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St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Monday, March 16, 2026
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. Saturday, March 14-Monday, March 16 Prescott Lydell Dargin, II, 30, 1100 block of Highway 182, Opelousa.
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News notes items

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Myra Miller
Monday, March 16, 2026
Evangeline Parish Tourist sponsors Easter Stravaganza Evangelism Parish Tourist Commission Easter Stravaganza will be held from 10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28 at NW Railroad Avenue next to the Swamp Pop Museum in Ville Platte.
DOTD announces area road projects

DOTD announces area road projects

DOTD announces area road projects

Claudette Olivier
Friday, March 13, 2026
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has announced the following area roadwork projects: • I-10 Eastbound at Exit 87 - LA 35 (Church Point, Rayne), Acadia Parish, Ramp Closures I-10 Eastbound Entrance and Exit Ramp at Exit 87 – LA 35 (Church Point, Rayne) will be closed on the...
Annie Peter-Lewis

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Body identified

Claudette Olivier
Friday, March 13, 2026
Crime Stoppers of Acadia Parish is asking for the public’s assistance in the case of an unattended death. On Feb. 26, the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office began an investigation regarding a body found on Bayou Queue de Tortue.
Savannah James (All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)

Savannah James (All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)

Maxie woman arrested on second degree murder charge

Claudette Olivier
Friday, March 13, 2026
Detectives with the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office have arrested an area woman on a charge of second degree murder as well as a theft of a motor vehicle charge.
Jeremy P. Richard (All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)

Jeremy P. Richard (All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)

LBI arrests Opelousas man on 38 counts of child sexual abuse materials

Claudette Olivier
Friday, March 13, 2026
Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents have arrested an Opelousas man for 38 counts of child sexual abuse materials under the age of 13.
Deputy Rayvin Chenevert was awarded “Officer of the Year” from the Doucet-Aucoin Post # 8971 in Eunice. (Submitted photo)

Deputy Rayvin Chenevert was awarded “Officer of the Year” from the Doucet-Aucoin Post # 8971 in Eunice. (Submitted photo)

VFW Post 8971 awards Officer of the Year to Deputy Chenevert

Claudette Olivier
Friday, March 13, 2026
St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz has announced that Deputy Rayvin Chenevert was awarded “Officer of the Year” from the Doucet-Aucoin Post # 8971 in Eunice. Guidroz added, “Deputy Rayvin Chenevert with our Patrol Division was recommended in exemplary fashion by her supervisor, Capt.
By Bobby Ardoin Eunice News Correspondent St. Landry Parish school officials have agreed to convene at some point into a fiscal retreat in order to obtain a clearer understanding of the overall District budgetary process. Board members approved the retreat concept during a regular meeting last Thursday, but failed to agree on specific details that included when the retreat will be held and whether one session is necessary. In a related financial issue, the Board voted with little discussion to approve a 2

By Bobby Ardoin Eunice News Correspondent St. Landry Parish school officials have agreed to convene at some point into a fiscal retreat in order to obtain a clearer understanding of the overall District budgetary process. Board members approved the retreat concept during a regular meeting last Thursday, but failed to agree on specific details that included when the retreat will be held and whether one session is necessary. In a related financial issue, the Board voted with little discussion to approve a 2

School board plans fiscal retreat to discuss district budgetary process

Claudette Olivier
Friday, March 13, 2026
By Bobby Ardoin Eunice News Correspondent St. Landry Parish school officials have agreed to convene at some point into a fiscal retreat in order to obtain a clearer understanding of the overall District budgetary process.
John Eddie Lachapelle (All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)

John Eddie Lachapelle (All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)

Sheriff’s Office conducts raid on cockfighting event

Claudette Olivier
Friday, March 13, 2026
About 60 people were detained and at least one man was arrested following a St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office raid on a major cockfighting event in the parish.