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People these days aren’t just waiting to fill their bellies with turkey on Thanksgiving, they are also anxiously awaiting to fill their vehicles with the best sale items they can find on their Black Friday adventure.

On Thursday, Elaine Freeman appeared before Judge Gary Ortego and pled guilty to simple kidnapping.
Freeman, 34, was arrested on May 2, 2016 after the non-custodial parent kidnapped her son from school on April 26, 2016.

Evangeline Parish Registrar of Voters Lucas Buller has announced that early voting for the December 10, 2016 Congressional General election will begin Saturday, November 26th and continue through Saturday, December 3rd excluding Sunday November 27th.

The LHSAA’s second redistricting proposal for high school athletics has changed districts for two schools from Evangeline Parish.

LAFAYETTE – One Acadiana (1A) has announced its second annual Leadership Exchange will bring the nine-parish region’s political, business, economic development, education, and tourism leaders to Lexington, Kentucky, for a dynamic, three-day learning conference.

LAFAYETTE – On Thursday, December 1, One Acadiana (1A) and Lafayette Regional Airport (LRA) representatives will gather to deliver a progress report on Lafayette Regional Airport’s new terminal plans.

There is a man by the name of Arturo Velazques that has crossed the border between the United States and Mexico multiple times illegally. That man chose to make Evangeline Parish his home, and an American citizen helped him do it.

CHATAIGNIER -- The Chataignier Village Council unanimously approved a motion to advertise for the position of Town Clerk at Monday night’s meeting.

March 26, 1946 - Nov. 19, 2016
Funeral services for Nelvin Dominick, 70, will be held on Saturday November 26, 2016 at 11 a.m. at Ninth Baptist Church in Ville Platte with burial in Church Cemetery in Ville Platte.
Dominick died November 19, 2016 in Ville Platte.

Nov. 13, 1944 - Nov. 22, 2016
OPELOUSAS —Funeral service for Anthony Vergis Naquin were held Wednesday, November 23, 2016, in the Sibille Funeral Home Chapel. Deacon Dwayne Joubert officiated the service. Rite of Committal and Interment followed in the Gates of Heaven in Ville Platte.