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The Evangeline Parish Recreational District will be hosting two huge tournaments within the next few weeks.
Starting on Friday June 24, the PONY softball sectional tournament will take place at the complex and will involve over 45 teams.

Former McNeese pitcher Kaleb Fontenot has garnered more post-season accolades.
McNeese baseball head coach Justin Hill has announced this year’s recipients of Frank Landry, Jr. Most Valuable Player of the Year award.

With the start of the College World Series this weekend, the field of eight has a whole new landscape than it has in the past.
This year’s series looks like it may be ripe for a Cinderella team to take hold of the title come June 28.

Bugs may seem creepy, crawly, scary and in the case of mosquitos, extremely annoying, but they all serve a purpose in the ecosystem, according to Kim Hollier, Interpretive Ranger 3 at the Louisiana State Arboretum.

October 27, 1968 - June 16, 2016
VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Chris Ortego Sr., 47, will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, 2016 in the Laville Funeral Home Chapel.
Ortego, a resident of Ville Platte, passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2016 at his residence.

The Louisiana Smoked Meat Festival will feature two guest speakers this year.

Lost Bayou Ramblers are returning to the Le Festival de la Viande Boucaneè.

For McKensie Guillory, the title of Teen Miss Smoked Meat is the fairest title of them all.
Guillory, the outgoing Teen Miss Smoked Meat, said, “Yes, (I have held) plenty of them (other titles), but none compare to being Teen Miss Smoked Meat.”

Debbie Farmer’s dream of being Ms. Smoked Meat was a decade in the making.
Farmer said, “I enjoyed this title so much because I had envisioned being the queen for over ten years.”

The size of the crown does not make the queen in the eyes of Miss Smoked Meat Kelsey Brianne McDaniel.