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Port Barre man pleads guilty to to transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity

U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Cory Shane Disotell, 48, of Port Barre, appeared before U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays today and pled guilty to transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

From The Eunice News files

From the October 2009 files of The Eunice News. Children find K-9s friendly, bad guys don’t. School children find meeting Zeus and Pullo fun. The same can’t be said for the people the two meet during their routine work.

River Road submitted as All-American Road

The Louisiana Office of Tourism, along with the 9 additional states through which the Great River Road National Scenic Byway runs, is planning the submission of the Louisiana’s Great River Road byway for designation as an All-American Road.

High river pushed more CO2 into atmosphere

Many scientists believe rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are contributing to climate change. The increase may be related to the frequency that water moves from the ground into rivers and then into the air before returning to land as rainfall.

In news other than impeachment…

Sure, I could write about impeachment again this week, and probably for countless weeks to come. But I think we all could use a diversion, what with the 24/7 news coverage, analysis, and editorializing that passes for news coverage. It makes you wonder if the earth is still turning on its axis.

Labor of love to vote!

People early voted in record numbers for Saturday’s first primary election. Here in Louisiana, election participation was up 25% over the gubernatorial election just four years ago. Predictions proved true that as many as 35% or more of total voters will cast their ballots before Election Day.

Breaux Bridge woman defined involved

When Virginia Yongue died Oct. 5 in Breaux Bridge, one of the tributes to her suggested that she is now heading a committee in heaven. That’s probably not quite right.

Guillory pleads not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder

A Church Point man has entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the Jan. 25, 2016, shooting death of Church Point native Bethany Walters.

Joan and Eugene Fontenot named Leaders in Philanthropy honorees for Evangeline Parish

Joan and Eugene Fontenot of Ville Platte are the recipients of the 2019 Leaders In Philanthropy Award for Evangeline Parish, presented by Community Foundation of Acadiana (CFA) and sponsored by Hancock Whitney Bank, Investar Bank, and Southwest Fidelity.

Parish to get a push on blighted properties

Eunice aldermen are asking St. Landry Parish Council’s legal counsel, Garett Duplechain, what the parish can do about blighted parish-controlled property in the city. The issue came up at Tuesday’s city meeting when the Board of Aldermen considered properties in the process toward condemnation.