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St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Monday, May 8, 2023
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. May 6-May 8 Derrick Martin Bellard, 31, 600 block of Rayne Street, Port Barre. Simple obstruction of a highway, resisting an officer, attempted battery of a police officer, disturbing the peace.
Lucien J. Montelaro

Lucien J. Montelaro

Lucien Joseph Montelaro

Myra Miller
Monday, May 8, 2023
EUNICE–It’s with the heaviest of hearts that the family of Lucien Joseph Montelaro would like to announce his sudden and unexpected death on May 06, 2023 at Savoy Medical Center in Mamou. He was 79. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. at St.
Darwin

Darwin

St. Landry Parish Animal Control is over capacity

Rebecca Chaisson
Saturday, May 6, 2023
News Release St. Landry Parish Animal Control is over capacity due to high intakes of homeless and displaced animals. Shelters throughout the state are facing similar issues due to increased owners surrenders from challenges with housing and access to care, as well as a growing need for spay/neuter.
Vibrant Nails & Spa located at 143 North Bobcat, Eunice, was destroyed early Friday morning. According to one of the owners Kim Keohavong, “It was an old building. It appears the roof caved in. I know we did experience bad weather as well.” Owners Kim and Bobby Keohavong rented the building space from Samco Properities. The nail salon business has been open since 2014. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Vibrant Nails & Spa located at 143 North Bobcat, Eunice, was destroyed early Friday morning. According to one of the owners Kim Keohavong, “It was an old building. It appears the roof caved in. I know we did experience bad weather as well.” Owners Kim and Bobby Keohavong rented the building space from Samco Properities. The nail salon business has been open since 2014. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Possible storm damage

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, May 5, 2023
Vibrant Nails & Spa located at 143 North Bobcat, Eunice, was destroyed early Friday morning. According to one of the owners Kim Keohavong, “It was an old building. It appears the roof caved in. I know we did experience bad weather as well.

Prom season: What’s wrong with daddy?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, May 5, 2023
It’s that time of year again when dads of daughters all over the country are experiencing severe headaches, watery eyes, shortness of breath and even hives. No, these symptoms are not from seasonal allergies, but from a traumatic phenomenon known as “prom season.

What did you inherit from your mother?

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, May 5, 2023
As Mother’s Day approaches, it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality traits, coping mechanisms, etiquette rules, life ambitions, etcetera that we inherited from our mothers. Let’s discuss it in hushed tones, though.

Louisiana’s tidelands fight took 50 years

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, May 5, 2023
The fight between Louisiana and the federal government had been going on for 16 years when Congress passed “historic” legislation in May 1953 to “restore to the state land that was taken away from it by decisions of the Supreme Court.” The land in question was beneath the Gulf of Mexico.
SOLA Giving Day

SOLA Giving Day

SOLA Giving Day generates more than $1.81M

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, May 5, 2023
The sixth annual SOLA Giving Day ended at midnight Thursday with a preliminary fundraising total of more than $1,815,079 million to 207 organizations made possible by 4,685 donations.
Melvin Lewis II

Melvin Lewis II

Sex offender accused of abusing girl starting when she was 9

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, May 5, 2023
A registered sex offender was arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s deputies for sexually abusing a girl since she was 9 years old, according to a news release from Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. The parent of the juvenile victim contacted the St.