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The opening of the Ville Platte Boys and Girls Club is just days away, and its summer program is shaping up to be a huge success.

Darwan Lazard proudly announced that the “Evangeline Parish school system has been recognized by the Louisiana Department of Education for its graduation rate.”
Lazard, who is the school district’s assistant superintendent, shared this news at Wednesday night’s school board meeting.

Ville Platte High alum Greg LaFleur announced Wednesday his candidacy for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish.

The Evangeline Community Action Agency, Inc. and Food for Families/Food for Seniors will be distributing food boxes in the month of June.

• The Board of Control and the staff of the Evangeline Parish Library would like to THANK our 2016 Summer Reading Sponsors - Basile State Bank, Cabot Corporation, Pine Prairie Energy, and the Friends of the Library - for their financial assistance in keeping our reading incentive prizes age app

Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce President Renee Brown unveiled some exciting news at Wednesday’s monthly meeting.

EUNICE -- LSUE awarded 193 degrees to students from across the state Friday morning.
LSUE Chancellor Kimberly Russell said, “I would like to congratulate you. It takes hard work and dedication to complete an academic credential, and you have persevered.”

DECATUR, Mississippi -- Top-ranked LSU Eunice Bengals fell 8-2 to Jones County Junior College in Thursday’s NJCAA Division II Region 23 opening game.

Everyone around the area knows the reputation of Evangeline Parish baseball. Some of the better teams and better players in the state come from our local schools.

It was a banner year for Basile High in 2015. However, this is now 2016 and the Bearcats must now find new blood to fill the shoes of a group of seniors that set the standard for Basile football.