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TWO WANTED FROM SHOOTING ON EDGEWOOD DRIVE

VILLE PLATTE, LA - The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office seeks assistance from the Public in locating Kendall Pete and Christopher N. Freeman Jr.

Pound notes

Animal control in Evangeline Parish has long been a sore spot. The parish is rife with stray dogs due to lack of spay/neuter advocacy.

DeWoody pleads

Philip Dewoody, who was accused of the 2020 kidnapping and first degree murder of Ville Platte resident Joyce Thomas, pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 17.

Obituaries

PROSPER FONTENOT III
December 4, 1968 – March 12, 2021

Public is invited to a special talk

VILLE PLATTE — With many opportunities as a chemist and a basketball player, Howard Jackson, who meets twice a week with Ville Platte Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, traded a laboratory and a

Proposed allowances cause tension

With Village Clerk Laken Fontenot being out for an additional three months on maternity leave, Chataignier Mayor Justin Darbonne suggested giving her a phone allowance and Internet allowance “becau