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VILLE PLATTE – Memorial services will be held today, May 27, 2021, at 11 a.m. at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Ville Platte for Bethenel Rita Johnson, 86, who passed away Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Opelousas.

Memorial Day (Weather Permitting) The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 632 of Ville Platte, along with the Catholic Daughters, will host the Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 31, at 10 a.m. (weather permitting) at the Evangeline Parish Courthouse in Ville Platte.

JENNINGS – JD Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Jimmy LeBlanc to EVP Chief Commercial Banking Officer. In this role LeBlanc will manage all commercial relationship activities, including management of the Commercial Lending and Treasury Management Departments.

Pine Prairie Police, on Tuesday, May 25, was dispatched to a residence on Ash St. in reference to a male subject being on the property who was previously told not to return.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: • Ashley Charlot, 38, Ville Platte, was arrested on May 20, 2021, by the Ville Platte Police Department for domestic abuse aggravated assault.

I’m not going to change your mind about abortion. This is not a “hearts and minds” sort of essay, seeking common ground on a battlefield bloodier than Gettysburg.

Louisiana’s 52nd governor died this week at the young age of 77. Our political ambitions crossed on several occasions over the years, but we always remained good friends. This was particularly true as we each grew older.