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Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Monday, December 23, 2024

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Friday, Dec. 20 1:03 a.m. 911 caller reported a possible active break in progress at the 400 block of Corn. 1:19 a.m. Suspicious vehicle at Daiquiri Shack. 2:36 a.m. Noise complaint at 1000 block of West Maple.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Monday, December 23, 2024

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. Friday, Dec. 20 Brandi Michelle Wells, 37, 200 block of Woodrow Street, Lafayette. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Monday, December 23, 2024

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. Saturday, Dec. 21-Monday, Dec. 23 Fred Leon Stegall Jr., 63, 200 block of Deranger Lane, Leonville. Violations of protective orders.

Robert Savant

Myra Miller

Monday, December 23, 2024

Robert Savant passed away on Friday, December 20, 2024 at the age of 72. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, December 23, 2024 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church with Father Sam Fontanta Celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Thomas More Cemetery.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Monday, December 23, 2024

CDA meeting set for January 6 Court Eunice, 208, Catholic Daughters of the Americas will have a meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6 in the Jeanmard Hall on North 3rd. Current members are urged to attend and bring a non-perishable food item to assist in re-stocking the Eunice Food Bank.

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller

Saturday, December 21, 2024

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Thursday, Dec. 19 Nicklos Dupre, 27, 700 block of East Vine, Eunice. Probation warrant.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Saturday, December 21, 2024

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Thursday, Dec. 19 2:47 a.m. Assisting Acadian EMS for a medical fall at the 1400 block of Athabaska. 9:02 a.m. Disturbance with a juvenile involving another student and staff at school at Eunice High. 3:55 p.m.

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard did a live show on Facebook on Wednesday.

Bellard talks budget issues on live Facebook presentation

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, December 20, 2024

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard recently sent out a mailer addressed to most households in the parish detailing property tax revenues and expenditures.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz spoke at Wednesday’s Parish Council meeting about jail costs and a trusty dormintory in Opelousas. (Photos by Harlan Kirgan)

Sheriff takes his case to Parish Council

Harlan Kirgan

Friday, December 20, 2024

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz returned to the St. Landry Parish Council to state his case about prisoner costs and the new, but unoccupied, trusty dormitory in Opelousas. “The trusty dorm that I’m anxiously waiting to move in is not ready.

Tax plan averts deficit averted

(not verified)

Friday, December 20, 2024

Gov. Jeff Landry’s recent tax overhaul will erase Louisiana’s budget deficit that was expected to be just shy of $600 million and threatened funding for health care services and higher education.