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A two-vehicle wreck occurred Thursday at 2:44 p.m. at the intersection of West Park and South 4th leaving one vehicle overturned. According to Eunice Police Chief Kyle LeBouef, “The silver Nissan was traveling northbound on South 4th Street. The white Hyundai was traveling westbound on West Park. The silver Nissan failed to yield from the stop sign and traveled across West Park causing the Hyundai to collide with the Nissan as it traveled into it’s path at the intersection of 4th Street. The collision cause

A two-vehicle wreck occurred Thursday at 2:44 p.m. at the intersection of West Park and South 4th leaving one vehicle overturned. According to Eunice Police Chief Kyle LeBouef, “The silver Nissan was traveling northbound on South 4th Street. The white Hyundai was traveling westbound on West Park. The silver Nissan failed to yield from the stop sign and traveled across West Park causing the Hyundai to collide with the Nissan as it traveled into it’s path at the intersection of 4th Street. The collision cause

Car flipped on Park Avenue

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
A two-vehicle wreck occurred Thursday at 2:44 p.m. at the intersection of West Park and South 4th leaving one vehicle overturned. According to Eunice Police Chief Kyle LeBouef, “The silver Nissan was traveling northbound on South 4th Street. The white Hyundai was traveling westbound on West Park.

Port Barre woman killed in U.S. 190 2-vehicle wreck

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
A crash on U.S. 190 on Wednesday claimed the life 25-year-old Marissa Richard of Port Barre. According to a Louisiana State Police Troop I news release, the wreck occurred near U.S. 190 intersection with Oakview Lane at about 7 a.m.

Eunice Police report stabbing

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
Eunice Police responded to a stabbing incident on the 1700 block of West Dudley Street just after 8 p.m. Wednesday. Officers determined that a female victim had been stabbed in the chest area by another female. The suspect female had departed the residence prior to officers’ arrival on scene.
Toi Antoinette Lazard

Toi Antoinette Lazard

St. Landry Parish Jail kitchen supervisor arrested

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
A woman assigned to supervise the St. Landry Parish Jail’s kitchen was arrested for allowing an inmate charged in a homicide use her phone to call a witness, according to Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
William McBride

William McBride

Ville Platte man arrested in senior living apartment fire

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
State Fire Marshal (SFM) deputies arrested a Ville Platte man on Aug. 1 for setting fire to a unit at an elderly and disabled senior living apartment complex in Ville Platte. William McBride, 56, has been charged with aggravated arson. Shortly before 9 a.m.
Fête-Dieu du Teche 2025 will take place Friday with a 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat to coincide with the Great Jubilee Year celebrated in the Church around the world every 25 years. The submitted photo is from a previous procession

Fête-Dieu du Teche 2025 will take place Friday with a 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat to coincide with the Great Jubilee Year celebrated in the Church around the world every 25 years. The submitted photo is from a previous procession

11th annual Fête-Dieu celebrates the Jubilee Year on Bayou Teche

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
Fête-Dieu du Teche 2025 will take place Friday with a 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat to coincide with the Great Jubilee Year celebrated in the Church around the world every 25 years. The procession will highlight the Christian’s Pilgrimage of Hope.

Mother Nature is out to sting me

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
I’ve learned the hard way that Mother Nature is anything but weak and feeble. I bought a house in the country a little over 30 years ago — a total fixer-upper. An old couple had lived there — hoarders — and the place was a mess. But that didn’t trouble me. I was full of energy.

Judge Trump, not his golf game

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
One morning during Bill Clinton’s presidency I got a call from my friend who works at the Pebble Beach golf course. Mr. Clinton was teeing off at 6:30, he said, and if I hurried over I could tag along. The golf was underwhelming.

Promise not to blink this school year?

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
Pay no attention to the seemingly frozen clock in sixth-period trigonometry class. Time is moving way too swiftly. My son graduated from high school four years ago, and I have yet to sit down and fully appreciate the work he put into the yearbook. (Cut me some slack.

St. Landry Parish marriage licenses

Harlan Kirgan
Friday, August 8, 2025
The following people obtained marriage licenses from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office. Wednesday, July 30 Joshua Joseph Thompson and Lakeisha Ann Martin, both of Opelousas. Thursday, July 31 Aryan William Katangur of Eunice and Keri Claire Arceneaux of Ville Platte. Carlyton St.