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Revenue department offers taxpaying tips

The Louisiana Department of Revenue began accepting 2017 state individual income tax returns Monday. Louisiana taxpayers can begin filing their state income tax returns electronically through Louisiana File Online (revenue.louisiana.

Crime Stoppers seeks information about Washington burglary

St Landry Crime Stoppers is asking for help in locating the suspect involved in a burglary in Washington. On Jan. 12, deputies were dispatched to 4035 Highway 359, Washington, for a burglary of a residence. On Jan. 11, surveillance cameras were able to capture two black male suspects at the home.

Jobless rates decrease, workforce increases

The Tri-Parish employment picture brightened at the end of 2017 as jobless rates were down from a year ago and workforce numbers increased, according to a report from the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

Taster’s Choice entry deadline extended

The deadline to enter the Taster’s Choice fundraiser has been extended to Friday. The eighth annual Taster’s Choice fundraiser for the Eunice Community Health Center is scheduled 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 7 at the LSUE Acadian Center.

Republicans propose spending caps, cost savings, House Speaker Taylor Barras

House Speaker Taylor Barras on Tuesday proposed new spending caps and other cost-saving measures that the Republicans would like to couple with any revenue-raising measures that Gov. John Bel Edwards seeks to deal with a looming state budget shortfall.

Key sought to 7 billion barrels of oil

About 7 billion barrels of light, sweet crude oil is estimated to reside in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale, a geological formation that covers 28 parishes in central and south Louisiana, and several southwestern Mississippi counties. That’s a lot of black gold – and a $9.7 million grant from the U.S.

Woman shot in Mamou

At approximately 11 p.m. Friday, deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office arrived on scene of a shooting that happened earlier in the night at the W.C. Read Fire Station located south of Mamou.

Vincent Sittig

Vincent Sittig passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2018, at the age of 85. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, February 01, 2018, at 10:00 AM. at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice. Burial will follow at St. Thomas More Cemetery. Fr. Clinton Sensat will officiate.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Jan. 30 07:25 Wreck on Bobcat Drive next Valero. No injuries or road blockage. 16:01 Lobby complaint about missing child. 16:14 Attempted break-in in the 200 block of Verbina. 17:37 Reckless driver on La. 13 South.

Samuel W. Martin

Samuel W. Martin, age 94 of Ephrata, fulfilled the desire of his heart as he passed from this life to his heavenly home on Sunday, January 28, 2018, at Fairmount Homes following a short illness. He was born in Voganville on January 22, 1924, to the late Samuel S.