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(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Franchesca Phoenix, communication strategist for Cleco.)

Voting to replace the late Pat Soileau on the Evangeline Parish Solid Waste Commission was the Evangeline Parish Police Jury.

Secretary-Treasurer Donald Bergeron reported to the Evangeline Parish Police Jury the parish had to transfer funds from the American Rescue Plan into its general fund to cover the costs associated

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services for Michael K. Tate, 73, will be held at 11:30 a.m. today, October 7, 2021, at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Catholic Church. Mr.

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Kayla Sue Manuel, 71, will be held at 12 p.m. on Saturday, October 9, 2021, in the LaVille Funeral Home Chapel.

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

The Acosta Foundation and the Ville Platte Police Department Cops For a Cure team recently their 5th annual Jail and Bail event.

Frustrated over soaring electricity rates, several Ville Platte residents took the streets to protest outside the Cleco office in Ville Platte on Wednesday, September 29.

The Tri-Parish workforce in August was 66,994, down 2.8% or 1,903 from a year ago.

During a cocktail reception held Tuesday, September 29, at The Hatchery in Vidrine, Connie Acosta Lamke, of The Acosta Foundation, was presented with the 2021 Leaders in Philanthropy Award for Evan