Henderson's chief of police, Leroy Guidry, was handily reelected Saturday, beating rivals Oliver "Mack" Lloyd and Joey J. "Hook" Huval.
Guidry received 292 votes or 61 percent.
Lloyd, formerly Guidry's second-in-command, got 166 votes for 35 percent, and Huval polled 23 votes and 5 percent.
The deadline to submit applications for the St. Martin Land Company Scholarship Fund, at Community Foundation of Acadiana, is close of business Monday, March 14. The scholarship fund awards two $2,500 scholarships to St. Martin Parish students or residents seeking a post-secondary education.
Deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Brandon W. Bourda, 34, who may be residing in the 200 block of Maraist St., St. Martinville, LA.
He is wanted for Failure to Appear for the following:
Possession of Schedule II-Cocaine
SCENE OF THE CRIME – The mobile home where two women lost their lives in an apparent act of domestic violence Saturday. Two young boys were spared because they had gone to visit their father.
(Louisiana State Fire Marshal)
Investigators with the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office continue to piece together the circumstances they say led a Lafayette man to brutally murder an elderly woman and her daughter before torching their home Saturday afternoon.
Monday, Feb. 22
Berard, Sean, 29, Lafayette; failure to appear, warrant, St. Martin Sheriff’s Office (SMSO).
Campbell, John, 38, 1000 block of Bonnie Dr., Breaux Bridge; DWI (SMSO).
Guidry, Giles, 29, Ville Platte; probation violation, Louisiana Probation and Parole (LP&P).
The St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office will be conducting a Ladies Handgun Safety Class March 29 and 30, 5:30-8 p.m., at the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office Training Facility.
The training facility is located at 1815 Terrace Hwy., St. Martinville.
In a special meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, the St. Martinville City Council adopted an amended ordinance regulating future parades.
Early voting in Louisiana’s presidential preference primary March 5 continues through Saturday, Feb. 27.
Early voting will be Saturday, Feb. 20, through Saturday, Feb. 27, Sunday excluded.
An assembly of commercial fishermen, sportsmen, naturalists and politicians – that’s state Rep. Mike Huval at left – gather in the gym at Catahoula Elementary for last year’s annual meeting of the Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association - West.
Keeping the Atchafalaya Basin “wet and wild” in face of powerful competing exigencies has been a gargantuan Gordian knot for the more than 40 years since the federal and state governments staked out this goal.
The Mississippi River is dead-set on drying up the Basin with diverted sediment.
Monday, Feb. 15
Abshire, Chase, 18, Abbeville; possession of Schedule II narcotics, Breaux Bridge Police Department (BBPD).
Abshire, Ronald, 32, Abbeville; possession with intent to distribute Schedule I narcotics (BBPD).
Deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Darrel Benjamin, 54, who may be residing in the 900 Block of Delhom, Scott, LA.
He is wanted for Failure to Appear for the following:
Felony Theft Valued at $48,000
In their efforts to organize an unclear and outdated set of village codes and ordinances, officials here have come to the realization that much of the needed municipal legal structure does not seem to exist.
All three parish teams suffered disappointing losses last week on a stormy Friday night. St. Martinville experienced its first defeat while Breaux Bridge and Cecilia both slipped to 1-2.
Charli, 9, mans the net for her "Paw Pete," Carl Peter Boggs of St. Martinville, a licensed charter captain in Grand Isle
Lafayette – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, September 22, 2016, at 10:30 a.m.
P.O. Box 69
St. Martinville, LA 70582
Phone: 337-394-6232
Fax: 337-394-7511
