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Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Oct. 18 06:08 Caller said female living in father’s house with drugs and wants her removed. 06:28 Man almost caused wreck due to him falling off bike and spilling groceries in the middle of Laurel Avenue.

Beware the rape allegation bandwagon

“#MeToo” is the social media meme of the moment. In a 24-hour period, the phrase was tweeted nearly a half million times and posted on Facebook 12 million times.

On polio and pulling together

She came home with a high temperature, feeling very ill. The next morning, her legs gave out when she tried to get out of bed. By that evening, she was so weak she could barely move. It was 1951 when polio struck her. She was 12 years old, just starting the 8th grade. The nation was in a panic then.

Sheriff says woman, 33, charged again for having sex with minor

A 33-year-old woman has been arrested again for having sex with the same male minor, St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz said in a news release.

Why is the City Lake closed Sunday?

When the city’s Facebook page posted that the City Lake would be closed Sunday for a film production, the result was more than 12,000 views, Mayor Scott Fontenot said. And the speculation was the production had something to do with the 15- car train derailment at the site in May 2000.

Deal reached in multi-million-dollar theft suit

Capital Management Consultants has reached a settlement with the estate of former company accountant James Scott Tucker, who was allegedly the mastermind behind a scheme to steal millions of dollars from the company, according to a company official.

St. Landry Parish voters track state results

St. Landry Parish voters tracked the state results in the four statewide ballot issues in Saturday’s election. In the race for state treasurer, state voters gave Derrick Edwards, a Democrat, 31 percent of the vote and John Schroeder, a Republican, 24 percent of the vote. In St.

Special session chatter persists

Lawmakers, administration officials, lobbyists and other government relations professionals are working under the assumption that the next special session of the Legislature will be called some time after Feb. 14, 2018.

News notes

Cancer benefit Saturday for Gloria Fuselier There will be a cancer benefit for Gloria Jeansonne Fuselier’s medical fund expenses. Fuselier was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer and liver cancer.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excepts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Oct. 17 07:23 Woman said her brother-in-law cursed her kids before they got on school bus in the 2100 block of West Magnolia. 08:48 Disturbance in the 600 block of Faris. 10:50 Lobby complaint about stolen debit card.