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Trattles is arrested for sex crimes

On May 1, 2023, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division opened an investigation in reference to a possible attempted sexual assault involving two female victims.

Escaped inmate is captured

On May 30, Sheriff Charles Guillory received a phone call from a local Lafayette television station advising that Jody Thomas Thrasher, an inmate who escaped from the parish jail on Sunday, May 28, had called and was wanting to turn himself in. The T.V.

EPSO seeks escaped inmate

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department is looking for an inmate who escaped on the 28 of May 2023. The escaped inmate was in custody for drug and gun charges. The escaped inmate is believed to still be in the Evangeline parish area.

Road Closure

ROAD CLOSURE Date: June 5-8, 2023 Location: Freddie Dunn Rd (Road is inside the city limits of Ville Platte on side of Tobacco Tavern) Reason: Bridge Replacement Reported by: Evangeline Parish Police Jury office

Parish economic district advances

By: TONY MARKS Editor At a special meeting held Monday, May 22, the Evangeline Parish Police Jury voted to authorize Secretary-Treasurer Chester Granger to send a letter to the state legislature in support of HB 624, which was authored by State Representative Rhonda Butler and would create the...

Green is presented Woman with Heart Award

By: TONY MARKS Editor OPELOUSAS - Phyllis Green was presented the Woman with Heart Award for Evangeline Parish at the annual Power of the Purse luncheon sponsored by the St. Landry-Evangeline United Way.

DOROTHY “DOT” DEVILLIER CHAPMAN

VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services for Dorothy “Dot” DeVillier Chapman were held at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Ville Platte on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, at 1 p.m. Burial followed in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery. Services were conducted by Randy Satterfield, Luther Raine, and Ruth Warner.

JOEL SYLVESTER GUILLORY

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for JoEl Guillory, 76, were held at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Entombment followed in the Sacred Heart Mausoleum. Father Tom Voorhies officiated the funeral Mass.

Need ceiling on U.S. aid to Ukraine

While the United States is close to reaching its federal debt ceiling and talks continue between the Biden administration and House Republican leaders, there seems to be no ceiling on the amount of financial assistance our country is providing to Ukraine.