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Candidate announcement: Former chamber director announces bid for mayor of Ville Platte

Staff Report Former director of the Evangeline Chamber of Commerce, Renee Brown, has announced her candidacy for mayor of Ville Platte in the upcoming November election. In her announcement, Brown said: It’s official! I, Renee Brown, am announcing my candidacy for mayor of Ville Platte!

DYLAN JUDE FONTENOT

MAMOU – Funeral services were held at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, for Dylan Jude Fontenot, 17, who passed away on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Father Billy Massie was celebrant of the Mass.

ROWENA MARIE FONTENOT

VILLE PLATTE – A memorial service was held for Rowena Marie Fontenot at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Ville Platte. Rowena Marie Fontenot, 63, passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022. Pastor Brian Doré conducted the service.

DONALD MCDANIEL

VILLE PLATTE – A Mass will be said for Donald McDaniel, who passed away on April 24, 2022, at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Ville Platte.

Heroin, fentanyl, and methamphetamine are taken off of the streets of parish

Staff Report The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office Narcotics K-9 Unit, on Friday, May 13, at approximately 3 p.m., conducted a traffic stop on a pickup truck in the Chataignier area.

Food boxes will be distributed in Chataignier on Saturday

By: TONY MARKS Editor Chataignier Mayor Justin Darbonne announced Second Harvest Food Boxes will be distributed Saturday, May 21, between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. at his crawfish plant next to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: • Brandon Christopher Aymond, 34, Ville Platte, was arrested May 12, 2022, by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office for domestic abuse battery.

Mailbag

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Missing girl is reported

Chief Neal Lartigue with the Ville Platte Police Department is seeking assistance locating 17 year old Ashantai Soileau. Information received has determined that Ashantai left her residence sometime on May 15th or 16th and possibly left with an older male of Honduran descent.

Teachers of the Year are honored at banquet

By: TONY MARKS Editor Teachers from across Evangeline Parish who rise like eagles to meet the challenges every day on school campuses were honored at the annual Teacher of the Year Ceremony held Tuesday, May 10, at Cajun Catfish and Steak House.