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A proposed raise for the chief of police in Pine Prairie was bumped for a later date after Chief L.C. Deshotel questioned the amount of the raise.

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

EUNICE – By all accounts, LSU Eunice sophomore guard Isaiah Payne is a man of few words.

The district’s teachers of the year were recognized at the Evangeline Parish School Board meeting held Wednesday, December 8.

Mike Hefner, at the December 8, meeting of the Mamou Town Council, addressed the reapportionment of the election districts after the results of the 2020 census.

Staff Report

BATON ROUGE – Funeral services were held at 10 a.m.

The main library and all branches will be closed this Wednesday, December 15, for an-all day all-staff meeting. Regular hours resume on Thursday.

With the approaching cold weather and holiday season here, Ville Platte and Evangeline Parish Fire District #2 Fire Chief Chris Soileau and staff share tips from the winter fire safety campaign, “P