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Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller

Thursday, March 6, 2025

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Wednesday, March 5 Jamarr Ross, 29, 100 block of Windflower Lane, Church Point. Contempt of court. Christopher Higginbotham, 42, 600 block of Ida, Eunice. Probation warrant.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Thursday, March 6, 2025

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Wednesday, March 5 2:28 a.m. Lobby complaint in reference to a subject that walked in and is covered in blood. 8:27 a.m. Caller in the area of South 6th said that something was burning in the back yard. 8:52 a.m.

Sheri Renea McWilliams

Myra Miller

Thursday, March 6, 2025

With heavy hearts, the family of Sheri Renea McWilliams announces her sudden passing on March 4, 2025, at the age of 54. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday March 8, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Word Ministries in Eunice, officiated by Pastor Josh Belt and Jamie Tyler.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Thursday, March 6, 2025

39th annual Beef Cook-off set March 15 The 39th annual St. Landry Parish Cattlemen’s Association will have “Here’s The Beef” Cook-Off on March 15 beginning at 10 a.m. with a non-motorized trail ride and live music by Dylan Aucoin & Judice Ramblers and Jamie Bergeron & The Kickin’ Cajuns.

Dr. Barry Ancelet, left, delivers a program on the history of Mardi Gras at the reopened Prairie Acadian Cultural Center on Monday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Mardi Gras traditions, history told at Prairie Acadian Cultural Center

Myra Miller

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

By Harlan Kirgan Editor Dr. Barry Ancelet’s “History of Mardi Gras” program at the newly reopened Prairie Acadian Cultural Center starts with what visitors here do not see.

Mona Siebert, gives ashes to Gerrie Cormier, and the Rev. Sam Fontana is in the background. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Ash Wednesday at St. Thomas More Catholic Church

Myra Miller

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Ash Wednesday began the Lenten season and the Rev. Sam Fontana of St. Thomas More Catholic Church performed a 7 a.m. Mass. Ash Wednesday begins the 40-day season of fast and penance. Mona Siebert, gives ashes to Gerrie Cormier, and the Rev. Sam Fontana is in the background. (Photo by Myra Miller)

Christine Flowers

Thoughts about lives that matter

Myra Miller

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

I was talking to a friend the other day about another friend, who has been going through a difficult period ever since Hamas massacred peaceful Jews in Gaza a year and a half ago. Our common friend is a quiet woman, someone who keeps her sorrows to herself.

Jim Brown

So call it the Gulf of what?

Myra Miller

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Our new president has stirred up a hornet’s nest by declaring that we no longer have a Gulf of Mexico. From now on, all government references will be to the Gulf of America. I grew up along the Gulf Coast, spending just about every summer there that I can remember.

Cutting a ribbon marking the reopening of the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center on Friday were, from left, Scott Fontenot Eunice mayor; Laura McDonald and Lainey Binnix, park rangers; Herman Fuselier, parish tourism director; Justin Lemoine, executive director of the Atchafalaya National Heritage Area; and Dwight Jodon, Eunice Rotary Club member. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Prairie Acadian Cultural Center reopens

Myra Miller

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

By Harlan Kirgan Editor ‘It has been a long 5 years’ Despite mass firings coming out of Washington, D.C., the Prairie Acadian Cultural Center reopened on Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Center has been closed since 2019 due to renovations and the Covid pandemic.

Eunice Rotary Club member Dwight Jodon takes a group photo at the Centennial Wall dedication on Friday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Eunice Rotarians celebrate their 100th year

Myra Miller

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

By Harlan Kirgan Editor In a pre-Mardi Gras weekend celebration, the Eunice Rotary Club held a dedication ceremony for its Centennial Set Wall next the Eunice Pharr Duson statue at Park Avenue and 2nd Street at 11 a.m. Friday.