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Flora Dean Allen

Myra Miller

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

EUNICE–Funeral services for Flora Dean Allen, 67, will be held at 11 a.m. with the visitation beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Greater True Light Baptist Church in Eunice. Burial will be in St. Mathilda Catholic Church Cemetery in Eunice.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests report

St. Landry Parish Sheriff arrests

Myra Miller

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. May 28-31 Dexter Keith Broussard, Jr., 29, 800 block of Wallior Street, Opelousas. Bench warrant (3 counts). Arrested by St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Roger Lee Thomas, II, 23, 500 block of W.

St. Landry Parish emergency alert

St. Landry Parish rolls out emergency alert system

Rebecca Chaisson

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

St. Landry Parish Government has announced a new tool to assist it with emergency preparedness just in time for hurricane season. The Parish has set up a telephone-based mass notifications system to warn citizens about local emergencies, hazards, and other threats.

News notes items

News notes

Myra Miller

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Garage sale at FUMC June 4 First United Methodist Church in Eunice, at 501 S. 5th, will have a garage sale from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the church. Any 65-year-old and older customer can receive 5 free pieces of clothing. Limited supply and only clothing pieces.

Beverly Hebert Materne

Myra Miller

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

EUNICE-On Saturday, May 28, 2022, the family of Beverly Hebert Materne lost their dear mother, grandmother and friend at the age of 92 years. A Celebration of Life will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at Creel Memorial Gardens Chapel in Reeves.

Marie Stout Miller

Myra Miller

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Marie Stout Miller passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at the age of 79. A Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 at Quirk & Son Funeral Home of Eunice with Reverend Tommy McManus officiating.

Howard Paul Terry Sr.

Myra Miller

Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Howard Paul Terry, Sr. passed away on Friday, May 27, 2022 at the age of 77. A Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2022 at Golden Star Baptist Church with Reverend Matthew Alfred officiating. Burial will follow in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Mamou.

Sunset man dies in single-vehicle crash in St. Landry Parish

Rebecca Chaisson

Monday, May 30, 2022

Shortly before 4 p.m. on May 28, troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I were notified of a single-vehicle crash on La. 357 near Park Avenue in St. Landry Parish. The crash took the life of 67-year-old Reginal Clinton Miller of Sunset.

Willie Walters Gibson, now 80, and his wife Ora Gibson discussed his journey at their home in Rochester, New York. (Liz Ryan/LSU Manship School News Service)

A man the FBI thought was dead recalls details of 1960 murders

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 27, 2022

Not a day has passed during the past 62 years that Willie Gibson hasn’t thought of Louisiana and the horrific shootings in Monroe that left four of his friends and co-workers dead and a fifth seriously wounded.

Kathy W. Oubre

Pass drug savings to consumers

Rebecca Chaisson

Friday, May 27, 2022

From groceries to gas prices, consumers are dealing with sticker shock in almost every part of the marketplace, including prescription drugs.