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Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. January 16 Zachary Ellison, 35, 400 block of Mayers Street, Eunice. Theft, illegal possession of stolen things and switched license plates. Samantha Paige Trahan, 23, 200 block of Nut Med Lane, Lafayette. Bench warrant. Jared D.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. January 16 Kenneth M. Chevis Sr., 57, 100 block of Chevis Road, Opelousas. Tail lamp violation, possession of schedule II CDS, possession of drug paraphernalia. Arrested by Opelousas Police.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. January 15 0640 16-year-old in the 800 block of South Beulah advised his father he is not going to school. 07:32 School bus hit rear view mirror on 8th Street.

Eunice Police arrest

The following is an arrest by Eunice Police. January 15 Darrin Wayne Allison, 43, 200 block of Veterans Drive, Eunice. Domestic abuse battery.

News notes

Acadia Parish Farmers’ Appreciation The Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce and Supreme Rice are sponsoring the annual Farmers’ Appreciation Dinner in honor of Acadia Parish farmers. The event will take place on Jan. 23 at the International Rice Festival Building in Crowley. Doors will open at 5:30 p.

Sheriff announces $500 scholarship

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz is once again announcing the availability of a $500 scholarship to be awarded to one outstanding high school graduating senior in St. Landry Parish.

Get It Growing: Tea, a legendary camellia

History tells us that people began consuming tea in China in 2700 B.C. Countless books have been written on the history of tea and how it has made its way from an emperors cup in China to around the globe.

Acting for life

A nonprofit support center for expecting mothers is to open Jan. 21 at Sanctuary of Praise, 1415 Seventh St., here. The center, across from Savoy Medical Center, will offer assistance in pregnancy and with postnatal care.

Parish sales tax collections hit $69.9M in 2019

More than $69.9 million in local sales taxes were collected in St. Landry Parish in 2019. That’s about $845 annually per person in the parish with a population of 82,764. The total doesn’t include state sales taxes. The St.

Leonard "Cop Cop" Vidrine

EUNICE~It is with the heaviest hearts and great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Leonard “Cop Cop” Vidrine, our loving and devoted husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend to all whose lives he touched on January 14, 2020.