Submitted by Steve Hallam on Fri, 01/16/2015 - 19:17
Swamp Pop Museum Director Janie Knighten has something you’ll probably want to get. Certainly by Monday, February 16 -- Lundi Gras. That’s when the museum will have its annual Swamp Pop reunion at the Civic Center. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m.
Submitted by Steve Hallam on Thu, 01/15/2015 - 20:59
Sheriff’s deputies and state police swarmed into a trailer park on Rock Pit Road, just off Highway 13 south of Pine Prairie, after a neighbor called 911 shortly after 9 a.m. Thursday when a neighbor heard loud a loud argument and then gunshots.
Submitted by Michael Bordelon on Thu, 01/15/2015 - 01:19
The Evangeline Parish School Board adopted two resolutions during its meeting Wednesday, January 14, to voice support in the growing fight against Common Core standards and PARCC testing.
Submitted by Michael Bordelon on Wed, 01/14/2015 - 21:23
The Ville Platte City Council and city employees celebrated good financial news during the regular January meeting Tuesday evening.
Submitted by Michael Bordelon on Wed, 01/14/2015 - 21:09
The trial of Christopher Goodley -- for the murder of his grandmother, Delsy Williams -- has been scheduled for June 8.
The trial date was scheduled when Goodley pled not guilty to the second-degree murder in the parish courthouse Thursday, January 8.
Submitted by Michael Bordelon on Wed, 01/14/2015 - 20:07
The Ville Platte Police Department has charged Larry Slaughter with second-degree murder. Slaughter was being sought in the death of Latoya Richard, a 29-year-old woman who was found dead in her home on High School Drive with her head in a bucket of water.
Submitted by Steve Hallam on Tue, 01/13/2015 - 20:10
The Evangeline Parish Police Jury returned to the issue of possibly building an animal shelter -- or buying a building that could be used as one -- during its first meeting of the new year on January 12.
Submitted by Michael Bordelon on Tue, 01/13/2015 - 19:52
The Ville Platte Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for Larry Slaughter on the charge of second-degree murder. Slaughter is being sought in the death of Latoya Richard, a 29-year-old woman who was found dead in her home on High School Drive with her head in a bucket of water.
Submitted by Michael Bordelon on Sat, 01/10/2015 - 15:59
Franco Doucet, who was shot during the evening of December 16, was released from an Alexandria hospital Friday, December 9.
Ville Platte police were called to the scene of the East Beech Street shooting about 7:30 p.m. and found Doucet lying on the ground.
Submitted by Steve Hallam on Thu, 01/08/2015 - 21:09
City employees packed up the festive Christmas decorations at City Hall for another year on Thursday, January 8. The decorations will be put in storage space above City Hall until around Thanksgiving in late November.
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