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No headlight traffic stop ends with multiple drug charges

Harlan Kirgan

Thursday, May 8, 2025

A Leonville woman driving a 1999 Toyota 4-Runner at the 2100 block of West Landry Street near Opelousas at about 8:49 p.m. May 2 was stopped for driving at night without headlights. But it was not an ordinary traffic stop, according to a news release from St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.

Anita Aymond Richard

Myra Miller

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Anita Aymond Richard passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at the age of 65. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2025 at St. Anthony’s with Father John Dugas Celebrant. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Thursday, May 8, 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. Wednesday, May 7 There were three traffic stops. Officer M. Dunn 1:57 a.m.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Thursday, May 8, 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. Thursday, May 8 Jamarcus Anthony Miller, 31, 2100 block of Rosewood Court, Opelousas. Bench warrant (2 counts). Arrested by St.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Barefoot Sunday at Unity Church of God There will be a Youth Ministry shoe drive, “Barefoot Sunday” from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Sunday, May 18 at Unity Church of God in Christ. The church is located at 1220 East Maple Avenue in Eunice. The public is invited to donate shoes.

What comes next for the church?

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

I am a papal expert, because I have seen the following three movies over the past two days: Conclave Shoes of the Fisherman The Cardinal None of us knows what will happen when the conclave convenes next month.

Brown writes farewell to writing a column

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

What’s the saying? All good things must come to an end? We experience a number of “lasts.” In the secular world, I recall The Last Picture Show, the Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai. In the religious world, Christianity says there are four last things: death, judgment, heaven and hell.

Retired Maj. Gen. Bennett Landreneau, left, and Dr. Paul Coreil, LSUA chancellor (Photo courtesy of LSUA Strategic Communications)

LSUA honors Landreneau on newly unveiled Wall of Distinction

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The Office of the Chancellor at Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSUA) recently unveiled the new LSUA Wall of Distinction in a special ceremony, naming retired Maj. Gen. Bennett C. Landreneau as its 2025 honoree.

The Eunice High School Concert Band, led by director Lamont Goodman, attended the District III Large Ensemble Assessment at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette on March 27. Sixty-six bands from seven Acadiana parishes attended this year’s event, where bands performed prepared music, as well as music never seen before, in front of a panel of judges. The Eunice High School Band received a Superior, the highest possible rating, from every judge.Goodman said, “The band has worked hard this year, and they pla

Eunice High School Concert Band earns top rating

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The Eunice High School Concert Band, led by director Lamont Goodman, attended the District III Large Ensemble Assessment at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette on March 27.

Parish sales tax collections dip in April

Harlan Kirgan

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Total year-to-date St. Landry Parish sales tax collections took a rare decline in April compared the same period in 2024. The four-month total of $34,266,087 was down $2,040,622 from the 2024 total of $36,306,709, according to statistics released Monday by the St.