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Clarity is given regarding funds

During the May 11 meeting of the Ville Platte City Council, City Marshal Nicole Snoddy informed the council her office had not received the $15,000 operating budget the office usually receives every year in August. Snoddy was not the Marshal last year, but as the new Marshal, she was at the meeting to formally ask the council for the upcoming funds for 2021.

Wanted fugitive is arrested

Detectives, on April 17, received information of the whereabouts of fugitive Tron Jack (BM DOB January 9, 2002), of Mamou, who was wanted for accessory after the fact of aggravated burglary, posse

HERMAN ARTHUR CASTETE

On Saturday, April 20, 2024, our beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and husband, Herman Arthur Castete, age 81, of Winnfield, passed away at his home.

K9 Coup receives donation of body armor

Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office K9 Coup has received a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from non-profit organization Vested Interest in K9s, Inc.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arrested were the following persons:

The Marks Post: Be positive

What feels like a hundred years ago, I played Mayor Dan’l D. Dawgmeat in the Sacred Heart Drama Club’s production of Li’l Abner.