Sylvia Segura Bienvenu of New Iberia, a longtime St. Martin Parish teacher and resident of St. Martinville, has been inducted as a Living Legend, a program sponsored by the Acadian Museum of Erath to honor an individual who has helped shape and define Cajun culture.
Tuesday, Aug. 4
Dore, Joy, 45, 1100 block of Zin Zin Rd., Breaux Bridge; failure to appear, warrant (SMSO).
Thibodeaux, Thomas, 46,
1500 block of Hebert Ln., St. Martinville; failure to appear, warrant (SMSO).
Deputies with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office are seeking the whereabouts of Kerwin F. Morris, 46, last known to be living in the Crowley area, who is wanted for failure to appear in court on a robbery charge.
Attorney Glenn Soileau, a former city judge here, was cited by Breaux Bridge City Police for second-offense DWI, open container and reckless operation Saturday, Aug. 1, after a two-car accident at Poydras and Park Avenue.
St. Martin native and resident Becket Breaux last week was promoted to major by Col. Mike Edmonson, superintendent of Louisiana State Police.
The St. Martin Parish School District is alerting parents of students at Cecilia schools to take steps to safeguard their credit following a burglary at the Cecilia School-Based Health Center on April 30 in which four desktop computers were stolen.
Much of the agenda for today’s (Wednesday) monthly meeting of the St. Martin School Board deals with a multitude of construction and maintenance work being done at parish schools with proceeds from two recent bond issues.
St. Martin Parish teachers and students return to school this week as the 2015-16 session gets underway.
In one of the earliest openings in recent years, faculty and staff reported yesterday (Tuesday) for two days of in-service activities.
Friday, July 31
Dupre, Layne, 22, 1000 block of Albert Calais Rd., Breaux Bridge; probation violation (SMSO).
Gortman, Eric, 43, 1000 block of Latiolais Lp., Breaux Bridge; domestic abuse battery, aggravated battery (SMSO).
Executing a search warrant for a mobile home at the Delcambre Trailer Park in Breaux Bridge, narcotic agents with the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office seized high grade marijuana with an estimated street value of $5,000 along with an unspecified amount of U.S. currency.
THE ALBERT P. JOSEPH MEMORIAL Scholarship of $800 each was awarded by the True Friends of LaPoint on July 12 to (from left) Akani Aubrey, Amber Lee and Logan Kately, and (from right) Keithan Cormier and Tayler Gary.
Scholarship presenter was True Friends President Eugene L. Cormier (third from right).
Wednesday, July 29
Alexander, James, 41, 700 block of Valsin St., Breaux Bridge; illegal possession of stolen things (SMSO).
Batiste, Jimmy, 57, 200 block of Gov. Mouton St., St. Martinville; illegal possession of stolen things (SMSO).
Campuzano-Cuellar, Hugo, 37, Morgan City; hold for U.S. Marshals Service (SMSO).
The 2016 high school football season has reached the halfway mark and the District 5-4A campaign begins Friday for the league’s five teams.
Charli, 9, mans the net for her "Paw Pete," Carl Peter Boggs of St. Martinville, a licensed charter captain in Grand Isle
