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Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Thursday, June 22, 2023

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. June 21 00:13 Three subjects riding bicycles heading in the direction of Wilson Drive. 00:16 Loud music complaint in the 100 block of East Ardoin. 00:42 Suspicious subject in the area of B&B and Marjorie.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Thursday, June 22, 2023

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. June 22 Dana Marie Borel, 41, 2300 block of Highway 357, Opelousas. Hold for Avoyelles Parish. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Ethelen Drew, 60, 500 block of Vincent Street, Opelousas.

Blazing well drew crowds, confused cows

Rebecca Chaisson

Thursday, June 22, 2023

They still happen occasionally, but gas well fires are not nearly as common as they were in earlier days in the oil field, and, it seems, not nearly so spectacular.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Thursday, June 22, 2023

ECCBC Summer Concert set July 13, 14 The Eunice Community Concert Concert Band & Community Choir will have its Summer Concert, “Summertime” at 7 p.m. July 13 and 14 at First Baptist Church in Eunice. ECCBC promises a musically diverse program with something for everyone in the family.

Berline Boone

Myra Miller

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

EUNICE–On the beautiful evening of June 20, 2023, a loving and kindhearted mother and grandmother, Berline Boone passed away in the comfort of her home with loving family by her side at the age of 77. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 p.m. on Friday, June 23, 2023 at St.

Alan Courville

Man, 68, charged with multiple sexual battery counts

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

A 68-yeaar-old Opelousas man is charged with two counts of sexual battery and five counts of misdemeanor sexual battery, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. A parent of a juvenile victim met with deputies about his daughter being sexually abused by Alan Courville, Guidroz reported.

Johnathan Jay Arabie

Eunice man wanted for Rayne attempted burglary

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Rayne Police are asking for the public’s assistance locating Johnathan Jay Arabie. Arabie is wanted for attempted burglary. A warrant has been issued for his arrest. Johnathan Arabie is described as a white male, 33 years of age. He is 5’9” in height and weighs 200 pounds.

Tips sought in Palmetto shooting that left 1 dead

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Detective Blair Bouget of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office returns to Crime Stoppers and needs help in solving a homicide in the Palmetto area. On June 10, at about 10:48 p.m., deputies with the St.

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected UL Lafayette to lead a statewide initiative designed to expand the solar energy workforce in underrepresented communities and create jobs. (Photo by Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

UL Lafayette tapped to lead solar energy workforce project

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is among 12 entities across the country – and the only university – selected for a $13.5 million Department of Energy initiative designed to expand the solar energy workforce and create jobs in underrepresented communities.

Todd Fontenot, the Louisiana State University AgCenter’s new crawfish agent, hauls in a crawfish trap at the Crowley Rice Research Station’s South Farm. (Photo by Claudette Olivier/Crowley Post Signal)

Fontenot is LSU AgCenter’s new crawfish agent

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Balancing family, farming, a full time job and getting a Ph.D. might sound like a plate full, but imagine adding the weight of more than 171 million pounds of crawfish to the equation.