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Chief Neal Lartigue reports an arrest.

On August 28, 2019 at approximately 1:30 a.m. an Officer with the Ville Platte Police Department was patrolling on Court Street when he heard a shot fired from the area of Calcasieu Street.

Volts of learning

As the Evangeline Parish community gathered at the Ville Platte Civic Center for the second annual Evangeline Parish School Board Parent Day, Cleco was on hand to present the district with a donat

Fontenot couple to be honored for its philanthropy efforts

Following in the footsteps of Frank and Rhonda Butler and Leonard and Mary Alice Fontenot, another Evangeline Parish couple has received the honor of Community Foundation of Acadiana’s Leaders in P

LSUE hosts a Business after Hours

Business leaders from the tri-parish area of Evangeline, St. Landry, and Acadia Parishes gathered together for a Business after Hours on the campus of LSUE.

Wandering infant is found; EPSO investigates

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office was called earlier this week to a subdivision on the south side of Ville Platte to investigate after a three-year-old child was found wandering the streets.