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The Chataignier Village Council learned of impending state sanctions that are possible if its sewer system is not repaired so that it treats sewage more effectively.

Hoops and hijinks are coming to Ville Platte on Wednesday, February 11, when our very own local challengers, Team United, take on the Harlem Ambassadors in a comedy basketball show the whole family will enjoy. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. at Ville Platte High School.

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Ville Platte man was sentenced to 46 months in prison for taking part in the armed robbery of a St. Landry Parish truck stop casino in which more than $11,000 was taken.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited two Louisiana men for alleged migratory game bird violations on January 18, in Acadia Parish.

Keep Louisiana Beautiful’s Healthy Communities grants program will be accepting grant application now until April 10, 2015. Non-profit organizations, youth groups, schools and municipalities are encouraged to apply. Grants vary from $1,000 to $10,000.

Phillip DeSelle, who was released from prison Thursday, January 22, after serving 24 years for the murder of 11-year-old Averie Grace Evans in Natchitoches, has now been added to the Louisiana Child Predator Registry.

Winky Aucoin briefed members of the Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce about plans for a new Cajun and Creole cultural festival being planned for Chicot State Park.

At 6:59 a.m. Wednesday morning, January 21, firefighters with the Ville Platte Fire Department and the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a wreck on Highway 167 west of Ville Platte.

UPDATE: This water boil advisory has now been lifted.

Phillip DeSelle has served 24 years of a 50-year sentence for the murder of 11-year-old Averie Grace Evans and will be released on January 22, by the Louisiana State Department of Corrections, at which point he is expected to move to Evangeline Parish, specifically Turkey Creek, and report to the