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Oscar “Ric” Bernard, former musician with The Twisters and The Shondells, stopped by the Swamp Pop Museum on Friday, October 2.

At Wednesday’s Evangeline Parish School Board meeting, Superintendent Darwan Lazard commended Basile music teacher Jimi Bergeron, whose collection of popular marches scaled down for small bands, ha

During its Monday, October 5, meeting, the Evangeline Parish Police Jury voted to extend Acadian Ambulance’s contract, allowing the company to remain as the sole ambulance provider in rural areas o

As the state was bracing for its sixth weather event of the year in Hurricane Delta, Louisiana Farm Bureau Third Vice President Richard Fontenot spoke at Tuesday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Vi

The City of Ville Platte has imposed a curfew from 12 a.m. on Friday, October 9, to to 8 a.m. on Saturday, September 10, because of Hurricane Delta.

Point Blue area- -On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a brief surveillance in

Pine Prairie--Wednesday, October 7, 2020, Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Deputy was conducting normal routine patrol in

Evangeline Parish Police Jury President Ryan "LeDay" Williams has issued a voluntary evacuation for flood prone and low lying areas and/or if you live in a structure that may not withstand high win

It was Monday, Jan. 8, 1996, and the headline in the (St. Mary-Franklin) Banner-Tribune, as well as virtually all media in Louisiana and beyond, was “Foster new Louisiana governor.”

By a 7-0 vote, the Evangeline Parish Police Jury approved the renewal of its contract with Acadian Ambulance for another five-year term.