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Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement includes Eunice Police

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Wearing your seat belt increases the odds of surviving a motor vehicle crash, and it guarantees you don’t get a $50 ticket for not buckling up during the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission’s Click It or Ticket law enforcement campaign.

More should get expedited processing like the South Africans

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
I am writing this column on an Amtrak train to Newark. My destination is immigration court, where I will try and obtain asylum for an abused woman from Central America. So you can imagine that I have more than a little interest in the topic of refugees.

How to tame the Ayatollahs

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
When Ayatollah Khomeini took power in 1979, many believed the Islamic Republic was a short-term glitch in Iran’s history — a theocratic typo soon to be corrected.
Bill Fontenot

Bill Fontenot

LSUE graduates urged to keep learning

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
LSUE’s graduates were urged to keep learning by commencement speaker Bill Fontenot, president and chief executive officer of Cleco. Fontenot, a 1983 LSUE graduate who went on to earn a degree in electrical engineering at LSU in Baton Rouge, questioned whether his degree fits his job.
Democratic lawmakers stand together Monday in the Louisiana House of Representatives to oppose Rep. Emily Chenevert’s House Bill 685, which prohibits policy on diversity, equity and inclusion in state government and prevents state colleges and universities from requiring DEI in their curricula with limited exceptions. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)

Democratic lawmakers stand together Monday in the Louisiana House of Representatives to oppose Rep. Emily Chenevert’s House Bill 685, which prohibits policy on diversity, equity and inclusion in state government and prevents state colleges and universities from requiring DEI in their curricula with limited exceptions. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)

Anti-DEI bill OK’d despite Black Caucus pushback

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Wednesday, May 21, 2025
The Louisiana House of Representatives approved a bill Monday that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion practices across state government and prohibit state universities and colleges from requiring certain race and gender-based curriculum for undergraduate students. House Bill 685 by Rep.
Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller
Wednesday, May 21, 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. Tuesday, May 20 There were 10 traffic stops between the hours of 7:24 a.m. until 11:45 p.m. Officer A.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Wednesday, May 21, 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. Wednesday, May 21 Elliot Taylor, 22, 1100 block of Northportage, Arnaudville. Threatening a public official. Arrested by Arnaudville Police.

Eunice Police get conflicting shooting reports

Harlan Kirgan
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
One juvenile reported being the target of shooting from a vehicle and another group of individuals called 911 to report a juvenile shot a them. Eunice Police Chief Kyle LeBouef stated the conflicting reports occurred at 10:39 p.m. Monday from the 700 block of West Peach.