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The hits just keep coming for the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, and this time the Ville Platte Police Department is in the line of fire as well.

Dr. Tim Fontenot may not have been wearing a large red suit and sporting a long white beard, but the announcement he made on Wednesday sure did bring about plenty of holiday cheer inside Ville Platte City Hall.

Nine months after an Evangeline Parish jury found Hilton Wilson and Reokinski Thomas guilty of first degree murder and attempted first degree murder, the two Ville Platte men appeared before Judge Chuck West to be sentenced.

Ever walk into the hunting camp, ready for a good, hot meal after a long, cold day afield, and find chipmunk stew in the pot?
Ervin Goodman never saw such a dish on the table of his parent’s upper Pine Prairie home, but squirrel was almost always on the menu when he was a child.

On December 7, 2016 the Ville Platte Police Department began an investigation on a report of repeated harassment.
After investigating the complaint a warrant of arrest was issued for Khouri Nicole Frisch, 24, of 978 Mulberry Lane, Lot B, Opelousas, La.

The Mamou Police Department has been hard at work in an effort to rid their town of criminals.
Recently the MPD made three separate arrests for domestic abuse, drugs and carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

Richard Fontenot, a rice farmer in Evangeline Parish has been recognized as the 2016 Rice Farmer of the Year by the USA Rice Federation and Rice Farming Magazine at the USA Rice Outlook Conference in Memphis, Tenn.

EUNICE – LSU Eunice awarded 109 degrees during commencement ceremonies in the LSU Eunice Health and Physical Education Building, with 15 of those degrees being handed out to students from Evangeline Parish.

Crawfish lakes are full of all sorts of creatures, but one farmer saw a first in his field on a recent day of picking up brood stock.

Nov. 17, 1965 - Dec. 13, 2016