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Ville Platte Mayor-Elect Ryan Leday Williams (center right) embraces a supporter as the election results are announced inside the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court’s Office on Tuesday, November 8. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
By: TONY MARKS
Editor
For the first time in 12 years, the City of Ville Platte will have a new mayor as Ryan Leday Williams was elected with 54.46 percent of the vote in the election held Tuesday, November 8.
“Today, I want to first and foremost give all of the glory, thanks, and honor to God,” said Mayor-Elect Williams. “It’s because of Him that I can say with God all things are possible. It is…
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