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Eunice Police Radio log

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls. Friday, April 11 There were 4 traffic stops between the hours of 6 p.m. until 11 p.m. Officer K.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Saturday, April 12-Monday, April 14 Tristan Yates Anderson, 25, 100 block of Carl Drive, Opelousas. Domestic abuse battery (child endangerment).

News notes

Library general meeting set April 15 E-books are now available to borrow through the Eunice Public Library. You must have a library card and call the library in order to set up an account. Call 337-466 7077 for more information. There will be a genealogy meeting at 10 a.m. April 15 at the library.

Eunice Police Radio log

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. The Police Department changed the format from chronological to one based on officers who responded to calls. Thursday, April 10 There were 2 traffic stops between the hours of 8:45 p.m.

Eunice Police Arrests report

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Thursday, April 10 Mark Jones, 46, 2000 block of Heritage Road, Rayne. Bench warrant. Kristie Venable, 35, unknown address, Eunice. Bench warrant for Ville Platte.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Friday, April 11 There were no arrests to report.

Got mosquitoes? Get rid of standing water

After some of our recent rains, you may have noticed areas of your lawn holding water. Or perhaps you have some buckets, pots, plastic tarps or other items sitting around that filled up with rainwater.

Spring has arrived in Washington

I can only imagine how President Trump would have handled the three rogue beavers who chopped down America’s beloved cherry trees along the Tidal Basin. The National Cherry Blossom Festival is underway in Washington, D.C.

A summer-long dancing piece of rainbow

A summer-long ballet begins in April when hummingbirds return to south Louisiana. The naturalist and artist John James Audubon called them “glittering fragments of rainbows.” The poet D. H. Lawrence observed, “It is a creature of such fairy-like loveliness to mock all description.

You’re not one of those Easter experts, are you?

I suspect a lot of people are now smacking their foreheads and sputtering, “That’s what I should have given up for Lent — listening to experts!