Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 17:33
Dorothy and Jimmie Bradley Sr. of St. Landry celebrated 52 years of marriage on February 13, 2017.
The couple married February 13, 1965 at the bride’s mother’s home in Bayou Chicot.
The couple has three daughters and three sons.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 02/15/2017 - 17:33
This week, we take a look back at April 1957.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Fri, 02/10/2017 - 18:09
The Catholic Daughter’s of the Americas Sacred Heart of Jesus Court #1674 marked its 62nd year with the annual anniversary banquet on the evening of Wednesday, February 1, 2017, in the library of Sacred Heart Elementary School.
Regent Barbara Delafosse presided over the event.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Fri, 02/10/2017 - 16:24
Ville Platte Mayor Jennifer Vidrine will be the event’s Honorary Chairwoman at the St. Landry-Evangeline United Way Women with Heart Luncheon Friday, February 17 at the Opelousas Civic Center.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 02/08/2017 - 20:46
The Ville Platte Rotary Club now has its first father-daughter membership.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Fri, 02/03/2017 - 15:48
Stand in one place too long, and Brecky Thomas Lavigne might turn you into a work of art.
Lavigne, of Tate Cove, said, “My children joke, ‘If we don’t move, she will mosaic us!’”
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 02/01/2017 - 19:27
Monique Hicks, executive director of ResCare HomeCare of Opelousas, was the guest speaker at the January 31 Ville Platte Rotary Club meeting.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 02/01/2017 - 19:25
John R. and Anna Lavergne of Ville Platte celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary January 28, 2017.
Anna, the former Anna Lee Fontenot of Ville Platte, and John were married in 1967 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Ville Platte. Fr. Joseph Brennan officiated the ceremony.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Fri, 01/27/2017 - 21:27
A step into Magnolia Mound Plantation can take one back more than 200 years into Louisiana’s history, but the moment you set foot on the high ridge the colonial house rests on just east of the Mighty Mississippi, you step back more than 1.8 million years.
Submitted by Claudette Olivier on Wed, 01/25/2017 - 20:43
Local lawyer Gilbert “Winky” Aucoin was the guest speaker at the January 17, 2016 Ville Platte Rotary Club meeting.
Aucoin has practiced law since 1972, and he worked with his late brother and fellow lawyer Preston Aucoin for 18 years.
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