The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
February 10
00:03 Caller from Chips Daiquiris advised that a subject is hitting another subject in a vehicle.
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder on Thursday announced a bipartisan legislative investigation into the fatal 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, declaring “no crime should be ignored, no cover-up will be tolerated.”
Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, clarified Thursday that a law firm hired to provide political redistricting advice to the Louisiana Legislature will eventually be paid with public funds, though no public money has been expended yet.
University of Louisiana at Lafayette educators and community business leaders are coordinating the Accelerate Acadia program to help spur entrepreneurial and economic development efforts in Acadia Parish.
The City of Eunice’s street program is expected to be completed by March 1.
Mayor Scott Fontenot noted the project is separate from the state Department of Transportation and Development project on Maple Avenue and La. 13.
Richard LeBouef, executive director of the St. Landry Parish Solid Waste Commission, was at the Eunice Board of Aldermen meeting to talk about bulk waste removal.
Tractors, dump trucks and a culvert cleaner were parked next to the Delta Grand in Opelousas Thursday evening as Parish President Jessie Bellard held a State of the Parish progress report.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
February 10
A 24-year-old male and a female juvenile were shot on Milo Lane in the Opelousas area at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The shooting occurred near a fatal shooting on Sunday at the KC Hall off La. 104 north of the Yambilee building.
House Speaker Clay Schexnayder on Thursday announced a bipartisan legislative investigation into the fatal 2019 arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene, declaring “no crime should be ignored, no cover-up will be tolerated.”