Stephan Bergeron was convicted Friday of one count of forcible rape and two counts of simple rape in a Eunice case that began in 2009.
The jury acquitted on the most serious charge of the indictment -- aggravated rape.
Forcible rape carries a sentence of not less than five years nor more than 40 years at hard labor per count. At least two years ... full story
Eunice schools do well on annual LEAP testing Eunice schools met or exceeded state averages in in fourth- and eight-grade Louisiana Educational Assessment Program testing this spring.
Eunice Elementary excelled in all of the fourth-grade LEAP ...
Fleming bill would suspend temporarily IRS audit authority By Todd C. Elliott
todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com
Congressman John Fleming wants to hold the Internal Revenue Service accountable with his newly proposed legislation that would audit the authority o...
Police make alleged meth distribution bust A Eunice woman was arrested after allegedly selling crystal meth to an undercover officer.
Police said Chasity Rainville, 24, of 211 West Park is charged with distribution of Schedule II CDS, poss...
Courville murder case trial nears Warren Gautreaux asked for a speedy trial and it appears he’s going to get it.
The accused killer of Youric and Mary Ann Courville of Eunice in January 2006 is scheduled for trial beginning Tuesday...
South Louisiana sweet potatoes have market issues By Todd C. Elliott
todd.elliott@eunicetoday.com
Sweet potatoes have risen in popularity as nationwide fast-food restaurant chains and frozen food sections of grocery stores have paved the way to a...
Brown, Exec Committee agree on St. Landry superintendent contract The Executive Committee will recommend to the St. Landry Parish School Board that Superintendent-elect Edward Brown be paid $118,000 annually.
The committee and Brown reached that contractual agree...
St. Martin jury convicts in 1984 rape case St. Martinville – Relying almost solely on the memories of an ordeal that occurred when the victim was only 10 years old back in 1984, St. Martin Parish Assistant District Attorney Pamela Lemoines ...
Raises possible for some sheriffs, parish presidents By John Maginnis
and Jeremy Alford
LaPolitics.com
The pay raise proposals winding through the Legislature for clerks of court, assessors and judges could potentially increase the salaries of sheri...
New Iberia woman gets 26 months in $12 million IRS scam LAFAYETTE – A New Iberia woman was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison and for filing false claims of more than $12 million with the IRS and receiving tax refunds she was not owed. She...
Martin will put $20 million into Chopin plan upgrade, expansion CHOPIN – Gov. Bobby Jindal and President and Chief Financial Officer Roy O. Martin, III of RoyOMartin-Martco Ltd. Partnership announced Monday that the company will invest $20 million to modernize...
Trio of personal care attendants face Medicaid fraud charges ZACHARY – Three Zachary women are charged with Medicaid fraud, each accused of filing false claims.
All three were arrested May 15 by the State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit with a...
Radio Logs Thursday, May 23
0604 Animal control requested in the 100 block of Ardoin Street.
1112 Subject needs police officer in the area of 5th Street and Oak Street.
1438 Subject needs police officer in th...
Arrests May 23
Wyatt Guillory, 28, 2688 Junction Road, Ville Platte; driving under suspension, reckless operation, possession of schedule three narcotics, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Gary Montez Mitc...
Two women held on drug charges Two Eunice women have been arrested on narcotics charges after Eunice police responded to a parole officer’s request for assistance.
Officer Sarah Ardoin asked for assistance at 300 North Beulah St...
2013 LHSAA Baseball Playoffs Class 5A
Bidistrict pairings
(32) Pineville at (1) Barbe
(17) New Iberia at (16) Covington, 6 p.m. Wednesday
(24) Rummel at (9) West Monroe
(25) Haughton at (8) St. Paul’s, 6 p.m. Tuesday
(28...
Blue Jays fall to Cougars OAK GROVE – The No. 29 St. Edmund Blue Jays’ season ended with a 9-0 loss to No. 4 Oak Grove on Thursday.
The Blue Jays (10-18) threatened in the first inning when Austin LaFleur walked and again ...
LHSAA School Relations Committee Actions BATON ROUGE -- The LHSAA School Relations Committee, at the direction of the LHSAA Executive Committee, met on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 23 and 24, 2013, at the LHSAA office to discuss many issu...
Hillman signs with McNeese She stood on the podium at the state track meet the past two seasons.
Now Abbey Hillman is hoping for a chance to earn a medal on the college stage as she signed a national letter of intent to run ...
Lady Bengals celebrate second title By Tom Dodge
tom.dodge@eunicetoday.com
CLINTON, Miss. – It was their third trip in a row to the NJCAA Division II softball national tournament and the LSU Eunice Lady Bengals grabbed their second...
Lady Bengals grab softball championship By Tom Dodge
Tom.dodge@eunicetoday.com
CLINTON, Miss. - The top-ranked LSU Eunice Lady Bengals won their second NJCAA Division II softball title in three seasons with a 8-0 win over defending cha...
Lionel LeJeune of Basile tells St. Edmund Catholic High School students, from left, Adam Schatzle, Cole Hebert, Launey Arnaud and Austin Lafleur about his experiences as a U.S. Marines’ island-hopping campaigns in the South Pacific during World War II. He holds the Purple Heart (stabbed in the throat with a bayonet by a Japanese soldier during hand-to-hand combat) and the Bronze Star for valor. Among his recollections were his landing craft being grounded in the surf off of Guadalcanal and having to wade ashore as part of the invading force while bullets like invisible bees buzzed around him. LeJeune is 90.
York, Crump announce wedding date Dr. Bob Guillory and Toni A. Guillory of Eunice, and Carl D. York of Lake Charles are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Suzannah Kathryn York, to Chase ...
EPT “Always...Patsy Cline” tickets on sale Jimmy Broussard, musical director, and Angie Benoit McBride, of The Eunice Players’ Theatre, are currently preparing for the summer musical, “Always...Patsy Cline”, to open on June 15. This musical...
Mr. & Miss Highland Elementary selected Fourth-graders Jadyn Frank and Ian Montz were named Miss and Mr. Highland at the conclusion the school’s awards program held Monday. The honor of Mr. & Miss Highland goes to a student who exhibits ...
Robert Keith Robert Keith died on Thursday May 23, 2013 at the age of 78.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday May 27, 2013 at 10:30 AM at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Richard. Burial will foll...
Deaths Elsewhere Former mayor
HENDERSON – Services will be Friday for former mayor Earl “To-Bit” Patin. He died May 21 at age 74.
He was mayor from 1996 to 22045 and was a village councilman for eight years prior ...
Jinnie Poullard Eunice - Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at New Zion Baptist Church for Jinnie Lee Poullard, 75, who died May 15, 2013 at Amelia Manor Nursing Home in Lafayette, ...