Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 21:14
March 6,1978 - August 14, 2016
VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Martha Kate Wiant were held Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Calvary Baptist Church in Bayou Chicot. Burial followed in the Vandenburg Cemetery.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 21:14
April 23, 1955 - August 16, 2016
MAMOU - Chapel services for Patricia Ann Fontenot, 61, were held Wednesday, August 17, 2016 Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel in Mamou with Father Thainese officiating.
Fontenot passed away at Savoy Care Center in Mamou on August 16, 2016 at 3:25 a.m.
Submitted by Tracey Jagneaux on Fri, 08/19/2016 - 21:08
Ville Platte attorney Richard Vidrine will be honored for his stellar career as a McNeese Cowboy gridiron player in an induction ceremony on September 17; a ceremony that came awfully close to never happening.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 02:35
In the sweltering humidity of a Monday afternoon in Evangeline Parish, Joseph Alfred waded slowly through the still standing water, and now sinking mud, that had engulfed the old cemetery down on Shuff Road.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 02:19
Evangeline Parish has been added to the list parishes declared as a major disaster.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 02:16
Due to the joint efforts of local law enforcement agencies-first responders, Evangeline Parish 9-1-1, as well as city and village leaders-employees, the historic flood that swept through the parish did not claim anyone’s life.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 02:12
Evangeline Parish Superintendent Toni Hamlin at Wednesday night’s board meeting announced that it was time for her to retire and leave the position that she has held for nearly 10 years.
In her closing comments, Hamlin read a letter that she had written to the board.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Thu, 08/18/2016 - 02:07
Friends and family gathered at Friendship Baptist Church on Tuesday to remember the life of 94-year-old oil tycoon Robert “Bob” McDaniel, who passed away on Sunday.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 08/17/2016 - 20:39
This week, we take a look back at October 1968.
• The local observance of the annual Farm-City Week got underway with a Farm-City Banquet at the Evangeline Club with James D. Graugnard, president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation as guest speaker.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 08/17/2016 - 20:36
The engagement of Miss Abigael Rose Manuel to Mr. Joshua Lance Triplett, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Mike Triplett of Reddell, has been announced by their parents, Mr. & Mrs. Chad (Veronica) E. Manuel Sr. of Mamou and Mr. & Mrs. Mike (Lisa) Triplett.
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