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Myra Miller

Monday, August 11, 2025

CDA meeting scheduled for Aug. 18 Court Eunice 208 Catholic Daughters of the Americas meeting is set for 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18 at the Jeanmard Hall on North 3rd. All members are encouraged to attend. Remember to bring something for the food bank.

Lucille Maria Smith Shamburger

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Lucille Maria Smith Shamburger

Myra Miller

Monday, August 11, 2025

Lucille Maria Smith Shamburger passed away on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at the age of 66. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 at St. Thomas More with Father Sam Fontana Celebrant. Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Kenneth Granger on the air in the studio at radio station KRVS. (KRVS photo)

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Basile native with Balfa roots brings back the iconic Basile Cajun Hour

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, August 8, 2025

A beloved Cajun tradition is once again echoing across the airwaves, thanks to the efforts of Kenneth Granger, a Basile native who has lived in the Allen Parish community of Soileau for the past 25 years.

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School Board scraps 2-day meeting proposal

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, August 8, 2025

A proposal to hold a Committee of the Whole meeting on two days was withdrawn from the agenda at Thursday’s St. Landry Parish School Board meeting. The agenda item also included electing a chairperson for each standing committee.

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Budget battle on the horizon for the parish

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, August 8, 2025

A budget battle over a $4.6 million line of credit sought by Parish President Jessie Bellard was in view at the Administrative-Finance Committee of the Parish Council meeting on Wednesday. Council member Harold Taylor, committee chairman, continued to question the credit line.

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

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, August 8, 2025

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

Rebecca Chaisson

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.

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Eunice Police report stabbing

Rebecca Chaisson

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

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St. Landry Parish Jail kitchen supervisor arrested

Rebecca Chaisson

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

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Ville Platte man arrested in senior living apartment fire

Rebecca Chaisson

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.