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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

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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

Eunice Police Radio log

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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.

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

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Bellard talks budget issues on live Facebook presentation

Rebecca Chaisson
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)

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)

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Sheriff takes his case to Parish Council

Rebecca Chaisson
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

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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.
Newly elected president of the Evangeline Economic Development Authority, Opal Andrus, is in the center as she presides over the inaugural meeting on Monday, Dec. 16. At left, is newly elected secretary Raquel Manuel and, on the right is acting secretary Dr. Gwen Fontenot. (Ville Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Newly elected president of the Evangeline Economic Development Authority, Opal Andrus, is in the center as she presides over the inaugural meeting on Monday, Dec. 16. At left, is newly elected secretary Raquel Manuel and, on the right is acting secretary Dr. Gwen Fontenot. (Ville Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Evangeline Economic Development Authority holds organizational meeting

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, December 20, 2024
The newly created Evangeline Economic Development Authority held its inaugural meeting on Monday, Dec. 16, and elected officers.

Sheriff, Crime Stoppers offer holiday safety tips

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, December 20, 2024
St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers and Sheriff Bobby Guidroz offered holiday safety tips. While we are enjoying the Christmas and New Year holidays, let’s keep in mind a few safety tips: 1. Pay attention to your surroundings; seeing trouble coming allows you to completely avoid it and warn others. 2.
A bee feeds on a camellia on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse grounds on Wednesday.

A bee feeds on a camellia on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse grounds on Wednesday.

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St. Landry Parish Courthouse camellias

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, December 20, 2024
A bee feeds on a camellia on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse grounds on Wednesday. The temperature was in the 70s and it was mostly sunny in a day that felt like spring. Around 5 p.m. showers started and temperatures returned to a winter-like upper 40s Thursday morning.