Port Barre News

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Charles Ray Morain, 53, 114 Rideau Church Road, Washington, charged with aggravated battery.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Lue Dell Bates, 51, 260 HUD Housing Road, Apt.

The state Legislature has passed what is being called the "speed trap bill" and the mayors of Sunset, Grand Coteau, Port Barre, Eunice, Krotz Springs and Washington are urging Gov.

St. Landry Parish is home to 10 Head Start centers that serve the needs of more than 900 children and, thanks to federal stimulus funds, the lives of all these children should soon improve.

The mix CD begins with an instrumental, a brassy bump-and-grind song whose bass line summons the ghosts of burlesque strippers.

Eunice - The Eunice Police Department reported booking the following people: Joshua J Andrus, 19, 121 Armide St., Eunice, charged with operating a bike w/out front light, flight from an officer and possession with intent to distribute Schedule I drugs.

In April of 2007, Maryln LeBlanc reportedly lost control of her Jeep and collided with a passenger car killing a Port Barre mother, Genevieve Hardy, and injuring her husband Michael Hardy including their son and daughter.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Holly Joy Venezia, 37, 1341 West Peach St., Eunice, arrested on a bench warrant for failure to appear in court for issuing worthless checks, felony.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: Bryan K. Veillion, 41, 201 Mill St., Eunice, charged with possession of Schedule II drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Don Stelley, a former CEO of Doctors' Hospital in Opelousas, has been named chief operating office of the Lafayette-based LHC Group.

St. Landry Parish: The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following person: Joshua Patrick Thomas, charged with possession of Schedule I drugs and felon with possession of a firearm and unlawful use of a license.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Joseph E. Thomas, 47, 2825 Boone St., Opelousas, charged with domestic abuse battery.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Roma Faye Fontenot, 53, 164 Frisco St., Port Barre, charged with driving while intoxicated and improper lane usage.

Opelousas - The Opelousas Police Department reported booking the following people: Ronald J. Charles, 34, 100 Verma Road, Arnaudville, charged contempt; failure to appear in court.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Nicholas Shane Bergeron, 21, 266 Bellaniese Road, Port Barre, charged with possession of marijuana.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Christina Marie Quirk, 22, 1291 Little Teche Road, Port Barre, charged with driving while intoxicated, careless operation and no driver's license.

In Acadiana, the eggplant is known chiefly for the texture and flavor it adds to rice dressing.

Three Port Barre residents have been charged with battery on the infirmed following an attack on an elderly, mentally disabled man.

A hot air balloon beckoned all to the OGH Imaging Center in Sunset on Saturday for the second annual Community Health Fair sponsored by Opelousas General Health System.

Volunteers are needed this Saturday to help with a second cleanup effort on Bayou Teche from Arnaudville to the Cecilia bridge.