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Eunice Police arrests

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. January 6 Francheska N. Semien, 40, 600 block of Lewis Street, Eunice. Simple assault. Joshua Freyou, 40, 200 block of Ulysse Street, Eunice. Probation warrant.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's arrests

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. January 7 Nicholas Oneal Bias, 29, 400 block of Magnolia Street, Opelousas. Bench warrant (2 counts). Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Christopher Javon Pierre, 22, 600 block of East South Street, Opelousas.

Eunice Police radio dispatch logs

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. January 6 01:10 Caller in the 500 block of Halsey advised of a subject sitting on her porch. 03:18 Report of a stranded motorist in the 1100 block of West Laurel. 03:54 Loud music complaint in the 1300 block of Vine.
Lindsay Smythe, École Saint-Landry school leader.

Lindsay Smythe, École Saint-Landry school leader.

Registration opens for École Saint-Landry, French-immersion in Sunset

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
SUNSET — Registration for École Saint-Landry’s second year is open. “We are so honored to work to provide St. Landry Parish parents this amazing educational option for their children,” said Lindsay Smythe, École Saint-Landry school leader. “Our first year as a school has exceeded all expectations.
The audience at Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting Opelousas was mostly filled with people interested in a barricade in a subdivision south of Opelousas. Speak, in blue, is Alexis Thomas of the subdivision. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

The audience at Wednesday’s St. Landry Parish Council meeting Opelousas was mostly filled with people interested in a barricade in a subdivision south of Opelousas. Speak, in blue, is Alexis Thomas of the subdivision. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Parish Council can’t find a way around barricaded road

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
The St. Landry Parish Council once again ran up against a barricaded road in a subdivision south of Opelousas. The barricade on Lamar Lane blocks the way to Seminole Lane and separates the Shawnee and Ranch subdivisions.
Herman Fuselier, St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission director, speaks at Wednesday’s Parish Council meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Herman Fuselier, St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission director, speaks at Wednesday’s Parish Council meeting in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

7 positions open on the parish tourist commission

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
The current and past directors of the St. Landry Parish Tourist Commission requested the St. Landry Parish Council follow state law in filling seven seats. The Council has been filling seats on the commission by requesting applications.
Eunice High School French teacher Lisa Soileau was honored at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board on her retirement after serving more than 32 years. She has been a French teacher for more than 28 years at the high school. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice High School French teacher Lisa Soileau was honored at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board on her retirement after serving more than 32 years. She has been a French teacher for more than 28 years at the high school. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice High School retiree honored

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
Eunice High School French teacher Lisa Soileau was honored at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board on her retirement after serving more than 32 years. She has been a French teacher for more than 28 years at the high school. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
New St. Landry Parish School Board leaders, from left, are Joyce Haynes, vice president, and Albert Hayes Jr., president. They were elected at Thursday’s meeting. Haynes if from Opelousas and Hayes is from Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

New St. Landry Parish School Board leaders, from left, are Joyce Haynes, vice president, and Albert Hayes Jr., president. They were elected at Thursday’s meeting. Haynes if from Opelousas and Hayes is from Eunice. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

School Board requires masks in school

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, January 7, 2022
By Harlan Kirgan Editor OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish School Board on a 9-2 vote is requiring students and employees to wear masks until the COVID test positivity rate reaches 5% or below. The school system has its own testing program, which is showing positivity rates for the virus at 10%.

2 children die in Opelousas house fire

Rebecca Chaisson
Thursday, January 6, 2022
State Fire Marshal deputies continue investigating the circumstances surrounding a house fire in Opelousas that claimed the life of two children.   Just before 1:15 a.m. on Wednesday, the Opelousas Fire Department responded to a fire call at a house located in the 1900 block of Jake Drive.
Ruby Nell Demoruelle Manuel

Ruby Nell Demoruelle Manuel

Ruby Nell Demoruelle Manuel

Myra Miller
Thursday, January 6, 2022
EUNICE-On Wednesday, January 5, 2022, the family of Ruby Nell Demoruelle Manuel announces her passing at Prompt Succor Nursing Home at the age of 98. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, January 10, 2022, at 1 p.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church.