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“AL” AURELIEN LOUIS LANDRENEAU

VILLE PLATTE – Graveside services at Evangeline Memorial Park will be held at a later date for AL Landreneau, 80, who passed away on Monday, August 8, 2022. Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Ville Platte is in charge of arrangements.

MARY ELLA FONTENOT AUCOIN

Mary Ella Fontenot Aucoin, of Mandeville, passed away on August 8, 2022, at the age of 82. She was a native of Belaire Cove. Audubon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mary attended Phillips Junior College and had a career as a medical secretary and activity director at Harahan Guest House.

EULA LEE “TINY” FONTENOT

VIDRINE - A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Eula Lee “Tiny” Fontenot at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, at Holy Spirit Chapel in Vidrine. Father Billy Massie celebrated the Mass. Burial took place in Platin Cemetery. Ardoin’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

MARY BONNIE DALE FONTENOT

VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial was held for Mary Bonnie Dale Fontenot at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Father Andrew Killeen celebrated the Mass. Burial took place at M.B. Fontenot Cemetery.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail.

MPD responds to juvenile related shooting

Staff Report In the early hours on Sunday, August 14, officers with the Mamou Police Department responded to the 200 Block of East Street in reference to a 911 call stating that multiple people had been shot.

Fueling our homes and cars: Biden scoffs while we suffer

Joe Biden wants to make you suffer. That is the only explanation that makes sense. He either wants you to suffer or he simply does not care if you do. Why else would Louisiana be slipping into energy poverty?

Republicans fight for President Trump and equal justice

This week, Democrats just passed a massive expansion of government that will grow government, increase inflation, raise taxes, and unleash 87,000 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agents on Americans.

Affirmed

By: TONY MARKS Editor The decision of the honorable Judge Chuck West to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the candidacy of Ryan Leday Williams and Renee Brown to run for mayor of Ville Platte was affirmed by a three-judge panel at the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal.

Disqualified

By: TONY MARKS Editor A three-judge panel at the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal reversed a ruling of the honorable Judge Chuck West of the 13th Judicial Court and declared Ville Platte Chief of Police Neal Lartigue is ineligible as a candidate and is disqualified.