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Robert "Bob" Butler

Robert “Bob” Butler passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at the age of 84. A Funeral Service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, 2023 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Reverend Warren Langford officiating. Burial will follow in St. Louis Cemetery.

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Memorial Day exhibit planned at Le Vieux Presbytère Le Vieux Presbytère Museum, located at 205 Rue Iry Lejeune in Church Point, invites family members of deceased veterans to contribute memorabilia to the museum’s Memorial Day exhibit, which will be unveiled at 11 a.m., May 27.

Bill forces fathers to cover pregnancy expenses advances

A bill that would allow mothers to recover half of out-of-pocket, pregnancy-related medical expenses from the father of their child cleared another hurdle Tuesday. House Bill 5, by Rep. Lawrence “Larry” Frieman, R-Abita Springs, moved forward from the Senate Judiciary A Committee.

Eunice Police Arrests report

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. May 16 Brandon Louis, 31, 500 block of Halsey, 100 block of South Aymond, Eunice. Theft, value less than $1,000. Tyler Fuselier, 30, homeless, Eunice. Bench warrant. Sandra Marie Malveaux, 28, 1000 block of North Avenue, Crowley.

Eunice Police Radio log

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. May 16 00:19 Caller in the 100 block of Jennifer needs a subject to be removed from residence. 05:10 Subject trespassing in a neighbor’s yard in the 1700 block of West Peach.

House panel killed two bills meant to clarify abortion language

A House committee killed two bills Tuesday that were meant to clarify the language of abortion laws to protect physicians making difficult choices. House Bill 598, written by Rep.

Eunice man arrested for attempted murders in Mamou

Vindezz Thibodeaux, 22, of Eunice, has been charged in two separate shootings in Mamou according to a news release from Mamou Police.

Voters can move state of last place ranking

Louisiana is ranked last — again — in a report which cites an atmosphere of surging violent crime, poisonous industrial pollution and in series of studies listing Louisiana as the worst or among the worst states in key quality of life areas. This information is included in a report by the U.

Curing our loneliness epidemic

There is a loneliness epidemic in the United States, but there are some simple ways we can address it. A few weeks ago, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report titled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.

To defeat Biden, Republicans could look back to 1972

Fifty-one years ago, the national Democratic Party and its presidential nominee were characterized as the party of ”acid, amnesty and abortion” in one of the more devastating, effective and enduring slogans in American political history.