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Mom-and-pop pharmacies aid vaccine effort in state

Constant phone calls and entering names onto growing lists, deleting old names and re-arranging others after cancellations and no-shows, juggling a varying number of COVID-19 vaccines from one period to the next – this is what mom-and-pop pharmacies around the state have been doing along with their...

Crowley aldermen discuss creating a deputy chief job

CROWLEY — Police Chief Jimmy Broussard wants authorization to create a new position in his department — a deputy chief — and at least one member of the city council is opposed. Broussard broached the subject with the council’s Public Safety Committee recently.

Eunice Police radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. April 8 16:42 Gun fell out of truck on the Walmart parking lot. 17:02 Subject was given his gun back. 17:00 En route to location in the 800 block of East Maple for a break-in.

Mamou man arrested for attempted murder, arson attempted murder, arson

A Mamou man is facing multiple charges following a series of crimes that began with allegedly setting a house on a house on fire with a woman and three children inside. James N.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 9 Bridgette Miller, 44, 100 block of College, Eunice. Probation violation hold. Lexiss D. Lanclos, 31, 1000 block of North 2nd Street, Eunice. Probation warrant. April 12 Bhrett Schexneider, 22, 500 block of North 7th Street, Eunice.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. April 10-12 Terry Lee Foreman, 38, 100 block of Savoie Road, Cankton. Domestic abuse battery (strangulation) (child endangerment), interference of emergency communication. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

News notes

Concert Band, Choir rehearsals set The Eunice Community Concert Band and Choir will begin rehearsals on May 10 for the choir and May for the 11 band for their 31st Anniversary Concert, “Be Our Guest.” Concert dates are July 15 and 16. For more information call 337-457-1776.

1 dead, 12 missing after lift boat capsizes in Gulf

One crew member is dead, 12 are missing and six have been rescued after a large commercial vessel capsized seven miles south of Port Fourchon in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, Coast Guard officials said. Coast Guard Capt.

2 other victims identified in I-10 crash that killed Eunice woman

Two other victims of a fatal crash on Interstate 10 on April 7 have been identified by Louisiana State Police. The four-vehicle crash killed 25-year-old Sadie Fontenot of Eunice. The other victims were 27-year-old Derrell W. Smith, Jr. of Lake Charles and 24-year-old Kelsie Murphy of Crowley.

Former sheriff recommended to be next Louisiana legislative auditor

A legislative committee recommended Monday hiring former Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack to be the next Louisiana legislative auditor. The full Louisiana Legislature will consider the recommendation during the regular session, which began Monday.