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Eunice Police Arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 13 Raymond Celestine, 45, 5000 block of Chataignier St., Chataignier. Possession of Schedule II CDS, posssession of legend drug without prescription, possession of Schedule IV CDS and failure to signal. David Coleman, 39, 1000 block of N. 2nd St.

Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. April 13 02:53 Rape in the 2000 block of West Magnolia. Ambulance en route. 03:01 The incident happened outside the city. They will send a deputy to meet the victim at Acadian Medical Center.

News notes

WC Read Fire Dept. BBQ fundraiser set W.C. Read Fire Departments’ annual BBQ will be from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Sunday. The BBQ dinners will be sold for $8 each at the WC Read Station located at intersection of Hwy. 13 and Hwy. 374. There will also be a bake sale.

Rayne, Church Point take a step toward cultural districts

Two Acadia Parish municipalities are one step closer to having their own cultural districts. Through resolution, the Acadia Parish Police Jury went on record Tuesday in support of the applications of Rayne and Church Point for the creation of cultural districts.

School Board hits the pause button on plans

In a crowded and sometimes raucous meeting, the St. Landry Parish School Board tabled the discussion of plans to close and consolidate schools. The Board voted 7-5 to regroup on plans to save the district money and reverse an ongoing academic failure in its Opelousas schools.

Legislation to put guns in schools failing

The Senate Education Committee on Thursday refused to approve a bill that would have allowed schools officials to possess firearms in a decision that marked a second defeat for efforts to arm teachers.

Maurice man sentenced to 36 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $1.2 million from Abbeville bank

U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced that a man from Maurice was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison for submitting false receipts in order to draw more than $1.2 million from a bank line of credit. Richard J. Viator Jr., 53, of Maurice, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dee D.

Hurricane season forecast blows hot, cold

In our world of polarized government and polarized media, where everything is just a matter of somebody’s opinion, we can at least count on the annual hurricane forecasts, can’t we? Maybe not. The predictions are blowing hot and cold.

Task force to study officer-involved shootings

The sponsor of controversial legislation that would require criminal grand juries to review all officer-involved shootings resulting in injury or death deferred her own bill after agreeing to seek creation of a task force to study it. Rep.

To opioid hell and back​

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