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Oh great, a hyper hurricane season

As the days grow warmer, we begin to watch the weather reports for news of the tropics and the big storms that breed there. Maybe this year we don’t want to look.

Michael Bari

Michael Bari, 58, former LSU Eunice women’s basketball coach, passed away on May 14, 2020, at CRISTUS St. Frances Cabrini Hospital in Alexandria due to complications from the coronavirus.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. May 15 Shamika A. Vallian, 41, 600 block of MLK Drive, Opelousas. Violation of proclamation of state of emergency, possession with intent to distribute Schedule I. Arrested by Opelousas Police. Jeremy K.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. May 14 Dondrey Denton, 40, 200 block of Natalie Street, Eunice. Disturbing the peace and resisting an officer. Heather Lynn Fontenot, 44, 600 block of Bernice Street, Eunice. Aggravated second-degree battery and domestic abuse child endangerment.

Eunice Police radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. May 14 00:37 Caller in 1100 block of West Vine advised that her neighbors are not home but all their lights are on inside. 00:48 Suspicious person reported the area of North and U.S. 190, in the alley.

Driver arrested in wreck that killed motorcyclist

Louisiana State Police troopers executed an arrest warrant on the driver of the May 4 fatal crash, 62-year-old Vikke Wright Broussard. On Thursday, Broussard was arrested without incident and booked into the Acadia Parish Jail on failure to yield at stop sign/yield sign and vehicular homicide.

Safe zone at City Hall

Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot, left, and City Marshal Terry Darbonne introduced a safe exchange zone in front of the Eunice Municipal Complex. The area is monitored by video surveillance and is available for use for uses such as custody and property exchanges.

City updates its pickup fleet with 18 new vehicles

If you’ve noticed city workers driving shiny white trucks it is because many of the 18 new pickup trucks the city has leased are on the road replacing vehicles that were more than 20 years old.

St. Landry Parish curfew lifted; courthouse to open

The St. Landry Parish nightly curfew expired at 6 a.m. Friday. The parish-wide curfew was put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with the governor’s stay-at-home order that has also expired.

Sheriff stepping up parish road enforcement

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz has formed a speed and traffic enforcement detail composed of off-duty deputies on overtime to focus on parish roads. Guidroz sated the deputies will be monitoring speeders, ATVs, RTVs, dirt bikes and other violations.