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BATON ROUGE -- A crowd of Louisiana citizens cheered as if they were watching an LSU football game in Death Valley last Thursday night. The venue for this event however, wasn’t Tiger Stadium, it was the Baton Rouge River Center; and the star of the night was Donald Trump.

Because of a lack of clear notification, the City of Ville Platte will grant a grace period until March 3 for people to pay delinquent taxes without having to also pay the $51.50 delinquency fee, Mayor Jennifer Vidrine announced at the City Council meeting Thursday evening.

March 7, 1953 - February 9, 2016
PINE PRAIRIE - Funeral services will be held for Robert James “Bob” Manuel, 62, of Upper Pine Prairie, Friendship Baptist Church in Upper Pine Prairie at 2 p.m., Friday, February 12. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Louisiana Swamp Pop legends gathered Monday night to, in the words of Swamp Pop musician Jay Randall, “keep Swamp Pop alive.”

For Evangeline Parish, the end of the year 2015 brought with it a devastating financial reality.

CLEWISTON, Fla.—The first thing anyone familiar with Louisiana sugarcane notices in Florida is the big, white tassel on cane stalks there.

The busyness of the position of Ville Platte and Fire District #2 Fire Chief brought about discussion of hiring a training officer at the district’s Tuesday night meeting.

VILLE PLATTE -- The Ville Platte High Lady Bulldogs are one step closer to a District 5-3A title after easily dismissing the Northwest Lady Raiders 47-27 here Monday night.

Here is a roundup of games played on Monday and Tuesday night in the parish.

As the 2015-16 basketball season winds down for the parish teams, the playoffs loom big.