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Louisiana rice planting on schedule thanks to recent dry weather

Recent stretches of dry weather have allowed Louisiana rice farmers to get in the field and plant their 2018 crop on schedule. “In the last two weeks, we’ve made tremendous progress,” said Don Groth, resident coordinator of the LSU AgCenter H. Rouse Caffey Rice Research Station in Crowley.

DuHaney-West named CEO of Teche Regional Medical Center

Teche Regional Medical Center announced Monday that Aphreikah DuHaney-West has been named CEO of the hospital, effective immediately, a news release said. She has served as interim CEO since December 2017.

Early voting begins Saturday for Fire District 4 election in northern Acadia Parish

One election is on the April 28 ballot in Acadia Parish and it involves only three precincts and part of a fourth. But officials in the parish Registrar of Voters offices will be handling early voters in that election beginning Saturday, according to Billie J. Meyer, registrar.

2 men, 2 teens charged in street fight

Two adults are accused of standing by as two 16-year-olds fought at about 6 p.m. Monday at Hazel and Benjamin streets. The juveniles were having a spat on the internet and it was decided they would meet and fight, Eunice Police Sgt. Nicholas Cooley said.

Tips sought in cold case homicide

Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish needs help to solve a cold case homicide. On Dec. 10, 2016, at 12:36 a.m, deputies with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting incident at Meadows Apartments located at 100 Kathy Meadows Drive in Crowley.

Eunice woman charged with malfeasance

A Eunice woman employed at the Pine Prairie Correctional Center was arrested for malfeasance in office on April 2, according to a news release from Pine Prairie Police Chief L. C. Deshotel.

Cody Ardoin is named the Mercy Award winner

Mercy Regional Medical Center announced on Monday that Cody Ardoin has been recognized as the hospital’s 2018 Mercy Award winner. Ardoin, director of human resources at Mercy Regional and Acadian Medical, is recognized for demonstrating compassion and unwavering commitment to helping others.

Raising the age to buy an assault rifle rejected

The Legislature on Tuesday continued a pattern of mixed action on proposals to combat gun violence, as the Senate rejected a bill to raise the legal age of assault weapons while a Senate committee approved a bill to ban bump stocks on semi-automatic weapons.

School Board’s meeting challenged (pdfs)

The St. Landry Parish School Board is to meet at 5 p.m. today for its first regular session following an overwhelming defeat of two tax proposals it placed before voters on March 24. (A meeting of the School Board as a committee is scheduled at 4 p.m.

Police: Man waiting trial for running over man, found drunk and behind the wheel

Almost two years ago, Derrick Lynn Mott, 29, of Eunice, was charged with striking a man on South East Street with his brand-new 2017 Ford F-250 pickup truck. Zechariah Hose Freeman, 20, of Eunice, was injured and taken to a Lafayette hospital for injuries he suffered in the Dec.