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Pictured are items seized after a recent drug related arrest by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office. (Photo courtesy of EPSO)

Pictured are items seized after a recent drug related arrest by the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office. (Photo courtesy of EPSO)

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EPSO ends 2021 and begins 2022 with drug arrests

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Monday, January 10, 2022
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Departments Narcotic Division, on December 30, 2021, conducted a traffic stop on a car on Hwy 167 North. While speaking to the driver of the car, she admitted to having narcotics hidden on her. She then turned over the narcotics and gave consent to search the car.
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State AG office investigates complaint

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Monday, January 10, 2022
The state’s attorney general’s office is investigating a complaint from Arthur Sampson over alleged open meeting violations of the Evangeline Parish School Board. The attorney general’s office has sent a copy of the open meetings law to the school board and asked for a response.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, January 10, 2022
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: • Kimberly B.
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Monday, January 10, 2022
Walk for Life Please join the Christians of Ville Platte on Sunday, January 23, for the annual Walk for Life. The event will begin at 12 noon at Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church and continue in a peaceful procession to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, where there will be a guest speaker.
GIFTS FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIRL - Hattie Pouncey opens her gifts as her son Greg Fontenot, right and daughter-in-law Sharon Fontenot, right, look on. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

GIFTS FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIRL - Hattie Pouncey opens her gifts as her son Greg Fontenot, right and daughter-in-law Sharon Fontenot, right, look on. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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A centennial milestone

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Thursday, January 6, 2022
Hattie Perkins Fontenot Pouncey, a native of Huntsville, Tennessee, and resident of Ville Platte since the 1940s, recently celebrated her milestone 100th birthday. She was one of 12 children born to Thomas Williams Perkins and Emma Stykes Perkins.
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Drunk driver fatally collides with Eunice civil clerk

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Thursday, January 6, 2022
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Department, at approximately 11:23 p.m. on December 31, 2021, received a call of a wreck on Morning Glory Road, in the Basile area. When deputies arrived on scene, they discovered a two-vehicle wreck, north of the train tracks involving a Toyota Camry and a GMC Yukon.
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Pedestrian perishes in vehicle accident

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Thursday, January 6, 2022
Ville Platte Police investigated a vehicle accident on December 19, 2021, that claimed the life of a pedestrian, Trussy Jones, at the intersection of S. Chataigner St. and E. Beech St.
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Rollins trial gets underway

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Thursday, January 6, 2022
A jury consisting of 10 women, two men, and two alternate women was empaneled Monday afternoon as the trial against Nicholas Rollins got underway before the honorable Judge Chuck West.
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HAZEL DUPLECHAIN GUILLORY

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Thursday, January 6, 2022
VILLE PLATTE – Funeral services were held at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady, Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte on Monday, January 3, 2022, for Hazel Duplechain Guillory, 86, who passed away on Friday, December 31, 2021.
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