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The Ville Platte Police Department received information from St. Martin Parish that a stolen vehicle was tracked to the Ville Platte area of Hickory Street, Railroad Street and High school Drive.

How does an undersized baseball player from the small town of Mamou get personally recruited by Skip Bertman and share a clubhouse with future MLB Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan and Cal Ripken, Jr.? Just ask Barry Manuel.

For Chris Guillory, the transition from Pine Prairie High School’s head boy’s basketball coach to that same position at Northwest High was not a decision that was taken lightly. According to Guillory, the process took a lot of praying and some sleepless nights.

In the ranks of professions people under take, the profession of coaching seems to be one that mirrors a carousel; as one person takes a job in a school or parish, another one leaves.

In my line of work, I’ve been in the air, on the water, up a tree, in the ground, on the ground, in the water and even under the water.
Or in the words of Johnny Cash, “I been everywhere, man.”

Nov. 2, 1921 - July 14, 2016

POINT BLUE — Point Blue farmer, retired teacher and vintage farm equipment collector J.D. Soileau would roll out the welcome mat if the crew from “American Pickers” wanted to check out his assortment of items.
Soileau, 73, said, smiling, “I’d let them look around.”

This week, we take a look back at October 1969.
• William T. Hackett Jr., director of Commerce and Industries in Louisiana, was the guest speaker at the Cotton Festival’s Princess Luncheon.
• Alfred Lagrange of Opelousas was named Yam King of the Yambilee Festival.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 23 recent bookings into the town jail. Arrested were the following persons:

Reverend Taj Van Courtlan Glodd didn’t waste any time in spreading the word of God.