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Altercation at Mamou bar leads to arrests

On February 11, just after midnight, the Mamou Police Department received a call about shots being fired outside of the Stomping Ground bar. Video footage shows a fight that started just outside of one of the local bars between Tanner Landreneau, of Ville Platte, and Shelby Fontenot.

Purchase of new city annex is approved

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter A new city annex is in Ville Platte’s future.

Juvenile is charged

On Thursday, April 20, a hearing was conducted in the 13th Judicial District Court pursuant to the Louisiana Children's Code.

THOMAS “TOM” THOMPSON

VILLE PLATTE – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte today, May 11, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. Burial will take place in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery. Thomas “Tom” Thompson passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at the age of 92.

VALLE WEDLOCK DUPRE

VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Mrs. Valle Wedlock Dupre, 73, were held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the First Baptist Church of Ville Platte. Reverend Kevin West officiated the services. Visitation was held Tuesday May 2, 2023, at LaVille Funeral Home from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

AM conservative talk radio faces huge threat

In the 1980’s, after the advent of FM music radio, the AM band was a sleepy place for forgotten stations and nostalgia programming. All of that changed when the legendary Rush Limbaugh took the nation by storm and reinvented the concept of modern talk radio.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Former officer with TCPD files civil lawsuit

By: TONY MARKS Editor A former officer with the Turkey Creek Police Department, Zachary Johnson, has filed a lawsuit in the 13th Judicial District Court against the village, Mayor Bert Campbell, and Police Chief Brittany Guillory.

Chess match continues over ERA

By: TONY MARKS Editor Permission sought to pay an invoice in the amount of $74,376.

FRANCIS HENRY SOILEAU

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Francis Henry Soileau on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church at 1 p.m. Burial followed in the Evangeline Memorial Park Cemetery with Father Mitch Guidry as celebrant.