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Sales tax collections take sharp upturn

Sales tax collections in some cases rose sharply in St. Landry Parish in June, according to statistics from the St. Landry Parish School Board Sales Tax Division. Collections through June were ahead of those in the same period in 2017 in Eunice, St.

Rose Courville Gaspard

Rose Courville Gaspard passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at the age of 84. A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, July 14 2018, at 10:00 AM. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice. Burial will follow at St. Paul Cemetery. Deacon David Guillory will officiate.

Vernon Carl Duplechin

Vernon Carl Duplechin passed away on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, at the age of 81. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, July 13, 2018, at 10:00 AM at Quirk & Son Funeral Home in Eunice. Pastor Dennis Gotreaux will officiate. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. July 10 08:27 Reckless driving on Maple Avenue. White Nissan Altima. 09:20 Loose dog on Kyries Hebert. 11:34 Stolen dirt bike in the 700 block of Viola. 14:35 Fight at Acadian Medical Center.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. July 10 Mikeshia Fruge, 26, 1100 block of Edward Knote Thomas Jr. St., Ville Platte. Domestic abuse battery. Kelly Ann Robert, 32, 800 block of 4th Street, Mamou. Domestic abuse battery.

KiKi Newman Fontenot

BASILE~It's with heavy hearts that the family of Kiki Newman Fontenot announces her passing on Tuesday, July 10, 2018 in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 87. Burial will follow in the Prien Highland Memorial Park in Lake Charles.

Emily "Angel" Stanford

EUNICE~It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the family of Emily "Angel" Stanford announces her passing on Saturday, July 07, 2018 at Acadian Medical Center at the age of 24. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at 2:00 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at Ardoin's Funeral Home in Eunice.

Stolen truck found in Maine, two from Tri-City area arrested

A pickup truck reported stolen from Berwick, Louisiana, in June was located nearly 1,700 miles away in Maine on Saturday, along with two people from the Tri-City area who were in possession of the vehicle.

Lettsworth man ordered to pay $10,250 in civil restitution for killing bear

A Lettsworth man will have to pay $10,250 in civil restitution after a judge found him guilty of illegally killing a Louisiana black bear. There is no season set for black bear in Louisiana.   The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries argued before an administrative law judge that Ronald J.

Lazard makes history with AASA board appointment

For the first time in history, the Evangeline Parish School District’s superintendent has been selected by the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents (LASS) to serve on the Governing Board of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA).