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Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests

Eunice Police Arrests report

The following are arrests by Eunice Police. April 13 Devin Francois, 33, 3000 block of Johnson Hwy., Eunice. Probation, violation, hold. Christopher Higginbotham, 40, 700 block of S. South St., Opelousas. Probation warrant. Daqwan Laqurius Green, 26, 600 block of Roosevelt Street, Opelousas.
Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

Eunice Police Radio log

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs. April 13 06:33 Caller in the 600 block of West Maple said he and his son got into a fight and his son won’t return his phone. 09:25 Wreck at Maple and Hwy. 13, subjects pulled over into Southern Diesel parking lot.
St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. April 14 Robert Revoillez Gallow, 37, 400 block of West Hill Street, Washington. Domestic abuse battery-child endangerment (3 counts). Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
News notes items

News notes items

News notes

St. Landry Sheriff Concealed Permit Class set Saturday The St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office will have a one day concealed carry permit training class on Saturday beginning at 7:30 a.m. at 211 West Park in Eunice. The course is $100 and $80 for a spouse or renewal.

Easy do it yourself newspaper seedling pots

Making your own seedling pots is easy and allows you to recycle your old newspapers and make the pots at no cost to you. Seeds don’t need soil to sprout because they receive all needed nutrients from the seed.
The white powdery substance contains the spores that infect next year’s plants if left on the ground. Be sure to rake up and remove all infected leaves and dispose of them in trash bags in the trash. (Photo by Hampton Grunewald/LSU AgCenter)

The white powdery substance contains the spores that infect next year’s plants if left on the ground. Be sure to rake up and remove all infected leaves and dispose of them in trash bags in the trash. (Photo by Hampton Grunewald/LSU AgCenter)

What’s growing on my shrub?

Noticed some type of alien growth on your azaleas this spring? I’ve recently gotten phone calls for strange growths on azalea shrubs that were described by the caller as what looked like “cauliflower ear” — enlarged and puffy.

What’s taking Biden so long?

Outwardly at least, the Democratic Party’s national leadership has exhibited no sense of urgency over the absence of any definitive announcement of a President Biden re-election campaign.

What else needs a baseball pitch clock?

My brother, the former Babe Ruth Leaguer, remains deeply skeptical of Major League Baseball’s newly instituted pitch clock. He is not alone in regarding the sport’s leisurely pace as an integral part of its charm. But many analysts cheer any attempt to trim the bloated runtime of modern games.

Pie was the best shooter ever

In days long gone by, when people thought we could shoot as many ducks as we could hit, and when they were in big demand at New Orleans restaurants, hundreds of sharpshooting market hunters earned a good living in the south Louisiana marshes. People said Florine “Pie” Champagne was the best of them.
Rep. Tony Bacala expressed concern about giving money to low-grade schools. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Rep. Tony Bacala expressed concern about giving money to low-grade schools. (Photo by Francis Dinh/LSU Manship School News Service)

Teacher pay raise question

Conservative lawmakers’ concerns about spending some of the state’s surplus on teacher pay raises is already stirring up controversy on the third day of the session.