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Hard part was getting on the bike

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
The Old Spanish Trail that crossed south Louisiana owed its existence in part to a bicycle craze that swept America in the late 1890s, and south Louisiana was just as crazy as the rest of the nation. The fad put a spotlight on Jennings for a short while.
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Arnaudville stockman pleads guilty to stealing COVID money

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
An Arnaudville stockman has pleaded guilty to receiving over $70,000 in COVID-19 losses from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). Burnell Gabriel Zachary, 37, of Arnaudville, made the plea before U.S. Magistrate Judge Carol Whitehurst, according to a news release from acting U.S.
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Starting today, phone calls require area code

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
Starting Sunday, all phone calls will require an area code to connect, even if you’re just calling across the street, according to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Angela Greaud, of Crowley, and Ronald Broussard, of Avery Island, were among the first to dance at Fall Into Downtown on Thursday. In the background is the band, Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Angela Greaud, of Crowley, and Ronald Broussard, of Avery Island, were among the first to dance at Fall Into Downtown on Thursday. In the background is the band, Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

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Fall Into Downtown

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
The crowd at Fall Into Downtown seemed to be steadily build after starting at 5:30 p.m. The success of Fall Into Downtown was “unreal,” said Alicia Mire, the city’s Main Street director. There are estimates the crowd numbered at least 1,000 people, she said.

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Tax reform tops constitutional amendments

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
Voters are asked to decide on two constitutional amendments in the Nov. 13 election that, if passed, will alter the tax landscape in the state. “I didn’t think I ever would see tax reform in the state of Louisiana,” said state Rep.
Lafayette attorney Bill Goodall speaks at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting in Opelousas on Oct. 20 about a suit to clean up the Mar Services site south of Cankton. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan/The Eunice News)

Lafayette attorney Bill Goodall speaks at the St. Landry Parish Council meeting in Opelousas on Oct. 20 about a suit to clean up the Mar Services site south of Cankton. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan/The Eunice News)

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Mar Services suit in federal court

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
The suit to clean up alleged contamination at the Mar Services site is lingering in federal court until the appropriate legal jurisdiction is determined, said Environmental attorney Bill Goodell. Legal action pertaining to the 80-acre, former EPA Superfund site began in September 2020 when the St.

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Municipal trash pickup moving to once-a-week

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
Trash collection in St. Landry Parish’s municipalities will be done weekly instead of twice-weekly a year from now. Rural residents have always had once-weekly trash pickup since the late 1980s when the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission organized the service.

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Park Avenue improvement project to begin on Monday

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, October 22, 2021
Reconstruction work on Park Avenue from 12th to Jake is scheduled to begin Monday to be followed by seven other streets in a $1.3 million city street improvement program.
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Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller
Friday, October 22, 2021
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. October 21 00:37 Subject in the 400 block of Cotton causing a lot of noise. 01:52 Fight reported in the 100 block of Bee. 06:54 Caller in the 100 block of Mill advised of a subject that cut tires.
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Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller
Friday, October 22, 2021
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. October 21 Juvenile, 15, Eunice. Simple burglary. Juvenile, 12, Eunice. Simple burglary. Leroy Freemon, 19, 800 block of South Street, Eunice. Comtempt of court. Danielle Danae Phenice, 30, 1400 block of Dudley, Eunice.