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Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Sept. 22 05:47 Man damaging vehicle in the 300 block of North Martin Luther King. 07:45 Wire hanging on the back of police unit at 6th and Oak. 08:15 Car parking at EZ Mart must be moved it will be towed.

News notes

Early Voting in Eunice set Sept. 30 St. Landry Parish Registrar of Voters office will hold early voting in Eunice for all registered voters from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m. Sept. 30 and Oct. 5 to 7 at Eunice City Hall, second floor, Clerk of Courts office.

Pearl Mae Young

Pearl Mae Prather Young passed away on Friday, September 2, 2017, at the age of 87. No services have been scheduled at this time. Pearl is survived by one son; James M. Young, Jr. and wife Debbie of Eunice, one daughter; Peggy Y.

Corn maze set at Botanic Gardens at Burden

The LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden will welcome the fall season with a Corn Maze Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 7. The day will feature a farm animal petting zoo, pumpkin decorating, hay mountain climb, corn maze, children’s zipline, hayride and a giant slingshot.

LSU biologist works to solve future food shortage crisis

Food production must increase by 50 percent to support the world’s population by 2050, which is estimated to increase to about 10 billion, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization.

Several new Basile teachers hail from Eunice

W. W. Stewart Elementary and Basile High School to welcomed five new teachers for the 2017-2018 school year. The two new Stewart Elementary teachers are Tiffany Boutte and Randi Daigle. The three new educators at Basile High are Jerome Perron, Jessie Daigle, and Christina LeJeune. W.W.

Higgins: Judge me on votes, faith, political affiliations

U.S. Congressman for Louisiana’s 3rd District Clay Higgins, said Tuesday that he intends to be judged by his constituency on the merit of his voting record, and the nature of his faith and political affiliations.

Franklin soldier was first to die

Lt. Edward Vincent Loustalot was wounded three times as he led a small band of American Rangers up a steep cliff near Dieppe, France, on Aug. 19, 1942. He kept climbing, trying to reach and silence a German machine gun at the top of the cliff. He didn’t make it.

Serious side to 2 days of fun at the Experience Louisiana Festival

The Experience Louisiana Festival is about two days of fun and informative activities in October at the LSUE campus. But the festival, which is organized out of the Eunice Rotary Club, has a serious side and that was explained by Pat Dossman to the Eunice Kiwanis Club on Thursday.

Police: K-9 Lady sniffs out meth

Staff Report Men from Berwick and Morgan City are locked up after Morgan City’s K-9 Lady used her skills to sniff out suspected narcotics during a traffic stop, Morgan City police said.