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ELNORA MALVEAUX HINSON

CHATAIGNIER - Funeral services for Elnora Malveaux Hinson, 72, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, January 15, 2022, with the visitation observed from 1 p.m. until service time at St.

PAULA RENEÉ LANDRENEAU

VILLE PLATTE – Memorial services will be held at a later date for Paula Reneé Landreneau, who passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 8, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.

Election Info

The Ville Platte Gazette will publish announcements for candidates in the March 26 special election for Judge, Court of Appeal 3rd Circuit, 3rd District, Elec. Sec.

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The Marks Post: Death is not the end

“He’s not really dead. As long as we remember him.”
That famous quote from Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan is just one example from movies and television of how people cope with death.

EPSO Arrests

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

Jury convicts Rollins on three out of five counts

The Evangeline Parish District Attorney's Office announced the guilty verdicts of simple kidnapping, domestic abuse battery with child endangerment, and simple battery rendered against Nicholas Rol

“I still have fear every night”

(Editor’s Note: Closing arguments in the trial against Nicholas Rollins began Friday morning and were followed by jury deliberations.