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St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. August 24 - 26 Jennifer Ann Cormier, 35, 7700 block of Eunice Iota Highway, Eunice. Theft, criminal trespass. Arrested by Eunice Police Department. Joshua Paul Fontenot, 27, 100 block of Allison Loop, Eunice.

Virgie Soileau Prejean

Virgie Soileau Prejean passed away on Saturday, August 24, 2019 at the age of 81. A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Quirk and Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Pastor Woody Gunnels will officiate. Burial will follow at St Ann’s Cemetery in Mamou, La.

Michelle Ann Ness Morgan

Michelle Ann Ness Morgan passed away on Friday, August 23, 2019 at the age of 57. A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 10:00 AM at Quirk and Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Burial will follow at Mt Calvary Cemetery.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. August 23 07:00 Daughter does not want to go to school in the 600 block of College Road. 07:50 Female going into labor at Eunice High School. 07:53 Child in the 200 block of Acadia does not want to go to school.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. August 23 Lance Tyrel Russell, 33, 1000 block of North 2nd Street, Eunice. Probation warrant. August 24 Michael Glen Godfrey, 26, 100 block of Benoit Street, Eunice. Entry or remaining after being forbidden.

News notes

Mt. Olive Cemetery volunteers needed Families of the Mount Olive Cemetery, located at 1199 E. Ardoin (on Old Crowley Road), are in dire need of volunteers for lawn maintenance, grass mowing, and up keep of the cemetery. It is a public cemetery, established many years ago.

From The Eunice News files

From the August 2009 files of The Eunice News. Louisiana State Newspapers columnist and local historian Jim Bradshaw shares stories about the lawless Cajun Prairie of the 19th Century with Eunice Rotarians Wednesday afternoon.

Support sought for St. Thomas Fall Festival

Dear friends, and foundations of our community, The leaves haven’t changed. The air is still smoldering. Mosquitoes roar and swarm like crowds at a football game. But what did you expect? This is Fall in southern Louisiana. And so it is time once again for our Fall Festival at St.

Real-time failure of democratic socialism

Harry Reid is starting to make sense. I was afraid this day would come. Perhaps it’s an indication of the Apocalypse or, at the very least, that multiple blows to the head, received during my less-than-stellar amateur athletic career, have finally caught up with me.

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