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Former McNeese State pitcher Will Dion did not attend high school in Ville Platte or Evangeline Parish.

Take a walk down any trail in Evangeline Parish, and you are bound to find an arrowhead hidden amidst the fallen leaves. With these artifacts comes the question of where did they come from.

The Tri-Parish workforce grew 5.7% to 68,545 in June, according to Bureau of Labor statistics released Friday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services were held on Friday, July 30, 2021 at 3 p.m.

Michael Cary, recipient of the Order of St. Louis IX Medallion, passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2021, at the age of 70.

In an abundance of caution, the main library and all branch libraries will require face masks to be worn when inside of the library for whatever reasons one is at the library.

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

VILLE PLATTE- The Evangeline Parish School Board and Fran klln Covey Co.

Ville Platte Chief of Police Neal Lartige has confirmed an aggravated battery and suicide that occurred at the Dollar General on Tate Cove Road on Sunday, August 1.

Sheriff Charles R. Guillory, of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office releases the following: