FBI

Threats, bombings marked resistance to civil rights

David Whatley, the first black student to integrate Ferriday High in 1966, returned from tortuous days at school only to face just as many threats outside his home.

Crime in Eunice is down

Crime rates during 2017 continued a downward trend that started in 2015, according to Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot. Fontenot said he cannot say exactly why crime has been dropping since he became chief in 2015. “What to attribute it to I really can’t tell you.

Acadiana men sentenced for drug distribution

Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced Friday that multiple people were sentenced for their roles in distributing illegal drugs in Acadiana.

Louisana’s KKK history recalled after Charlottesville

Focus is back on the Ku Klux Klan following the tragic violence in Charlottesville last week. The Southern Poverty Law Center released data alleging that the Klan is still active in Louisiana, particularly in the central and northwest part of the state.

Eunice Police officers train to respond to child abductions

Two Eunice Police Department officers completed an FBI training program for the Joint Child Abduction Response Deployment team. Eunice Police Chief Randy Fontenot said Sgt.Stephanie Myers and Detective Talya Monroe completed the weeklong course held in Lafayette.