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Police jury removes Mardi Gras off employee holiday schedule
Auzenne, Ian
and last updated 2021-01-11 22:35:09-05
VILLE PLATTE â The Evangeline Parish Police Jury has scrapped Mardi Gras from its 2021 holiday schedule.
Police juror Bryan Vidrine says that Mardi gras has been scrapped from the employee holiday calendar. As a result, employees will no longer receive off for that day.
According to police jury president Ryan Williams, the police jury considered the move because most cities have canceled their Mardi Gras festivities and because President s Day a scheduled day off for employees is the day before Mardi Gras.
On Monday evening Vidrine said that another reason the decision was made was due to the 4-day weekend s potential impact on people needing building permit and other business.
Stolen Evangeline Parish Police Jury generator recovered, man arrested
and last updated 2021-01-08 16:15:30-05
A Mamou man has been arrested, accused of stealing a generator belonging to the Evangeline Parish Police Jury.
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff s Office says that on Thursday, January 7, 2021 they arrested Kasey Chapman on a charge of Possession of Stolen Things.
EPSO syas they received information from the Mamou Police Department on the case which led to the recovery of the stolen Bobcat Generator belonging to the Evangeline Parish Police Jury. The generator was stolen from the Police Jury yard in Mamou.
Deputies say the theft is still under investigations. Chapman is currently being held at the Eunice City Jail on charges not related to this incident.