Off and running: New track officially opens at Ville Platte High

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The sun was shining. The band was playing. The children were smiling. The ribbon was being cut. The new track at Ville Platte High School officially opened on Tuesday, April 15. It is the first track at the school, according to sources, since the Bill Clinton administration. Bobby Hamlin, president of the Evangeline Parish School Board, said, “The track...

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