St. Landry Crime Stoppers program has been awarded top national awards for its work in helping law enforcement and the victims of crimes, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday in an election that will settle the composition of the Eunice Board of Aldermen.
St. Landry Parish public school kindergarten through third grade students scored below benchmark in a reading screen given during the first 30 days of the current school year.
Teacher, coach and sportswriter John Burson died on Monday at the age of 73.
Burson spent 41 years teaching and coaching at Eunice High School. Along the way, he covered sports for The Eunice News.
Concerts today and Friday by the Eunice Community Concert Band & Choir celebrate Christmas.
The “Season of Joy” concerts are scheduled at 7 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Eunice.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
December 7
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
December 6
Mark J. Toussaint, 800 block of South Beulah, Eunice. Probation violation, hold.
Demarco L. Skinner, 24, 1000 block of Anne, Eunice. Probation warrant.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
December 6
00:13 Down at Chip’s Daiquiris which is closed, a subject is refusing to leave and is sitting inside his vehicle.
EUNICE–On Monday, December 5, 2022 John “Coach B” Burson, husband, father, grandfather and brother passed away at Eunice Manor with his loving family by his side. He was 73.
Ariana Walker, 25, of Opelousas, has been charged in the crash that claimed the life of 38-year-old Aaron Nathan Washington of Opelousas, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.