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The Ville Platte Police Department arrested Tieberrious D. Wilson on April 25, 2017 after the 19-year-old became a suspect in a fatal shooting that recently occurred in Ville Platte on Sunday.

MAMOU -- The Town of Mamou isn’t wasting any time utilizing its newly purchased heavy machinery equipment.

Early voting for Saturday’s election was higher than March’s election.

After a two year long lawsuit, members of the East Side Water System, Inc. have spoken and it seems they have chosen change.
On Monday, East Side Water held an election that was overseen by former District Judge John Larry Vidrine for three board member seats.

The Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue is requesting information from the public regarding a homicide that occurred on Sunday evening.

SIMMESPORT -- If you ask Marcus Dupree, “snaggin is always better at night,” and after a fishing trip to the Mississippi River, it might be safe to say that Marcus knows what he’s talking about.

The Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce will once again be honoring local business leaders.

TURKEY CREEK -- The Village of Turkey Creek did things a little differently at their council meeting last Tuesday.

Keep Evangeline Beautiful Electronic Recycling Project
Keep Evangeline Beautiful, in cooperation with the Evangeline Parish Police Jury and the municipalities of Evangeline Parish is sponsoring a parish wide Electronic Recycling Project.

This piece was written by former Ville Platte Gazette Editor Paul Kedinger and ran in the Thursday, February 23, 1989, edition of Evangeline Parish's oldest newspaper.