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When the harsh winter weather settled into Evangeline Parish Friday, people began to get ready for spring flowers, thanks to the annual donation of daffodil and tulip bulbs by the National Bulb Distribution through the Louisiana Department of Transportation.

This truck skidded off the right side of the wet roadway on the 200 block of West LaSalle Street Friday morning, through a front yard and driveway and into a tree between two houses. Acadian Ambulance responded and the driver suffered minor injuries but declined to be treated.

Leonard: Leonard Fontenot leads Vidrine Elementary School students in a job interview role playing session.

Another shows Ronnie Landreneau and students at Vidrine Elementary School during a workshop

The chairman of the Food For Families/Foodnet drive says the need for donations is up this year because of economic hardship and “people are receiving less government benefits.”

Three generations of women who grew up in Ville Platte were on the cover of FACE Magazine, published in Lafayette, that contained a story about their philanthropic work.

Mercy Regional Medical Center announced today that Scott M. Smith has been appointed chief executive officer (CEO) overseeing Mercy Regional’s Ville Platte campus and Acadian Medical Center campus in Eunice, effective January 1, 2014.

The City of Ville Platte will be distributing free daffodil and tulip bulbs to Ville Platte residents, schools and businesses Friday, December 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

TURKEY CREEK - With the December 13, deadline fast approaching, The Turkey Creek Village Council, during a special meeting held Tuesday, December 3, voted to apply for a $25,000 LGAP (Local Government Assistance Program) grant.

In the early morning hours of December 1, 2013, officers with the Ville Platte Police Department responded to a shooting call in the 1200 block of Martin Luther King Drive, Ville Platte.