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The following obtained marriage license from the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Office. Wednesday, Dec. 11 Shawn Allen Finch and Hattie Marie Savoy, both of Opelousas. Thursday, Dec. 12 Joshua Lee Ryder and Erin Lynn Kaiser, both of Krotz Springs. Isaac Olivares Fonseca and Cristyana Rebecca Lege, both of Cankton. Calvin Ray Olivier and Debra Ann Bracey. (No addresses available) Friday...

Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested Jacob Charles Comeaux, 21, of Wiltz Street in Rayne on Dec. 17. Comeaux was arrested on seven counts of pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13. A tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sparked the investigation. The arrest was a result of a joint investigation with The...

The New Teacher of the Year at Eunice High School is Jeanne Elfert. Elfert is a health and physical education teacher and assistant volleyball coach, and distance track coach. She is a 1999 graduate of Eunice High School. She received a bachelors in kinesiology in 2003 at UL Lafayette and a masters of physical therapy in 2006 at LSU Health and Sciences Center in New Orleans. In college at UL of L...

Body St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers and Sheriff Bobby Guidroz offered holiday safety tips. While we are enjoying the Christmas and New Year holidays, let’s keep in mind a few safety tips: 1. Pay attention to your surroundings; seeing trouble coming allows you to completely avoid it and warn others.

The following are cases filed in the 27th Judicial Court District, Opelousas. Tuesday, Dec. 10 Discover Bank vs Lauren M. Domingue, petition to make judgment executory. State of Louisiana vs Joshua Adams, non-support. Thursday, Dec. 12 Sakata Clophus vs Michael Jacobs, protective order. Calvary SPV I LLC vs Alexander Davis, open account. Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs Deidra D. Taylor...

By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor It was a tough night for Eunice basketball in the opening night of the St. Landry Parish Tournament, as both the girls and boys teams suffered losses and moved into the loser’s brackets in their individual fields. Northwest 50, Lady Cats 20 Eunice High School’s girls’ basketball team suffered a tough loss to the Northwest Lady Raiders on Tuesday night, falling by a score of 50-20. The Lady Cats started the game strong, tying the score at 5-5 after Simone Laws knocked down a sho

The Eunice Bobcat football team endured adversity throughout the 2024 football season and finished with a 2-8 record. It was one of those medicine seasons that ultimately teams and programs hope to get better from. The Bobcats did show consistent improvement throughout the season and ended up placing seven players total on the 2024 District 3-4A All-District teams. Eunice’s lone representati...

A banner year of accolades continued for the St. Ed’s Blue Jay football team this week, with nine players being named to the Louisiana Football Coaches Association’s Class 1A All-State team. Three Jays, linebacker Wyatt Dubois, offensive lineman John Michael Brown and wide receiver Seth Aucoin, led the charge as second-team selections. Dubois capped a season where he was the District 5-1A de...

The newly created Evangeline Economic Development Authority held its inaugural meeting on Monday, Dec. 16, and elected officers. Opal Andrus, who represents the Village of Turkey Creek, was elected chairman; Liz Chatelain, who was appointed by the Evangeline Parish School Board, was elected vice chair; Raquel Manuel, who represents Evangeline Parish Farm Bureau and the Village of Chataignier, was...

St. Edmund students participated in an Advent donation drive. St. Edmund selected several organizations they felt would benefit from the school’s generosity. Each grade level was assigned an organization to help. The classes not only brought in items from the suggested donation list to meet the recipients’ physical needs, but they most importantly lifted these people up in prayer to help meet their spiritual needs. From left are Rhett Wimberly, administrator at Oak Lane, J.P. Fruge, Zane Zaunbrecher and Kan