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Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Aug. 17 01:29 Caller said female knocked on door in the 100 block of Jean. When he would not let her in she started walking west knocking on other doors. 04:24 Shoplifting at Walmart.

Dorothy L. Douget

BASILE~A wonderful wife, mother, sister, grandmother and friend, Dorothy L. Douget passed away on Friday, August 17, 2018 at The Carpenter House in Lafayette with loving family by her side. She was 85.

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Small business workshop set Small Business Administration representative Heidi Melancon will hold training on services they provide for new small business and anyone interested in starting a new business from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Ride Acadiana rolls Monday

Ride Acadiana celebrates in advance of Monday’s launch By Steve Bandy Crowley Post-Signal CROWLEY — “Connectivity” was the general theme for ribbon-cutting ceremonies Thursday morning at City Hall here marking the start of the Ride Acadiana bus transit program.

Renee Fontenot Free announces for secretary of state

Renee Fontenot Free, a Lake Charles native, has announced she is a candidate for secretary of state in the Nov. 6 election. Her announcement includes the following. Free attended McNeese University and then moved to Baton Rouge to attend Southern Law School.

Guillory announces for St. Landry Parish School Board seat in District 11

Myron Guillory has announced his candidacy for District 11 St. Landry Parish School Board member i the Nov. 6 election. Guillory’s announcement includes the following. I have served for 15 years with the Lawtell Head Start Program, 30 years of dedicated service to the St.

Booth sought on rape, domestic abuse charges

Detectives with the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office need your help in locating Kirklin James Booth. Booth is described as a black male, 21 years of age, being 5 feet, 8 inches in height and weighing 180 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair and his last known address is 200 Kathy Meadows, Apt.

MPD arrests Markeith Guillory following Saturday shooting

The Mamou Police Department has arrested one individual following a shooting that occurred early in the morning on Saturday, August 11, 2018. The incident was first reported at around 1:18 a.m. when a call was made from 513 Ash St. in Mamou.

Higgins: Local industry will support Trump on trade

St. Mary's congressman backed President Donald Trump's trade policies in an interview Friday, even the policy that could sting a major local industry. U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Port Barre, said the challenges will be overcome as "a new normal" emerges in trade relations. Higgins toured St.

Benediction on the river: A Cajun Eucharistic procession, by boat

There is no doubt, Vermilion Parish is a Roman Catholic Community based on the amount of people who took part in the Centennial Fete-Dieu du Vermilion Eucharistic Procession on Wednesday morning. It began with a French Mass at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church in Abbeville.