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Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. October 16 05:59 Disturbance reported in the 1600 block of West Peach. 08:12 Disturbance reported in the 800 block of North 2nd Street. 09:42 Lobby complaint in reference to trespassing.

News notes

EHS annual auction set for Nov. 10 The Eunice High auction will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 at Nick’s on 2nd Street. Auctions items can be dropped off at Totally Tanned at 1801 West Laurel. The auction will be lived broadcast on 92.5 KVPI.

Storm exhaustion arrives

At the beginning of the year, the storm gurus said they were more confident than usual that this hurricane season would be busier than usual. They didn’t know how right they would be.

It’s time for caterpillars, butterflies, moths

If you’ve spent any time outside or in the garden here lately, you are sure to have noticed a frenzy of insect activity. Insects, including bees, butterflies, caterpillars and moths, are in full force this fall. Fall is especially busy for caterpillars.

Eunice High leads parish ACT scores

Louisiana’s Class of 2020 earned an average ACT Composite score of 18.7. That’s based on the Louisiana Department of Education’s annual release of ACT data for the 2020 high school graduating class.

Parish sales tax collections still ahead of last year

Sales tax collections in St. Landry Parish remain above a year ago, but September revenues are mostly down from August and below September 2019, according to a report from the St. Landry Parish School Board’s tax division. Total sales tax revenue in St.

What’s on the ballot?

Ballots in Eunice will include the following. U.S. President and Vice President Joseph R. Biden/Kamala Harris, D Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy Cohen, L Donald J.

Documentaries are often misleading

Ever since FCC chief Newton Minow famously branded it a “vast wasteland” six decades ago, television has tried to polish its image. One way was with probing documentaries, pioneered by journalists like Edward R. Murrow and Fred Friendly.

What shall we say about 50 years of home ownership?

This is a year of double milestones: my mother’s house turns 75 and (as of October 30) she will have been living there for 50 years. She grew up as part of an itinerant sharecropping family during the Great Depression, so I’m glad she has enjoyed all these decades of stability.

Courthouse lamppost down

A lamppost was flattened by Hurricane Delta at the St. Landry Parish Courthouse. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)