By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor During the August 5, meeting of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury, Secretary-Treasurer Dirk Deville briefly discussed the decline in parish sales tax collections. Deville noted collections decreased from $12,139,000 in 2023 to $11,242,000 in 2024. He stated while the overall decline was 7.4 percent, the main culprit of the decline is the 15.6 percent decline…
August 17, 2026
