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Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller

Monday, June 13, 2022

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. June 11 Juvenile, 17, Eunice. Domestic abuse battery, simple assault. Michelle Porche, 47, 100 block of South Aymond, Eunice. Bench warrant. Billy Watford, 42, 500 block of College Road, Eunice. Probation warrant.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Monday, June 13, 2022

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Traffic stops are not normally included. June 10 09:23 Report of a subject pulling a motorized shopping cart from Super 1 Foods through the drive thru of KFC headed towards Hwy. 190.

Hayward Johnwell Jr.

Myra Miller

Monday, June 13, 2022

EUNICE–On Wednesday, June 1, 2022, Hayward Johnwell, Jr, husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend passed away at the Opelousas General Hospital at the age of 78. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11a.m. on Wednesday, June 15 ,2022, at St. Anthony Catholic Church in Eunice.

Russell P. Pavich, M.D.

Russell Paul Pavich, M.D.

Myra Miller

Monday, June 13, 2022

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Russell Paul Pavich, M.D. on Friday, June 10, 2022 at the age of 70. Russell was born on January 24, 1952 and was a native and longtime resident of Eunice.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Monday, June 13, 2022

Pickleball every Monday, Wednesday You are invited to play Pickleball every Monday and Wednesday during the month of June from 1 to 3 p.m. inside the gym at LSUE. Newcomers are welcomed. Anyone 10 years old and older can play.

Dr. Russell Pavich

St. Landry Parish coroner Dr. Russell Pavich dies

Rebecca Chaisson

Sunday, June 12, 2022

The death of Dr. Russell Pavich, St. Landry Parish coroner, is being reported by Quirk & Son Funeral Home, of Eunice. Pavich died Friday. According to the funeral home, the following services have been scheduled: Visitation, from 4 to 9 p.m. June 14 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home - Eunice, 121 S.

Church Point man dies in crash in St. Landry Parish

Rebecca Chaisson

Sunday, June 12, 2022

A two-vehicle crash on La. 35 near Mandy Road in St. Landry Parish. The crash claimed the life of 23-year-old Scotty J. Cormier, Jr. of Church Point at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.

Gail Heinbach Savoie

UL Lafayette mourns first lady and ‘greatest cheerleader,’ Gail Savoie

Rebecca Chaisson

Sunday, June 12, 2022

 The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is mourning the loss of its First Lady. Gail Heinbach Savoie, the wife of UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie, passed away on Sunday following an extended illness. She was 67 years old. In a statement to the campus, Dr.

Compact SunPatiens come in a variety of colors. (LSU AgCenter file photo by Dan Gill)

Out of the shade and into the sun

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

When I think of color for shaded areas in the landscape, my thoughts immediately go to impatiens. Impatiens have been the go-to annual bedding plant for decades to provide bright, beautiful flowers in partial to heavily shaded areas of the landscape.

UL Lafayette’s Dr. Heather Stone (left) and Chief Albert Naquin of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe of Native Americans, will appear in a short film about she and tribe members’ oral history project. The film will premiere at noon on Tuesday via a free livestream. (Photo credit: Doug Dugas / University of Louisiana at Lafayette)

Film to feature UL Lafayette researcher’s oral history project with coastal residents

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, June 10, 2022

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has tapped the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Dr. Heather Stone for a role in its “In Times of Crisis: Stories from the Gulf of Mexico” film project.