recycling centers at Eunice, Opelousas closed

The St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Landfill in Beggs and the Eunice and Opelousas Recycling Centers will have all entrances to the main buildings closed to the public until further notice. Richard LeBouef, executive director of the St.

With glut of crawfish, consider boiling, freezing it at home

With a glut of crawfish on the market, prices are dropping, and consumers might be interested in boiling and freezing crawfish at home. Many restaurants have closed or switched to takeout and drive-through-only operations amid concerns about spreading the novel coronavirus.

Coronavirus restaurant closures spell trouble for Louisiana crawfish producers

As the nation’s economy has ground to an abrupt halt, crawfish producers are dealing with fallout. Restaurants have shuttered, with many offering only delivery or drive-through business, so they aren’t buying much crawfish. Crawfish producer Gerard Frey, of Acadia Parish, said this is unprecedented.

Lafayette man charged with arson in Church Point

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is applauding the quick response by the public after tips lead to identifying and locating a person of interest deputies were seeking in connection with several intentionally-set fires that occurred within blocks of each other inside the town of Church Point.

Economist warns of steep Louisiana recession

Special to The Eunice News (March 19) – With the country in lockdown, markets in freefall, and national retail sales off 36% year-over-year, LSU Economist Emeritus, Dr. Loren Scott, says Louisiana has another serious factor looming.

St. Landry public school classes to resume on April 20

A St. Landry Parish School Board special meeting was marked more by how the meeting was conducted than what happened. The chairs were spaced with social distance in mind and a projection screen with two Board members on it were signs of the coronavirus impact on a public meeting.

St. Landry Parish Council members cite coronavirus concerns in avoiding meeting

The coronavirus is getting the blame for a rare failure to obtain a quorum at a St. Landry Parish Council meeting. Several Council members sent texts that stated they had health concerns about attending the meeting Wednesday.

“I’ve never seen anything like this”

There were seven deaths attributed to the coronavirus — COVID-19 – in Louisiana on Wednesday. By Friday afternoon the toll in the state was at 13. Kenneth Cochran, president and CEO of Opelousas General Health System, spoke at Wednesday’s Parish Council meeting in Opelousas.

Man says he was robbed naked

A 26-year-old Eunice man told police he was robbed at gunpoint of his iPhone 6S, keys, shorts and underwear while he walked in front of Central Middle School. Police interviewed the man at an apartment away from where he was robbed at about midnight Thursday.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. March 19 06:00 Subject in the 800 block of South Beulah took a fist full of pills. Ambulance en route. 09:05 Elderly person trying to cross street near street near Ardoin Marble.