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BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) estimates the proportion of Omicron cases in our state has increased from 88.5% to 90.2% for the week ending January 1.*

FLORENCE BROWN LAFLEUR
September 30, 1931 - January 2, 2022

The state mandate of requiring mask wearing and social distancing in public facilities will remain in force until further notice. Please understand these measures are for the safety of all.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Departments Narcotic Division, on December 30, 2021, conducted a traffic stop on a car on Hwy 167 North.

The state’s attorney general’s office is investigating a complaint from Arthur Sampson over alleged open meeting violations of the Evangeline Parish School Board.

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

Walk for Life

Hattie Perkins Fontenot Pouncey, a native of Huntsville, Tennessee, and resident of Ville Platte since the 1940s, recently celebrated her milestone 100th birthday.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 11:23 p.m. on December 31, 2021, received a call of a wreck on Morning Glory Road, in the Basile area.