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DeVillier: Bobcat Drive to get some work

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, July 14, 2023

State Rep. Phillip DeVillier reports Bobcat Drive, La. 757, in front of Eunice High school will be milled and overlaid this week. The project is to cost $120,000. Other projects reported by the Department of Transportation and Development to DeVillier are: Tasso Loop, La.

DeVillier’s legislation targeted local issues

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, July 14, 2023

From allowing more time to prosecute litter cases to clearing the way for Eunice voters to decide on a hotel-motel tax, State Rep. Phillip DeVillier reviewed some of his legislation in the recent session.

Police pay averages $45k a year in La.

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, July 14, 2023

Lagging most of the South and the rest of the country, Louisiana pays its patrol officers and sheriff’s deputies below the regional average of $51,482 and the national average of $71,380.

Eunice firefighters and St. Landry Parish Fire District 6 responded to a structure fire at 3304 Hwy. 190 east at about 3 p.m. Thursday. A storage building located behind the Purple Peacock was engulfed with smoke coming from the roof. Part of the roof was collapsing. Owner of the building and J & M Auto Sales & Detailing, LLC, Jahamal Guillory said that the metal building is at least 30 years old and about 5,000 square feet. Guillory said he uses the building for storage. He had stored inside a motorcycle,

Storage building damaged

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, July 14, 2023

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

Myra Miller

Thursday, July 13, 2023

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. July 12 Colby Lance Arnold, 20, 1100 block of Green Oaks Loop, Eunice. Safety belt use, careless operation. Jennifer Cormier, 38, 400 block of Acadia, Eunice. Probation violation, hold. Christine Ann Trumps, 58, 100 block of Bradley, Eunice.

Eunice Police Radio log

Myra Miller

Thursday, July 13, 2023

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. July 12 01:09 Caller said a subject is passed out in the middle of the roadway near Boudreaux. 08:18 Report of a vehicle break in at Fontenot’s Diesel.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Thursday, July 13, 2023

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. July 12 Eddie Boyd Frank, 66, 100 block of Floyd Lane, Opelousas. Possession with intent to distribute Schedule I CDS, driving roadway/laned traffic, drug paraphernalia, open container.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Thursday, July 13, 2023

St. Landry Parish Sheriff Concealed Carry class set July 22 The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office will host a 1-day concealed carry permit training class on July 22 at 211 West Park in Eunice. The class will begin at 7:30 a.m. The course is $100 lars and $80 for a spouse or renewal.

Changyoon Jeong, LSU AgCenter water quality specialist. (LSU AgCenter photo)

AgCenter scientist receives grant to study climate-smart strategies 

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

By Johnny Morgan jmorgan@agcenter.lsu.edu  BOSSIER CITY — Identifying climate-smart strategies for water management is the goal of a three-year rice production study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Illustration by Maddie Fitzmorris of The Reveille at LSU

New data shows Louisiana is losing college grads to Texas and other states

Rebecca Chaisson

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

By Josh Archote LSU Manship School News Service Lucy Bui would have liked to stay close to her family and find a job in Louisiana after graduating from LSU with an architecture degree in 2022. But the professional opportunities were not in Louisiana, she said.