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MARY ALICE FONTENOT
April 15, 1938 – July 24, 2021

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

VILLE PLATTE– July 28, 2021 – The Acosta Foundation is thrilled to announce we have been
selected to receive a 2021 AARP Community Challenge grant. We are one of only 244 grantees

On July 24, 2021 in the early morning hours officers with the Mamou Police Department were conducting routine criminal patrols through out the town when they located Lee Freeman walking the area of

People of Cajun and Creole descent have a distinct joie de vivre that the enjoy sharing with people of other cultures.

Via telephone, State Senator Heather Cloud informed the Evangeline Parish School Board that Bayou Chicot Elementary was allotted $1 million in the state’s fiscal budget for the construction of a ne

By a 10-1 vote, the Evangeline Parish School Board ratified the school reopening plan as laid out by Superintendent Darwan Lazard.

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services were held at a 1 p.m.

Memorial services for Mr. Jacob Neil Savant will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at New Life Assembly of God, Ville Platte. Mr.

Happening this week around the parish: Monday, July 26, join the Mamou branch Coffee and Conversations event at 8 a.m. or the Pine Prairie branch Coffee Club at 9 a.m.