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At the Evangeline Parish School Board meeting on Wednesday, Superintendent Darwan Lazard shared that a new principal for Ville Platte High had been selected.

Evangeline Community Action Agency’s very own Carleen Bellard was named KLFY’ and Giles Automotive’s Acadiana Local Hero.
Bellard, who is the director of the ECAA, was chosen as a finalist in the competition after being nominated by an individual from the community.

The Summer Reading Program held at the main branch of the Evangeline Parish Library will close out this session with a bang as 16-year-old astronaut Alyssa Carson from Baton Rouge will be the special guest.

On July 6, 2017, at approximately 4:10 a.m., Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigation/Lafayette Field Office (LSP LFO) responded to a shooting involving an Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s deputy in the Mamou area.

The landscape of southern Evangeline Parish was once dominated by Acadian and Creole cultures. This was seen particularly in the type of houses that dotted the landscape. Over the years; though, most of this culture has died off.

The Ville Platte City council held a special meeting on Thursday, June 29, 2017 to amend its 2016-2017 budget, as well as approve the city’s budget for the year beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018.

The Creole heritage of the area will again be celebrated during the 2017 Creole Families’ Bastille Day Heritage Festival and Commemorative Mass. The event is scheduled for Saturday, July 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Northside Civic Center Pavilion in Ville Platte.

Staff report

The Ville Platte Police Department made several arrests on June 30, 2017.
The first involved a report of an employee stealing company checks from a local business on Main Street in Ville Platte.

Press release