EUNICE–It is with heavy hearts that the family of Kelly Wayne Darbonne announces his sudden passing on March 26, 2021 at The Allen Parish Hospital in Kinder at the age of 44.
Joseph “Lash” Vernel Guillory passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021 at the age of 82. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church with Father Clinton Sensat officiant.
From The Eunice News March 2001 files
With election day around the corner, Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory made a pitch for his proposed one-cent sales tax to the Rotary Club of Ville Platte at its meeting held March 23.
The azaleas are showing off right now, putting on their annual spring spectacular despite the recent sleet, snow and extended freezing temperatures across the state.
The St. Landry Parish School Board’s treasury is flush with local tax revenue and federal funds from COVID recovery and possible stimulus money to come.
Thousands of backlogged cases are about to be dismissed in St. Landry Parish because the time has run out to prosecute them, District Attorney Chad Pitre said at a Eunice Rotary Club meeting.
The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
March 25
Cleco made a $20,000 donation to South Louisiana Community College (SLCC) to establish an endowed scholarship for the college’s power lineman and electrical programs.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in February of 7.6% remained unchanged from January and is the lowest rate since the Covid-19 pandemic began.