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Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller
Thursday, February 6, 2025
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Wednesday, Feb. 5 12:09 a.m. Traffic stop in the 1300 block of West Magnolia. 12:21 a.m. Caller from Eunice Inn reported a noise complaint on the balcony side near the entrance. 12:35 a.m.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Thursday, February 6, 2025
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. Thursday, Feb. 6 Leonard Arnold Brown, 40, 800 block of St. Charles Street, Opelousas. Criminal damage to property.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Annual Taster’s Choice set for Feb. 26 The 14th annual Taster’s Choice is coming up soon. This major fundraiser for the Eunice Community Health Center is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Mumphrey Center on LSUE campus.
Yvonne Miller

Yvonne Miller

Yvonne Miller

Myra Miller
Thursday, February 6, 2025
IOTA-With heavy hearts, the family of Yvonne Miller announces her passing on February 4, 2025, at her home in Iota, at the age of 75. A Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, February 7, 2025, at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Iota, with burial to follow in the St.
Shrimp boats stay docked in Bayou Dulac, Louisiana, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Photo bu Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)

Shrimp boats stay docked in Bayou Dulac, Louisiana, on Nov. 4, 2024. (Photo bu Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)

Seafood testing campaign raises awareness of foreign shrimp use

(not verified)
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
A new round of genetic seafood testing conducted for a state advisory panel detected foreign shrimp that was falsely presented as domestic in a small percentage of the restaurants sampled in New Orleans, despite a new state law that forbids the practice.
An illustration shows how runoff from river basins leads to hypoxic “dead zones” in the Gulf of Mexico. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration video capture)

An illustration shows how runoff from river basins leads to hypoxic “dead zones” in the Gulf of Mexico. (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration video capture)

Reaching Gulf dead zone reduction goals will cost $7B, study finds

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
New research on the cost of reducing the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone places a $7 billion dollar annual price tag on reaching the Environmental Protection Agency’s goals.
Eunice accordionist, harmonica player JoJo Reed returns to the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center at I-49 exit 23, just north of Opelousas from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. (Submitted photo)

Eunice accordionist, harmonica player JoJo Reed returns to the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center at I-49 exit 23, just north of Opelousas from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday. (Submitted photo)

Reed to perform Saturday at Zydeco Capital Jam

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
The Zydeco Capital Jam, a monthly jam for musicians and fans, returns with accordionist JoJo Reed from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center at I-49 exit 23, just north of Opelousas.
Workers install solar panels on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Solar for All, a federally funded program to provide rooftop and community solar to low-income residents, is on hold after President Donald Trump declared a freeze on funding climate-related projects and other spending. (Photo courtesy of NIST)

Workers install solar panels on the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Solar for All, a federally funded program to provide rooftop and community solar to low-income residents, is on hold after President Donald Trump declared a freeze on funding climate-related projects and other spending. (Photo courtesy of NIST)

Trump’s funding pause clouds future of Solar For All Program

Harlan Kirgan
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s $7 billion Solar For All Program faces an uncertain fate following last week’s rollout of executive orders from President Donald Trump putting a freeze on federal financial assistance.