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Edwin Cormier Sr.

EUNICE-Funeral service for Edwin Cormier, Sr., 76, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 16, 2018 at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church of Duralde. Rev. Gene Tremie will officiate. Burial will follow in Mount Calvary Cemetery of Eunice.

Piron selected grand marshal for Rice Fest Children’s Parade

CROWLEY — Ruthie Welch Piron has been selected as grand marshal for the 82nd International Rice Festival Children’s Parade, which will take place in downtown Crowley on Oct. 19. A lifelong resident of Crowley, Piron is the daughter of the late Martin and Billie Welch.

From The Eunice News files

From the July 2007 files of The Eunice News. Grand prize winners at Highland Elementary. Highland Elementary students Caroline and Brianna Frey participated in the Math A Thon held to raise money for St. Jude’s Hospital.

Trooper notes deadly stretch of I-10 in Acadia

By Desiray Seaux Crowley Post-Signal CROWLEY (July 12)— Master Trooper Brooks David, public information officer, for Louisiana State Police Troop I, spoke to the Rotary Club of Crowley this week with an update on Troop I and all the things the troopers do in the community.

Acadia Parish police jurors OK more RV hookups

By Steve Bandy Crowley Post-Signal CROWLEY (July 12) — With the exception of a PowerPoint presentation by a company that wants to become the parish’s “disaster recovery reimbursement consultant,” the Acadia Police Jury handled a routine agenda with little fanfare here Tuesday night.

Choctaw influence remains strong

By Tony Marks Ville Platte Gazette MAMOU — The several distinct cultures of South Louisiana such as Cajun, Creole, and African have come together to form one identity much like how different ingredients come together to form a gumbo.

Uninhabited but not unloved

By Claudette Olivier Church Point News Louisiana’s coast may be eroding and business, homes and entire towns may come and go, but one man and his 73,000 plus followers are making sure what may be gone is not forgotten.

School Board Oks budget with $2M deficit

By Harlan Kirgan Editor OPELOUSAS — The St. Landry Parish School Board approved a budget that projects a $2 million general fund deficit that will erode the school system’s ending balance from $7 million to about $5 million. The 2018-2019 budget was approved on a voice vote at a meeting Thursday.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Office reports arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. July 13 Andrea Shermone Grismore, 31, 100 block of Sarah Dr. Sunset. Domestic abuse battery; negligent injuring. Arrested by Sunset Police Dept. Billy James Dupre, 60, 200 block of Longwood Dr., Opelousas.

Eunice Police Arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. July 12 Shawn Arnaud, 42, 100 block of Acadia, Eunice. Criminal damage to property, criminal trespassing, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling. David W. Guillory, 500 block of E. Vine St., Eunice.