It is now time for the rebuilding process to begin for the three St. Landry Parish churches that were burned recently.
Ville Platte’s city council, during a special meeting Tuesday, voted to adjust certain line items of the city’s budget while not making any net changes to the fund balance.
At a recent meeting of the Evangeline Parish School Board, the school calendar for 2019-2020 was approved. The following is the calendar which includes 182 instructional days:
A bomb threat Thursday morning forced all individuals inside the Evangeline Parish Courthouse to evacuate the building located on Court Street in Ville Platte.
The Evangeline Parish School Board members received a lesson in pétanque during its Wednesday meeting from Ville Platte High French teacher Nicholas Jagneaux.
State Representative H. Bernard LeBas today announced his candidacy for District 28 of the Louisiana State Senate.
In making his announcement he issued the following statement:
At least 30,000 Louisiana residents have been purged from the state’s Medicaid rolls after a recent quarterly computer check found receive too much income to qualify for the program.
The first quarter of the year has come and gone, and numerous newsworthy events have already occurred in 2019.
Before the calendar turned to April, the Ville Platte Rotary Club heard from the Evangeline Parish teachers and principal of the year honorees.
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Davonte M. Ardoin appeared before Judge Chuck West Monday for a 72 hour hearing. Ardoin’s arraignment was set for May in Judge Gary Ortego’s courtroom.