St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
June 16
Lisa Marie Roberie, 51, 2300 block of Highway 749, Opelousas. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
June 16
Lisa Marie Roberie, 51, 2300 block of Highway 749, Opelousas. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Elizabeth Laden Fontenot passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at the age of 76. A Funeral Service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2022 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home of Basile. Entombment will follow in St. Augustine Mausoleum.
Leroy Phillip Hardy passed away on Monday, June 13, 2022 at the age of 79. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Basile with Father Keenan Brown Celebrant.
They’re fire-bombing pro-life pregnancy clinics. They’re defacing churches. They’re disrupting pro-life marches with threats of violence. And this is their reasoning: “If abortion isn’t safe, neither are you.”
“Do Something!!” we cry, but the mass shootings by disturbed young men keep coming — from Sandy Hook to Aurora, Parkland, Tucson, Virginia Tech, Buffalo, and now Uvalde. Our political leaders say gun and red-flag laws are the solution. Really?
Two-time Grammy nominee Corey Ledet leads the Tribute to Clifton Chenier set for 1 to 3 p.m. June 25 at the St. Landry Parish Visitor Center, I-49 exit 23, in Opelousas.
The panel tasked with finding new names for U.S. military bases that continue to honor the Confederacy has come up with its recommendation for nine Army installations around the country.
The St. Landry Parish School Board budget usually is projected at break-even or even a surplus in recent years, but the finance director expects a small loss this year and more than $1 million next year.
Dr. Russell Pavich, who served 26 years as St. Landry Parish coroner, died on June 10, according to an obituary.
Pavich was 70.
Pavich was elected coroner after serving one term as a police juror.