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St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller
Thursday, August 3, 2023
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. August 3 Ashley Rochelle Gallow Cains, 32, 1700 block of Ware Street, Opelousas. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Lajavian Fontenot, 22, 300 block of W. Dale Street, New Iberia.
Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller
Thursday, August 3, 2023
The following are arrests by Eunice Police. August 2 Cameron Fournerat, 21, 200 block of Pine Lane, Oakdale. Domestic abuse battery, resisting an officer, contempt of court.
Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller
Thursday, August 3, 2023
The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. August 2 5:41 a.m. Disturbance at Walmart. 6:19 a.m. Reckless driver headed southbound into the city from LA 13 north. 8:15 a.m. Caller said juveniles are walking on train tracks at North Bobcat. 8:49 a.m.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Eunice Players’ presents Children’s Production The Eunice Players Theater is pleased to announce its Children Production of “Once Upon A Fairy Tale” to be held August 3-6 at 7 p.m. evening performances. A Sunday at 2 p.m. matinee Aug. 6 is scheduled.
Emmerson Lyons, LSU AgCenter 4-H intern in St. Landry Parish is supervising Kid Chef Camp participants, Natalie Arceneaux, left, and Sophia Benoit, right, practicing their knife skills by cutting vegetables. (Photo by Lisa Benoit/LSU AgCenter)

Emmerson Lyons, LSU AgCenter 4-H intern in St. Landry Parish is supervising Kid Chef Camp participants, Natalie Arceneaux, left, and Sophia Benoit, right, practicing their knife skills by cutting vegetables. (Photo by Lisa Benoit/LSU AgCenter)

Internship provides hands-on Cooperative Extension work experience

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Preparing young people for careers in agriculture is the goal of the new LSU AgCenter internship program.
At the Eunice Public Library Board of Control meeting Thursday were, from left, Daniel Monteverde, communications director with state library of Louisiana; Michael Golrick, associate state librarian; Alison Duplechin, library director; and board members Ricky Coutee, Germaine Simpson, councilwoman; Sheila Landreneau, Cinderella Hayes, Tony Baltakis and David Simpson. (Photos by Myra Miller)

At the Eunice Public Library Board of Control meeting Thursday were, from left, Daniel Monteverde, communications director with state library of Louisiana; Michael Golrick, associate state librarian; Alison Duplechin, library director; and board members Ricky Coutee, Germaine Simpson, councilwoman; Sheila Landreneau, Cinderella Hayes, Tony Baltakis and David Simpson. (Photos by Myra Miller)

Library board of control officially joins the State Library of Louisiana

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
The Eunice Library board of control held a meeting Thursday to mark the joining with the State Library of Louisiana. Alison Duplechin is the library director.

‘Sound of Freedom’ stands tall

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
After my column about not being able to find a theater that screened “Sound of Freedom” appeared last week, I was on the receiving end of a lot of generous offers of rides, tickets and they even set up a GoFund me to pay for my taxi fare.

Partisan extremists want to keep us divided

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Is this never going to end? Both left and right wingers continue to lash out with charges filled with rumors and innuendo on issues that seem pretty reasonable to me.
Johnny Leon Wilson

Johnny Leon Wilson

St. Landry Crime Stoppers, U.S. Marshals Service needs help locating a fugitive

Rebecca Chaisson
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Johnny Leon Wilson is wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for bond revocation for murder and tampering with a corpse out of Harris County, Houston, Texas. In November of 2018, Wilson murdered his wife in Houston and was later apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Service in Las Vegas, Nevada.