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By: HEATHER
BOGARD
Associate Editor

Monday, April 8th, the main library will host another “Chair Exercise” program at 10:30 am in the multipurpose room. We will offer it again on Wednesday, April 10th @ the same time.

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte.

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’
Member of the Ville Platte
Ministerial Alliance

By: HEATHER BOGARD
Associate Editor

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arrested were the following persons:

Early voting for the April 27 election will begin Saturday, April 13, and end on Saturday, April 20. Early voting will not be conducted on Sunday, April 14.

By: HEATHER BOGARD
Associate Editor

Evangeline Parish District Attorney Trent Brignac announced Richard Martin Fontenot pleaded guilty to one count of battery of a dating partner by strangulation after the district attorney’s office

EVANGELINE PARISH - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that beginning Tuesday, April 2, 2024 construction will begin on an $8.5 million dollar project on La