Eunice News

A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad.

Pictured is one of the first editions of the very first Clovis Crawfish book. There have been countless revisions over the years.

Pictured is one of the first editions of the very first Clovis Crawfish book. There have been countless revisions over the years.

LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday.

Edolia Allen, 95, a resident of Franklin and a native of Eunice, died Sunday, April 28, 2013.

Two sisters allegedly made a list of things to pick up at their local Walmart: clothes, snacks, DVDs and computer accessories.

LSU Eunice student Alexander Lege, 19, of Gueydan, captures video footage with his phone of a routine traffic stop in Eunice on Thursday.

Marianite Sister Helen Fontenot, director of library services of the Blaine S. Kern Library at Our Lady of Holy Cross College in Algiers, is retiring after a 37-year career at the college.

After falling for the first time in two years last month, St. Landry Parish's sales tax collections returned to growth in April.

Cloudy, humid weather and a light crowd didn't slow down the high-energy trio Mama Rosin of Switzerland.

Keith Fontenot, archivist with the St. Landry Parish Clerk of Courts, has been named St.

<![CDATA[Annie Celeste Ortego and Geoffrey Scott Guidry Mr. & Mrs. Lonnie Ortego are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Annie Celeste Ortego to Geoffrey Scott Guidry of Carencro. The prospective groom is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Terry Guidry of Carencro. Annie is the granddaughter of Betty McKinney and the late Alba "Mac" McKinney of Opelousas and the late Lionel and Rose Ortego of Washington. Geoffrey is the grandson of Houston and Sandra Fontenot of Eunice and the late John and Rose Long of Richard. Annie is a graduate of Westminster Christian Academy. She has attended Louisiana State University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in education. She is currently employed as a teacher in St. Landry Parish. Geoffrey is a graduate of Carencro High School. He attended Universal Technical Institute of Houston and graduated in diesel and industrial technology. Geoffrey is currently employed by Noble Drilling as a mechanic. Annie & Geoffrey will be married on May 4, 2013 at St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas. After the wedding the couple will reside in Sunset, Louisiana.

The Crowley Chamber of Commerce has announced that Brittany Hulin of Crowley High School, Joshua Doucet of Northside Christian School, and Nicholas Hebert of Notre Dame High School have been named Crowley's Outstanding Young Citizens for 2013.

Washington Police have arrested two men and were seeking another in the beating of a resident and an attack on a police officer at the town's Catfish Festival Sunday.

A Eunice man who was arrested a few weeks ago after videoing taping a Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Deputy during a traffic stop is back behind bars for the same thing according to his girlfriend.