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RUBY VIDRINE DEVILLE

VIDRINE - Funeral services for Ruby Vidrine Deville, 75, were held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 23, 2022, in the LaVille Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs.

JESSIE RAY FONTENOT

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Jessie Ray Fontenot at 2 p.m. today, February 24, 2022, at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte.

Chapman pleads not guilty

Sarah Chapman, a suspect arrested in connection with a fatality on New Year’s Eve, entered pleas of not guilty on February 7 to charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injuring.

EPSO Arrests

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

Eunice Mardi Gras returns to 2nd Street

After a one-year hiatus due to Covid, the Eunice Mardi Gras celebration is returning to 2nd Street with a Friday through Mardi Gras lineup of live music, food and the Le Vieux Mardi Gras de Cajun r

A “united” front

Ginger LeCompte, executive director of United Way of St. Landry/Evangeline, recognized four schools in the parish for participating in Leader in Me.