(Editor’s Note: The comment from Senator Eric LaFleur was inserted by Ville Platte Gazette Editor Tony Marks.)
Long-time police jury member Hill Johnson passed away recently at the age of 82. Johnson was a police juror for a total of 17 years. Those who knew him had only kind words in remembrance.
Jenna Andrus, at the age of nine, decided to do something special for children dealing with cancer by donating her hair to Wigs for Kids.
Both Honduran nationals who escaped early Sunday morning have been captured and are in custody, according to the Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department.
Two Honduran nationals escaped from the Pine Prairie Correctional Facility at approximately 4:00 a.m. Sunday morning.
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
The Summer Reading Program is in full swing for Evangeline Parish libraries. This year’s theme is “A Universe of Stories.”
On a Tuesday morning 75-years-ago, countless brave soldiers risked their life as they stormed the beaches of Normandy in an effort to liberate France and the rest of Europe from Nazi control.
For many in South Louisiana, as well as across Evangeline Parish, the love of fishing begins at an early age and is usually instilled by parents and grandparents.
Baton Rouge -- The Louisiana Senate passed last Thursday in a 35-2 vote a $30 billion state operating budget for next year that includes pay raises for school teachers, across-the-board increases f