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(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Franchesca Phoenix, communication strategist for Cleco.)

Voting to replace the late Pat Soileau on the Evangeline Parish Solid Waste Commission was the Evangeline Parish Police Jury.

Secretary-Treasurer Donald Bergeron reported to the Evangeline Parish Police Jury the parish had to transfer funds from the American Rescue Plan into its general fund to cover the costs associated

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

Frustrated over soaring electricity rates, several Ville Platte residents took the streets to protest outside the Cleco office in Ville Platte on Wednesday, September 29.

The Tri-Parish workforce in August was 66,994, down 2.8% or 1,903 from a year ago.

During a cocktail reception held Tuesday, September 29, at The Hatchery in Vidrine, Connie Acosta Lamke, of The Acosta Foundation, was presented with the 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award for Evan

In recognition of National Fire Prevention Week (October 3-9), the Ville Platte Fire Department will be welcoming two classes of young students to the Lincoln Road Fire Station on Wednesday, Octobe

On September 30th, 2021 Pine Prairie Police was notified of possible contraband on the school campus of Pine Prairie High School located by administrators.

Galloping around a dirt track while trying to collect rings with a lance is a Ville Platte tradition that dates back to the mid 20th Century when the Tournoi was revived after being brought over by