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Octavia Warren

Warren is new principal at Central Middle School

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, October 6, 2023

Central Middle School has a new face on campus, Octavia Warren, as she serves as the principal at the middle school. Warren is from Opelousas. She arrives from Lawtell Elementary where she was assistant principal from 2017 until just recent.

School retirees.

Retirees honored at St. Landry Parish School Board meeting

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, October 6, 2023

Retirees were honored at the St. Landry Parish School Board meeting on Thursday. Among the honorees were Larhonda Simpson and Daniel Soileau. Simpson, in the photo at right, is retiring as a special education teacher from Eunice High School after 32 years of service.

The Confederate memorial on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square. (File photo)

Confederate memorial committee named

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, October 6, 2023

The members of a committee to resolve the fate of a memorial to Confederate soldiers on the St. Landry Parish Courthouse Square have been named. But the issue is far from settled. The committee ended up with eight members, which possibly promises a tie vote on the memorial’s fate.

Aldermen Marion "Nootsie" Sattler and Randall Reed. (File photo)

Aldermen to consider law on loitering

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, October 6, 2023

A law to regulate loitering is for passage at Tuesday’s Eunice Board of Aldermen meeting. Alderman Randall Reed introduced the ordinance at the September meeting explaining he had calls from people downtown complaining about people loitering on sidewalks around businesses.

St. Landry Parish burn ban reissued

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, October 6, 2023

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard reissued a burn ban for the parish on Thursday. That followed two rural fire on Wednesday. Bellard said about 100 acres burned in the Big Cane area of north St. Landry Parish. Another 10 acres burned off Guillory Road east of Eunice, he said.

the St. Landry Parish Agricultural Arena in Opelousas. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)

St. Landry Parish Ag Arena management draws fire

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, October 6, 2023

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard’s management of the Agricultural Arena came under fire at a Wednesday Parish Council meeting from Arena Authority President Frank “Buddy” Helton Jr. Helton complained about a myriad of issues from the lights being left on to a bandstand being built.

The early voting count for St. Landry Parish as of Thursday was 3,761 with 2,674 votes cast in-person and 1,087 absentee for the Oct. 14 election, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website, geauxvote.com. Early voting ended on Saturday at the Eunice City Hall and Registrar of Voter’s Office in the courthouse in Opelousas. Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, a Eunice alderman, and Michael Coscino, of Eunice, vote at the Eunice Municipal Complex lobby on Thursday. The election includes candidates for gov

Early voting in Eunice

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, October 6, 2023

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller

Thursday, October 5, 2023

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. Wednesday, Oct. 4 Rodney Adams, 47, 900 block of North 6th, Eunice. DWI, with child endangerment, open container.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Thursday, October 5, 2023

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. Wednesday, Oct. 4 6:48 a.m. 911 caller said an elderly subject in a vehicle wrecked at St. Mary and Perchville Road and hit his head on the steering wheel. Eunice Fire Department is en route. 6:52 a.m. St.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Thursday, October 5, 2023

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Thursday, Oct. 5 Cody Dwayne Moore, 33, 200 block of Stagecoach Road, Duson. Theft of a motor vehicle. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Markus Henry, 30, 800 block of St Cyr Ave, Opelousas.