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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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(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.

Traffic stop leads to stolen trailer

While on criminal patrol, officers with the Mamou Police Department located a white Ford Taurus traveling north on 8th street with no tail lights and pulling a utility trailer.