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Acadia Parish Sheriff's arrests

Arrests reported by the Acadia Parish sheriff include the following.
April 22
Ammorette, 47, Iota. Prohibited acts Schedule IV, III and I.

Eunice Police Radio log

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.

News notes

CDA begins Sunday Rosary prayer
Beginning May 1 then every day in May, Court Eunice 208, Catholic Daughters of the Americas will be praying a rosary at 5:30 p.m. (each Sunday the rosary will begin at 5:15 p.m.)

James Ronald “Snowball” Dupre

EUNICE - With saddened hearts, the family of James Ronald “Snowball” Dupre announces his passing on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at the age of 73.Funeral services will be held at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Eunice on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 1 p.m.

Olan R. Cart

IOTA–On Friday, April 22, 2022, Olan R. Cart passed away at Landmark of Rayne at the age of 82. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Iota.

Crawfish pond feeders

Hundreds of feeding birds took flight over a crawfish pond east of Eunice on Thursday after being disturbed by a passing truck. The birds appeared to be American White Ibis. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

Louisiana Survey is revealing

Last week, the annual “Louisiana Survey” was released by the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication. The survey, actually a poll and analysis thereof by the school’s lefty professoriate, was the 20th conducted in a series dating back to 2003.

Sudden illness ended captain’s career

Hinckley Street and the century-old Hinckley house in the old St. Landry Parish town of Washington are reminders that Oramel Hinckley was one of the most significant steamboat captains in the heyday of Bayou Courtableau.