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Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. July 19 05:32 Daughter was slipped a drug and having hallucinations. 06:04 Caller said girlfriend beat him up and he pepper sprayed her. He would like to speak to an officer at Champagne’s.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. July 19 Dana Marie Monceaux-Fruge, 33, 400 block of Acadia Street, Eunice. Domestic abuse battery. Meka Richard, 7000 block of Iota Highway, Iota. Monetary instrument abuse. Juvenile, 17, Ville Platte.

From The Eunice News files

From the July 2009 files of The Eunice News. Emmanuel Baptist Church holds Bible School. Emmanuel Baptist Church held its Vacation Bible School “Son Rock Kids Camp,” where kids build their lives on the rock, Jesus, this past week.

Eunice man charged with attempted second-degree murder

A 41-year-old Eunice man was arrested in a shooting that occurred June 21 in the 400 block of East Vine. Eunice Police say Billy James Thomas, of the 100 block of North Mallet, shot a 43-year-old man in the chest the victim sat on his porch.

If only Trump would channel George Costanza

My father once told me, “Sometimes, doing nothing is doing something.” It’s a little Yogi Berraesque, but it makes a lot of sense when you really think about it. This, of course, is not President Donald Trump’s philosophy of life. He’s more of a tweet-tweet-and-tweet-some-more kind of a guy.

Barry was a different storm

Barry was a strange little storm. I’ve never seen anything like it in the 50 years I’ve been watching and reporting on hurricanes. Over those years I have always been fascinated by their power and often by their whimsey.

Alzheimer’s advice: Heed it or fuhgeddaboudit?

According to NBC News, a committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has offered a ray of hope for those who fear developing Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.

Hurricane Barry floodwaters affecting crops in southwest La.

Hurricane Barry had a minimal effect on Louisiana croplands, but its aftermath left a narrow strip of flooding rain that will cause damage. Some soybeans were flooded, and rice was submerged in areas that received heavy rain. There were reports of lodged sugarcane and some damage to corn.

Mayor hoping library reopens in August

Eunice Mayor Scott Fontenot said he plans to reopen the Eunice Library by August. The library on 2nd Street has been closed since July 10, the morning after the Eunice Board of Aldermen approved actions to create an independent library.

Barry curfew draws fire at Parish Council

A curfew called in St. Landry Parish for Hurricane Barry drew criticism at the Parish Council meeting, but it was a non-issue in Eunice. As Tropical Storm Barry approached with a prediction to become a hurricane, Parish President ordered a curfew from noon July 13 to 6 p.m. July 14.