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The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

EUNICE–With great sadness the family of Ernestine D. Lafleur announces her passing on Friday, August 26, 2022 in the comfort of her home surrounded by her loving family at the age of 90.

Bulb & Blossom meeting set Sept. 6
The Eunice Bulb and Blossom Garden Club will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 6 with a social and business meeting.

EUNICE–It is with great sadness that the family of Janice Carol Mann announces her passing on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at Savoy Care Center in Mamou at the age of 82. Services will be held at a later date.

Vincent Henry Fontenot, Sr. passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2022 at the age of 74. A Graveside Service was held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 27, 2022 at Miller Cemetery with Deacon Gary Gaudin officiating.

The Louisiana Department of Health’s (LDH) Office of Public Health (OPH) has confirmed one human case of the potentially deadly neuroinvasive West Nile disease in Acadiana (Region 4). This is the first reported case in Acadiana since 2018.

The monarch butterfly has been listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature on its Red List of Threatened Species.

A check for $4,650 from the Eunice Rotary Club was presented to the Eunice Community Health Center at the club’s meeting on Wednesday. The money is from the Eunice Rotary Zydeco Triathlon held in April.

St. Landry Crime Stoppers is paying up to $2,500 for information about a shooting that wounded a 17-year-old female.

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.