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Marty Mayeaux’s life is the culmination of science-meets-art.

Over the past several months, the City of Ville Platte has been taking additional steps to enforce its nuisance ordinances regarding properties in the city.

MAMOU - The music in Mamou for Mardi Gras weekend begins Saturday, February 22, and continues throughout Mardi Gras day.
Here is a schedule of the weekend’s events:

The runaway juvenile Trinity Rene Taylor was located on Thursday evening,
January 30, 2020 at the Bayou Chicot Cabins. Trinity was unharmed, and has been

Village Administrator Gail McDavid, on behalf of the police department, reported to the Chataignier Village Council Monday that Chataignier Elementary School has been broken into again.

An Evangeline Parish Grand Jury has handed down an indictment on the charge of second-degree murder against a Ville Platte resident who has been accused of stabbing her husband to death.

VILLE PLATTE, LA – Sunday morning, January 26, 2020, two smash-and-grab
burglaries were committed at local stores. Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Deputies were

VILLE PLATTE, LA – The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s
assistance in locating a runaway juvenile.

After deliberating Thursday afternoon, an Evangeline Parish Jury found Zackery Shane Deville guilty of attempted first-degree murder for his alleged role in the stabbing incident of former Turkey C