In 2021, a tragic shooting took the life of a "sweet" man and a father of six children while he was attending a graduation party in Downtown Eunice on June 6, 2021.
According to an update from the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office, a stretch of Crowley Eunice Highway has reopened in both directions after an accident Sunday morning.
An 8-year-old girl lost her life on Tuesday as the unrestrained child died in a vehicle crash in Acadia Parish. The crash happened shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Louisiana Highway 91 near Arpent Lane.
A week after he allegedly shot dead 17-year-old Aiden Cade McCauley and 18-year-old Stanley Celestine in the parking lot of a Eunice convenience store, 25-year-old Travis Godfrey of Eunice now sits in the St. Landry Parish Jail.
36-year-old Jacob Randel Moon has been arrested following accusations that he molested two children - one of them under the age of 9 - and raped a woman he was in a relationship with at the time.
Since the beginning of the year, KPEL News has reported on thieves stealing catalytic converters from vehicles across the Acadiana area. The latest alleged thief is from Eunice - 38-year-old Raymond Dominic Miller.