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Budget issues dominated the proceedings of the Village of Turkey at the regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening. The Village Council accepted the final amended budget for the current fiscal year, and it adopted a budget for the upcoming 2017 fiscal year.

Ville Platte bids farewell to one of the city’s well known attorneys and former Ville Platte City Judge Joffre Wendel Fusilier with his passing on Tuesday, June 21, 2016.

From Little Debbie cakes to pick up trucks and everything in between, Wayne Cauthron auctions it all.
Cauthron, owner of C & C Auctions in Reddell, said, “People like junk.”
His wife Nanette said, laughing, “But we like to to call it merchandise.”

The Ville Platte Gazette took home a total of 15 awards, including three first-place honors, from the Louisiana Press Association’s Better Newspaper Competition held at L’Auberge Casino Resort in Lake Charles on Saturday.

November 12, 1940 - June 21, 2016

September 19, 1951 - June 21, 2016
MAMOU - Visitation for Johnny Reed, 64, will be held on Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 9 a.m. at Richie House of Prayer in Richie until time of services at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in the Reed Cemetery in Mamou with Pastor Joey Reed officiating.

December 31, 1935 - June 21, 2016

November 18, 1917 - June 17, 2016
VILLE PLATTE – A Mass of Christian Burial for Florence Ardoin, 98, was held Monday, June 20, 2016 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Burial followed in the Mount Calvary Cemetery in Eunice with Fr. Matthew Barzare officiating services.

November 28, 1938 - June 17, 2016
VILLE PLATTE - A Mass of Christian Burial for Jerry L. Dupre, 77, was held Monday, June 20 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Rite of Committal followed in the Evangeline Memorial Park with Father Matthew Bazare as Celebrant.

February 5, 1950 - June 15, 2016