Stories of growing up together in Church Point and entering the seminary together were shared as the Rev. Mark Thibodeaux, SJ, delivered the homily during an anniversary Mass for his friend, the Rev.
One must be hooked on the NFL (check), entranced by football wagering (check), and champing at the bit for the season to begin (check) to join a fantasy draft that can take as long as two months to complete (oy).
Believe it or not, August 31 is the 25th anniversary of the traffic accident that robbed the world of the effervescent Diana, Princess of Wales.
Many of us know about Last Island because of the deadly hurricane that hit there in August 1856 and that is still listed as one of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in Louisiana.
A victim of a June 2021 shooting in Opelousas read a press release on October 2021 and identified one of the shooters, which led to an arrest, according to a news release from St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz.
School buses may be allowed to load and unload students in the far right lane of traffic if the St. Landry Parish School Board approves a policy change.
The nation is on the downside of the sixth surge of the COVID Omicron variant, monkeypox is on the emerging and fentanyl is a rising deadly threat.
Six inmates in the Eunice City Jail added a felony charge to their troubles after a jail fight on Aug. 17.
Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said a person arrested last week was jumped in the jail.
The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
August 22
Jewel Ceasar, 64, 200 block of Bradley, Eunice. Theft by shoplifting.
Deshawn Ceasar, 35, 200 block of Bradley, Eunice. Theft by shoplifting.
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Traffic stops are not normally included.
August 24
02:43 Suspicious person on a bike on South Bobcat.