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Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue reports on the department making several recent drug arrests.

The Mamou Police Department has joined forces with local law enforcement agencies in Evangeline Parish and St. Landry Parish to put a stop to the ramped spree of counterfeit check cashing that has taken place over the last several months in the two parishes.

Ville Platte Police Departement reported 16 recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:

The following individuals failed to appear in the Ville Platte City Court. Bench warrants have been issued by Judge Gregory Vidrine, for these individuals, for their failure to appear in court on traffic tickets and other misdemeanor charges for the months of April, 2016.

Louisiana’s public high school graduation rate reached 77.5 percent in 2015, an all-time high, according to the state Department of Education.
The four-year high school gradation rate increased for the fifth consecutive year in 2015.

According to an Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office press release, an arrest was made of 71-year old Robert R. Guillory Sr. after he threatened a family member with an AK47, and then later threatened Basile Mayor Mark Denette.

The engagement of Miss Holly Claire Bellard to Mr. Ryan Luke Manuel, the son of Carlton and Pam Manuel of Ville Platte, has been announced by her parents, Julius and Toni Fontenot of Ville Platte.

Gazette Staff Report

Savoy Medical Center hosted the ribbon cutting for the Basile Rural Health Clinic on Friday, April 22. Dr. Bobby Deshotel’s family and the SMC staff joined him in cutting the ribbon. They would like to thank everyone who came out to support the BRH Clinic and the Dr. Bobby Deshotel Family.