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Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Oct. 18 Chase Emil Deville, 29, 500 block of Hwy. 190, Eunice. Theft and possession of drug paraphernalia. Kyla Jane Dupont, 32, 300 block of Hollingsworth, Elton.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Oct. 17 Trey Michael Cormier, 30, 1000 block of Poche Bridge Road, Breaux Bridge. Theft (two counts). Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Department. Robert Allen, 26, 12500 block of Highway 71, Morrow.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Oct. 17 10:15 Wreck in front Raceway. 10:25 Boy friend kicked in mother’s door in the 800 block of South Beulah. 10:58 Light brown truck ran red light and pulled into Tobacco Plus.

Eunice Police arrests

The following is an arrest by Eunice Police. Oct. 17 Joel Miller, 33, 1000 block of Necessity Loop, Basile. Theft and possession of Schedule II drugs less than two grams. Marlin Vantiele Guillory, 37, 200 block of Panther Road, Eunice. Theft and forgery.

News notes

DSAA Buddy Walk set for Oct. 27 The Down Syndrome Association of Acadiana will have its 14th annual Buddy Walk on Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Parc International, 200 Garfield Street, downtown Lafayette. Registration begins at 9 a.m. Cost is $15 per person.

Clovis Crawfish celebrated in hometown

About 200 elementary school students listened to Julie Fontenot Landry, daughter of Clovis Crawfish author Mary Alice Fontenot, read “Clovis Crawfish and Batiste Bête Puante” Monday in the Liberty Theater. The Clovis Crawfish stories came to life when Fontenot was a teacher at St.

Eunice native survived Bataan Death March

James Bollich has lived every day, and more than a few nights, of the last 76 years with memories of Bataan. The Philippine peninsula fell to Japanese forces five months after the United States entered World War II.

Amendments await voters on Nov. ballot

Voters statewide will be asked to decide yes or no on six proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitution on Nov. 6. These amendments address a number of serious issues. In particular, Amendment No. 2 would require unanimous verdicts in all felony cases.

Graffiti by social-justice warriors was a hate crime

I grew up with family stories. My maternal great-grandfather, a hard-working immigrant from Abruzzo, reacted to some now forgotten blow to his honor by hanging himself with his youngest daughter’s jump rope in their West Philadelphia basement.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Oct. 16 06:27 Juveniles fighting in the 800 block of Beulah. 07:12 Female running in he street in pajamas at 8th and U.S.190. 07:22 She was going to the Chevron.She is now on her porch karate chopping.