For the third time in the parish’s 110-year history, a woman was appointed to serve on the Evangeline Parish Police Jury.
Data released following the 2020 United States Census shows Evangeline Parish having a total population of 32,350.
By: CLAUDETTE OLIVIER
CARISSA HEBERT
LSN Editors
On Saturday, August 21, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department Criminal Patrol Unit stopped a car on the Oberlin Road for a traffic violation.
The Evangeline Parish School Board operated last fiscal year with a surplus of $2,886,484.12 in its general fund, according to Chief Financial Officer Amy LaFleur.
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:
Classroom grants to local teachers totaling $28,966.53 have been awarded as part of the Airshow's 2021 STEMulate Learning Grant.
VILLE PLATTE - For 65 years, one structure stood as a symbol of the beginning of a rich history, a story of resilient people, and a place that for many years was the center of it all.
Following a six-week training sponsored by the Evangeline Parish Chamber of Commerce and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Entrepreneurship and Development Center (ULLEDC), participants of t