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French immersion program to seek state charter

A French immersion charter school planned for Sunset will seek a state charter after the St. Landry Parish School Board limited it to 30 students from the parish.

Police to get 5 new patrol vehicles

Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot was given the green light by aldermen to lease-purchase five Chevrolet Tahoe police units. It’s the third time since Fontenot has been police chief that the city has approved a lease-purchase agreement for patrol vehicles.

Police: Ride to Eunice ends with battery

By Harlan Kirgan Editor An 18-year-old woman accepted a ride to Eunice at about 6 p.m. Saturday in Chataignier and by 8 a.m. Sunday was reporting she had been sexually battered by a man and woman, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. April 17 05:26 Domestic dispute in the 100 block of Park Avenue. 08:41 Broken window at residence in the 400 block of Eula. 10:09 Shoplifting at Walmart. 11;01 Forced entry into trailer in the 1800 block of Dudley.

PARK DEDICATION –

With help from the Army’s Six-String Soldiers musical group, Breaux Bridge Mayor Ricky Calais and VFW Post 4215 Commader Albert “Buz” LeBlanc snipped the ribbon at the renovated Veterans’ Park on Berard Street.

Library announces latest Monday night movie lineup

The Acadia Parish Library has kicked off its latest Monday Night at the Movies line-up, and there are four movies left on tap. The movies will be shown in the meeting room of the Crowley Library and the series will conclude on May 14.

Municipalities concerned over rising cost of housing inmates

In tough financial times, having to pay anything to house a lawbreaker is a necessary expense municipalities would rather not pay. When it looks like they may be paying the tab for another jurisdiction’s problem, “something has to be done,” Hessmer Mayor Travis Franks said.

Effort begins to create Des Glaises Cultural District

A state-certified cultural district in southeast Avoyelles could become a reality in the near future, providing one more weapon in the parish’s arsenal for attracting more tourists.

Draik Allan Cormier

May 11, 1993 ~ April 8, 2018 A private memorial service will be held at a later date to honor the life of Draik Allan Cormier, 24, who died Sunday, April 8, 2018 at The Carpenter House of St. Joseph Hospice. Draik is survived by his mother, Roxanne Chauvin Harrington and her husband James “Jimi” A.

Connie Ann Laviolette

March 30, 1954 ~ April 13, 2018 ABBEVILLE — Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Connie Ann Laviolette, 64, who died Friday, April 13, 2018 at The Carpenter House of St. Joseph Hospice.