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Clay Higgins, the man popularly known as the ‘Cajun John Wayne,’ was sworn in Wednesday as a reserve deputy for the Lafayette city marshal.

Candace Fuselier with the Evangeline Parish Sales Tax Commission spoke to the Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce at Wednesday’s meeting.

The St. Landry Parish workforce dropped by 2.9 percent from January 2016 to January 2015, according to federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In January, there were 32,230 people working and 2,742 people unemployed, which totaled 32,972 people.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported four recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:

John Mayeux from Mayeux Wealth Partners recently attended the LPL Financial Alternative Investments Sympo-sium, an invitation-only event for top-producing LPL-supported financial advisors who utilize alternative investments strategies in their practices.

LAFAYETTE -- Politicians and politicos from across the state were in Lafayette Saturday to honor the 2016 class of the Louisiana Political Museum’s Political Hall of Fame.

MAMOU – The Mamou Lady Demons knew it would be a tough year, considering all of the young players that take the field day in and day out.
But, for head coach Kim Manuel, she still expects these girls to compete every time they take to the diamond.

EUNICE – Com-petition usually brings out the best in an athlete.
At times, St. Edmund head track coach Michael Yachera has had to battle with other spring sports for his athletes.

The Sacred Heart Trojans and the Pine Prairie Lady Panthers picked up huge non-district wins to help improve on their power point totals.