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Perchville Road vehicle burglary suspects sought

Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies are investigating several vehicle burglaries in the Perchville Road area just south of Eunice. On June 3 during the early morning hours, two suspects entered several vehicles seeking to steal property from within.

Eunice News candidate election information

The Eunice News will publish announcements for candidates in the Nov. 8 election at no charge when accompanied by payment for advertising.

Luncheon to address future of St. Landry Parish

Serving up knowledge on June 14 at the Opelousas Civic Center is the aim of the Early Learning Network of St. Landry Parish’s Leaders Luncheon at the Opelousas Civic Center, 1638 Creswell Lane.

Wound care opens at Acadian Medical Center

June is National Wound Health Awareness Month and the Acadian Medical Center has a new service, Advanced Wound Care, located in the Physician’s Plaza.

Eunice Main Street offers restoration grant opportunity

Eunice Main Street is soliciting Main Street Restoration Grant applications from downtown commercial building and/or business owners. The Louisiana Main Street program offers grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000.

Fontenot announces for Eunice chief of police

I, Randy Fontenot, thank you for allowing me to serve you as your chief of police for the last eight years and hereby announce my candidacy for re-election. I have been serving as your chief of police since 2015.

Roads, buildings funded

The area is about to get busy with construction projects funded in the legislative session that ended June 6. “It was a long and interesting session. It wasn’t a real contentious one, which was nice just to really focus on getting some things for our area,” State Rep. Phillip DeVillier said.

Miller tells airport history

Drew Miller has served as manager for the Eunice Airport for the past 38 years and on Wednesday he spoke about the airport’s history at the Eunice Rotary Club. Miller is a 1967 Eunice High School graduate, attended LSUE, and a graduate of Louisiana Tech where he earned a business marketing degree.

‘Blue lights were everywhere’

Eight people were arrested including an unlucky escapee from the Evangeline Parish Jail who was caught in the second major crime patrol in Eunice conducted from about 5 p.m. to midnight Wednesday. “Blue lights were everywhere last night,” Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. June 10 Brian Joseph Bernard Jr., 18, 100 block of Townhome Drive, Lafayette.