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VFW Post 3803
VFW Post 3803 and Ladies Auxiliary will meet today, July 29, at 6 p.m. at the new VFW Hall located at 505 E. Hickory St. in Ville Platte. A supper will follow the meeting.

EPSO Arrests

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

Additional arrests are reported in Mamou

On July 24, 2021 in the early morning hours officers with the Mamou Police Department were conducting routine criminal patrols through out the town when they located Lee Freeman walking the area of

With a pinch of joy

People of Cajun and Creole descent have a distinct joie de vivre that the enjoy sharing with people of other cultures.

BCE is allotted $1M for new multi-purpose building

Via telephone, State Senator Heather Cloud informed the Evangeline Parish School Board that Bayou Chicot Elementary was allotted $1 million in the state’s fiscal budget for the construction of a ne

EPSB ratifies school reopening plan

By a 10-1 vote, the Evangeline Parish School Board ratified the school reopening plan as laid out by Superintendent Darwan Lazard.

At the Library

Happening this week around the parish: Monday, July 26, join the Mamou branch Coffee and Conversations event at 8 a.m. or the Pine Prairie branch Coffee Club at 9 a.m.