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Turkey Creek Arrests

The Turkey Creek Police Department reported the following recent arrests.

Weekend results from Click it or Ticket detail

This past weekend, Evangeline Parish deputies were out on patrol looking for seat belt and other violations. The Louisiana Highway Safety Commission awarded the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department a grant to conduct this specialized detail.

Crash claims Mamou woman

OBERLIN – Louisiana State Police have identified the driver in a fatal crash on Friday, April 29, near Oberlin as Teela Louise Christian, 37, of Mamou. On Friday, shortly before 9 a.m.

EPSO Arrests

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

EPSB faces downward trends of student enrollment

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Superintendent Darwan Lazard discussed the downward trend in student enrollment throughout the Evangeline Parish School System during an executive committee meeting of the Evangeline Parish School Board held May 2.

Callin’ Baton Rouge with Garth and over 100,000 friends in low places

My first time going to Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge proved to be an experience I will not soon forget.

Laid to rest

Staff Report WASHINGTON – The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Army Pvt. Hillary Soileau, 23, of Whiteville, killed during World War II, was accounted for Dec. 8, 2020. Soileau will be buried at noon on Saturday, May 21, in Washington.

Drive-by shooting suspect is in custody

By: TONY MARKS Editor The Mamou Police Department reported a suspect, Devonte Poullard, is in custody.

Red Ford Escape flees from PPPD

Staff Report Pine Prairie Police, on Wednesday, April 27, attempted to make a traffic stop on a red Ford Escape for a speeding violation. The vehicle failed to yield to officers and hit speeds of 90 to 95 mph on Beaver Road, driving recklessly in the attempt to flee.

Assistance is sought in theft of golf cart from Crooked Creek

Staff Report Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, on Thursday, April 21, were dispatched to Crooked Creek Park in reference to a stolen golf cart. The golf cart was taken from the victim’s camp site during the late night hours by an unknown suspect.