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Christmas cheer is spread in the community

Christmas cheer is spread in the community

Christmas cheer is spread in the community

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
More Christmas cheer was spread across Evangeline Parish as the Village of Turkey Creek held its Christmas parade on Saturday, December 13, and the City of Ville Platte held its Christmas parade on Sunday, December 14.
Ivory

Ivory

Basile mourns the death of Ivory

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
By: DARREL LEJEUNE Editor Allen Ivory Jr., a fixture of public service and a historic figure in Basile law enforcement, died Monday, December 15 following a long illness. His passing marks the end of an era for the town he served for more than four decades.
Local Headline

Local Headline

Prairie Manor earns top rating

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor PINE PRAIRIE - Christmas came early for an Evangeline Parish residential facility as Prairie Manor Nursing Home earned the coveted Five-Star Quality Rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Local Headline

Local Headline

Patrol leads to narcotics arrest

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Agents with the Criminal Patrol Unit of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, while patrolling in the Kennedy Subdivision, on December 3, observed a vehicle, with dark tint on the front passenger window, turn onto Te Mamou Rd.
Crouere

Crouere

Time to bring our troops home from Syria

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
In this first term, President Donald Trump expressed a desire for our troops to leave Syria. Several years later, after another “ambush” attack on U.S. troops, it is time for our military to finally come home. On Saturday, two U.S.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSING - Work is progressing on schedule at Savoy Memorial Hospital in Mamou. where a new wing is being added to the facility to modernize services and increase bed capacity. The above photo was taken this week from a northwest angle to the project. Construction began last fall and is expected to be completed in about a year. The wing will include new emergency facilities; more surgery rooms; a new laboratory; and will bring the bed capacity up to some 135 beds.

CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSING - Work is progressing on schedule at Savoy Memorial Hospital in Mamou. where a new wing is being added to the facility to modernize services and increase bed capacity. The above photo was taken this week from a northwest angle to the project. Construction began last fall and is expected to be completed in about a year. The wing will include new emergency facilities; more surgery rooms; a new laboratory; and will bring the bed capacity up to some 135 beds.

Looking Back

News Staff
Thursday, December 18, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor Today, we take a look back at the events of July 18, 1985, which centered around construction progressing on a new wing at what is now Savoy Medical Center.
FoodNet Food Drive is held

FoodNet Food Drive is held

FoodNet Food Drive is held

News Staff
Monday, December 15, 2025
The 39th annual KLFY-TV 10 Food for Families FoodNet Drive was held on Tuesday, December 9, at multiple locations around the parish. In Ville Platte, the Civic Center was a drop-off location.
Local Headline

Local Headline

Future of bands for Mamou Mardi Gras is in doubt

News Staff
Monday, December 15, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor MAMOU - Mayor Leisa Deshotel, during the December 10, meeting of the Mamou Town Council, brought up the topic of having bands for Mardi Gras. She said there has been a lot of discussion and a lot of questions about if Mardi Gras will be canceled.
Local Headline

Local Headline

Vidrine FD receives federal funds

News Staff
Monday, December 15, 2025
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced that fire departments and emergency responders across Louisiana will receive $4,887,809 that he helped secure through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.
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