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St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Dec.14 Chance Cormier, 20, 100 block of South Vernon Street, Opelousas. Domestic abuse battery (child endangerment), aggravated assault. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Department.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Dec. 13 05:06 Alarm heard going off south of the Police Department. 05:06 Alarm at Brownie’s. 05:09 Building is secure. 05:38 Disturbance in the 200 block of Elm. 07:57 Wire down in the 400 block of North St. Joseph.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Dec. 13 Jason Todd Morris, 21, 300 block of Armide, Eunice. Simple criminal damage to property less than $1,000. Keevan Fontenot, 19, 1300 block of Second Street, Pine Prairie.

Eunice woman arrested in Acadia Parish Jail contraband case

A Eunice woman has been arrested in connection with an ongoing investigation into contraband being smuggled into the Acadia Parish Jail. Sheriff K.P. Gibson reported Thursday that Brittany Driskill, 29, of Eunice, was booked for principle to introduction of contraband into a penal facility.

​Worthy asylum seekers – or not?

Earlier this week I was at an event that honored Malala Yousafzai. Malala, in case you don’t recall, is the brave young school girl from a village in Pakistan who was nearly killed in 2012 by the Taliban.

A strategy for giving

In the emergency room and on the battlefield it’s easy to appreciate the wisdom of a triage system: those with the greatest need are helped first. But few of us, particularly the wealthy, apply that same type of thinking when it comes to making donations to charities.

Will Trump listen to Lindsey Graham?

What got into Lindsey Graham? Maybe it was the wave of nostalgia for an old school Washington brought on by the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush this week.

Christmas parade, concert today

The Christmas season arrives in a big way this week when the Eunice Kiwanis Club holds its annual Christmas Parade at 5 p.m. today. on 2nd Steet and Park Avenue. The parade features Santa Claus. After the parade Santa listens to Christmas wishes at the Eunice Municipal Complex lobby.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Dec. 12 06:52 Break-in i the 600 block of Sharon. 07:34 Head-on collision in front of the Shell on U.S. 190 West. 08:13 Daughter is missing and not at school. Caller from 200 block of Betty.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Dec. 11 Tevontae Marquise Harris, 24, 3000 block of Vancouver Drive, Baton Rouge. Five warrants. Dec. 12 Christopher Mouton, 38, 100 block of Gum Street, Eunice. Two counts of theft. Christopher Lee Mettetal, 26, 10 block of Childs, Eunice.