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The Tri-Parish workforce in December 2020 was little changed from December 2019.

It is with great sadness that the family of Genevieve Neville announces her passing on February 1, 2021, at 4:40 a.m. at her residence in Eunice. She was 69.

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.
February 3
Malik Joseph Sam, 20, 100 block of Verna Road, Arnaudville. Bench warrant. Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office.

A single-vehicle crash at about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday on La. 98 near Pavie Lane in Lafayette Parish took the life of 25-year-old Ashley Murray Menard of Church Point, according to a news release from Louisiana State Police Troop I.

This week, 406 vaccine providers across the state were to receive limited doses of COVID vaccine.

A 16-year-old boy, released from a juvenile life sentence, then arrested Tuesday for attempted first-degree murder, is free again in the custody of his parents, Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.

The following are arrests by Eunice Police.
February 2
Jermine Sistrane Edwards, 26, 800 block of North 4th Street, Eunice. Probation violation, hold.

The following are excerpts from the Eunice Police Department radio dispatch logs.
February 2
00:54 Suspicious person reported in the 600 block of East Vine.
03:09 Stolen vehicle reported in the 100 block of Crestview Loop.

MAMOU – A private memorial service will be held for Elizabeth “Liz” LaFleur DesHotel, 65, who passed away peacefully on Monday, January 18, 2021 surrounded by her loving family.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Richard for Juanita Turner Young, 96.