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Eunice Police arrest

The following is an arrest by Eunice Police. May 9 Lacresha Stevens, 40, 400 block of Liberty Street, Eunice. No headlights and resisting an officer.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. May 10 Eric J. Thibodeaux, 32, 1000 block of Jackson Lane, Melville. Aggravated battery. Ketrick Remon Washington, 34, 100 block of Park Street, Opelousas. Failure to return leased movable.

Ethel Frank Harrison

EUNICE ~ Visitation for Ethel Frank Harrison, age 83, will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2017 from 8:00 am to 11:00 am with funeral services following at 11:00 am, both at New Zion Baptist Church in Eunice, LA. Interment will follow in the Mount Olive Cemetery in Eunice, LA with Rev. Allen W.

Gavin Lane Dupre

Gavin Lane Dupre passed away on Monday, May 8, 2017, at the age of 12. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday, May10, 2017, at 2:00 PM. at St. Anthony's Catholic Church with burial to follow at St. Paul Cemetery. Fr. Travis Abadie will officiate.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. May 8 Jessie C. Simon Jr., 46, 100 block of Simon Lane, Palmetto. Simple battery. Shermaine William Glaude, 22, 3900 block of Hwy. 357, Opelousas.

Boy accidentally shoots self

Eunice Police are saying a 12-year-old boy accidentally shot himself with a semi-automatic pistol at about 5 p.m. Monday at his home. Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said the shooting occurred at the youth’s East Dean Street home.

Eunice Police arrests

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. May 8 Delridge Robinson, 21, 100 block of Town Home Drive, Eunice. Possession of marijuana, stop sign violation, violation of controlled dangerous substance in drug-free zone and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Eunice Police dispatch radio logs

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. May 8 09:55 City Lake is open. 10:04 Wreck at 12th and U.S. 190. 10:16 Juvenile arguing with mother in the 300 block of Perrotti. 11:01 Firefighters en route to location in the 100 block of Armide.

News notes

Eunice Players’ children’s auditions Auditions for the children’s summer play will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday and from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the theater (121 S. 2nd St.) in Eunice. Children and youth ages 8 to 17 are invited to participate. Exceptions may be made for other ages.

Second Harvest Food Bank distributes USDA commodities

Second Harvest Food Bank distributes commodities to eligible, needy families under the Food Bank Program in the following parishes: Acadia, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St.