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JOSEPH LEE SOILEAU SR.

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Joseph Lee Soileau, 87, will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday September 28, 2021, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Mr.

At the Library

September is “library card sign-up” month. For the children, we have fun “new member” bags, and their first card is FREE when they sign up with a parent.

EPSO reports missing juvenile

VILLE PLATTE, LA 70586- The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office needs the public's assistance in locating a juvenile run-away.

Finding “concensus”

Pursuant to state and federal law, the police jury districts in Evangeline Parish will look a little different following population shifts recorded in the most recent United States Census.

Hunting with Dino

Fathers and sons in Evangeline have a unique relationship that is not seen in other areas of the country. For example, they share the same nicknames. Take into account Dr.

JIMMY DALE MENIER

MAMOU – Funeral services were held at a 2 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St.

KENNETH RODNEY VEILLON

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Kenneth Rodney Veillon, 50, will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, September 24, 2021, in the LaVille Funeral Home Chapel.

Search warrant yields large amount of narcotics

On Wednesday, September 15, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics Unit, along with deputies from the patrol division, conducted a search warrant in Ville Platte at the residence of 723 S

Sheriff awards scholarship to college-bound teen

Sheriff Charles Guillory announced Sawyer Gunter of Evangeline Parish has been named the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Scholarship Program for the 220-2021 schoo