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This chart showing the adjudicated properties is courtesy of the City of Ville Platte.

City announces sale of adjudicated properties

News Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2026

The City of Ville Platte is pleased to announce that its first sale of adjudicated properties will take place on March 30, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The sale will be held in the City Council Meeting Room at Ville Platte City Hall.

EPSO Arrests

News Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2026

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arrested were the following persons: •Marcus Orlandus Brown, 40, Antioch, Tenn.

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Balfa Week is announced

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

Lakeview Park & Beach serves as the backdrop for Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week from April 13 through April 17. Full time Balfa Week tuition includes all classes, meals, dances, and workshop. The tuition does not include lodging.

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The Marks Post: #Merica

News Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Two hundred fifty years ago, delegates, who were considered treasonous by the English crown, signed a document that outlined unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and declared independence. This new nation became known as the United States of America.

Sometime the action of the coaches on the edges of the wrestling mat are just as intense as the maneuvers of the wrestlers, themselves, as is obvious in the photos above of Coach Ben Bertrand as he cheered on his Bearcats during the recent La. High School Wrestling Tourney.

Community + Character = State Crowns

News Staff

Thursday, February 26, 2026

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor When the Bearcats captured their seventh state championship on Feb. 7, Head Coach Ben Bertrand’s first thoughts were not about trophies or banners, but about the people back home.

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State budget could face hundreds of millions in shortfalls

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

By: GRACIE THOMAS, DAKOTA LASZLO, and KYLAH BABIN LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – Federal and state budgeting policies could force Louisiana into structural budget shortfalls approaching $300 million in fiscal 2027 and more than $1 billion by 2029, the director of a nonpartisan think...

Mirlitons hold a special place in Louisiana’s culinary and horticultural heritage. (Photo by Randy LaBauve/LSU AgCenter)

Mirlitons are part of Louisiana’s heritage — and they’re easy to grow at home

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Thursday, February 26, 2026

By: OLIVIA MCCLURE LSU AgCenter Like a lot of people who grew up in Louisiana, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Jason Stagg has fond memories of eating casseroles and other dishes his mother prepared using mirlitons — a unique squash that has been grown in the state for generations.

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Shooting injures two

News Staff

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports there was a shooting on Sunday, February 22, 2026, after 3:00 p.m. at the South Soileau Apartments in Ville Platte. Two Black male victims, ages 30 and 33, sustained gunshot wounds. One victim was airlifted to Rapides Regional Medical Center in Alexandria.

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Arrest Made in Homicide Investigation

News Staff

Monday, February 23, 2026

On February 18, 2026, Quincy L. Thibodeaux was arrested in connection with the homicide of Allen Thomas. Thibodeaux has been charged with one count of Second Degree Murder, one count of Obstruction of Justice, and one count of Tampering with a Witness.

Nixon Doucet (left) and Brecken Figueiredo (right) show off their fish they caught while competing in the LHSAA Bass Fishing Region I tournament at Toledo Bend. The two Sacred Heart anglers qualified for the state tournament. Also qualifying for state were Austin West and Jake Ardoin. (Photo courtesy of Kris Aguillard)

Back in session

News Staff

Monday, February 23, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor After floundering the past several years in a state of dormancy, the Sacred Heart fishing team reincarnated and is back competing in tournaments. Now that it is back in session, the team wasted no time in finding renewed success on the open water.

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