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Pine Prairie resident Karen Chaddrick was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club of Ville Platte’s last meeting of September.

The first Fins, Feathers, & Fur Cook-Off and Family Day is reset for Saturday, October 24 at Crooked Creek Recreation Area.

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KENNETH THOMAS W/M, 06/15/1957, 700 VETERANS DR. Alexandria La

At approximately 4:30 a.m. Saturday, shots were fired at the Lincoln Road Fire Station in Ville Platte. According to interim Fire Chief Fabian Poullard, two firemen were on duty at the time.

On October 1, 2020 at approximately 8:45 p.m. Officers with the Ville Platte Police Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 700 block of South Soileau Street.

On September 29, 2020 Officers with Turkey Creek Police Department conducted a traffic stop after observing a Gray Chevrolet truck traveling northbound at a speed faster than the posted speed limit

On the heels of an executive order from Governor John Bel Edwards granting parishes the opportunity to “‘affirmatively opt-in to allow on premises consumption’ of food and/or drinks should said par

Bayou Chicot--Wednesday, September 29, 2020, Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Deputy conducted a Traffic Stop near the area of Highway 106 and US Highway 167N when he observed a vehicle travelling witho

A catastrophe struck Ville Platte 30 years ago this week when a fire destroyed two landmark businesses in town.

The Evangeline Parish Police Jury is allowed, under the state Constitution, to donate the use of public equipment and personnel for work to be done inside the corporate limits of Ville Platte, acco