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

Turkey Creek Councilman Joey Ducote, during the council meeting held Tuesday, February 15, lobbied in favor of a proposal to merge the Lone Pine Fire Department with the Ward 5 Fire Department.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff Departments Narcotics Unit, on Sunday, February 13, conducted a traffic stop on vehicle for a traffic violation.

Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, on Tuesday, January 25, were dispatched to the 1000 block of Peach Tree Ln.

Ville Platte native and Eunice resident Cecil Green Sr. is a contributing musician to the Grammy nomination of Corey Ledet’s Best Regional Roots Album.

Turkey Creek Mayor Phillips Cavins announced he will not be seeking re-election in November. Mayor Cavins was the only candidate in the 2018 election to replace former mayor Heather Cloud.

Rotarian Renee Brown invited Abby Bergeron Landreneau to address the February 15, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.

• Casey Lane Tate, 33, Ville Platte, was arrested February 9, 2022, by Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office for schedule II - prohibited acts, possession of CDS schedule I, and possession of drug par

The Boggy Bayou Youth and Queens Pageant will be held Saturday, April 30, 2022, at The Sherman Place Event Venue in Ville Platte.

On February 15, 2022, Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene of a shooting that occurred at the intersection of Woodstone Rd. and St.