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Lazard named Man with Heart

At a Men Who Wait on Women Who Wine event recently held in Opelousas, Evangeline Parish Superintendant of Schools and Pastor of Ninth Baptist Church in Ville Platte received the Man with Heart Awar

Qualifying begins for candidates on Oct. ballot

Qualifying for the October 12 primary election began Tuesday morning at the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court’s office and other such offices throughout the state and runs until 4:30 p.m.

Parish LEAP scores yield a mixed bag of results

Students across the state have showed continued improvements on the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP 2025) assessments in English language arts (ELA), math, and social studies accordi

Committee meets today to start planning parish yard sale

Renee Brown, director of the Evangeline Parish Chamber of Commerce, told the Ville Platte Rotary Club Tuesday that her organization is planning a parishwide yard sale which will be September 27 and

Chief Neal Lartigue reports search for suspect ends.

Chief Lartigue has reported that Quantavis Durgin turned himself in to the Ville Platte Police Department on the charge of attempted second degree murder on Saturday, August 3rd at 3:00 p.m.