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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

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From the Archives

(Editor’s Note: New Orleans Saints Quarterback Drew Brees announced his retirement this week after 20 seasons in the NFL.)

Chief Neal Lartigue is asking for information

On March 6, 2021 at approximately 2:00 a.m. Officers with the Ville Platte Police Department responded to an attempted break in a pharmacy building on Jack Miller Road in Ville Platte.

Around the black pot

Many Cajun men, and sometimes women, gather at suppers around a black pot sharing stories of how big a fish they caught in the bayou or how many squirrels they killed on opening weekend.