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Eunice Police Arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Feb. 10 Zachary Barousse, 28, 100 block of Betty, Rayne. Simple battery. Jude Reed, 36, 400 block of Acadia, Eunice. Theft. Gerald Gardner, 28, 300 block of Dulles, Eunice. Disturbing the peace, resisting an officer and aggravated assault.

Eunice Police Radio Logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Feb. 10 01:08 Disturbance reported at Valero. 03:14 St. Landry officer requested standby at 200 block of Chataignier for disturbance with a drunk female. 04:01 Loud music coming from a vehicle in the area of E. Dean.

Acadia Parish Sheriff Bookings

The following are bookings from the Acadia Parish Sheriff. Feb. 9 Brittany Nicole Harmon, 29, 900 block of Reynolds St., Rayne. possession of marijuana, simple escape, aggravated escape, possession of a fire arm. Dirk John Daigle, 30, 200 block of Maire St., Church Point.

News notes

American Legion Post 129 meeting cancelled Due to the Mardi Gras festivities Monday night, the American Legion meeting for the month of February will be cancelled. For more information, call Bill Wimberly at 337-457-3371.

Sally Ann Fuselier Fontenot

EUNICE- It is with heavy hearts that the family of Sally Ann Fuselier Fontenot announces her passing on the morning of Saturday, February 10, 2018 at her home with loving family by her side. She was 90. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at St.

Parish website last updated more than year ago

The last update on the St. Landry Parish Government website was more than a year ago. Former District 8 Councilwoman Pam Gautreau scolded the Council’s Administrative- Finance Committee about the lack of updates at its meeting Wednesday at the Old City Market in Opelousas.

Eunice January sales tax revenue up

January sales tax rev-enue in Eunice rose 4 per cent compared to a year ago, according to statistics from the St. Landry Parish School Board. Sales Tax Division. Revenue was $572,399 in January, up $22,244 from that collected in January 2017. Total sales tax revenue in St.

Eunice company’s former IT
manager sentenced to 160 months for defrauding employer $2.8M

A man who defrauded a Eunice pipeline company out of more than $2.8 million was sentenced to more than 13 years in prison for wire fraud, according to news release from U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook. Richard Walter Borek Jr., 43, of Duson, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E.

LABI chief talks Louisiana Checkbook with One Acadiana

At home, keeping up with the checkbook is one of the most important means to making sure that your finances are in order. What if you could use that same means of tracking to make sure that state officials are keeping Louisiana’s finances in order? Citizens in Louisiana may have that option.

New service contract for Acadia Parish garbage collection

The Acadia Parish Police Jury will continue to furnish its weekly garbage collection services to all parish residents and eligible businesses as it has in the past, but under a new service contract with Waste Connections, Inc. (WCI).