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At Tuesday’s Turkey Creek Council meeting, the mayor and council focused their attention on the village’s employees and the work they have done both inside the office and out.

MAMOU – Kade Chatelain uncovered his passion for filmmaking while trying to kill some time.

The City of Ville Platte isn’t the only municipality facing law suits because of actions on the part of their law enforcement officers.

At its February meeting, the Ville Platte City Council accepted an audit report of the city budget that was given an “unmodified, clean opinion.” The meeting was held on Wednesday evening instead of Tuesday due to the St. Valentine’s Day holiday.

At Wednesday’s Evangeline Parish School Board meeting, Special Education Supervisor Kelli Lafleur shared that they have compiled a parish handbook to determine if a student qualifies for Act 833.

The Ville Platte Boys & Girls Club will once again be opening its doors to the children of Evangeline Parish.

Illegal immigrant Arturo Olalde-Velazquez, 32, is now facing charges not only from the State of Louisiana for vehicular homicide, but also from the United States of America.

On February 14, 2017, United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Misty Johnson, of St. Landry, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing more than $116,000.00 from her former employer - an Opelousas-based medical imaging business.

A former detective with the Ville Platte Police Department has been officially sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.

At the Ville Platte Housing Authority meeting, the board learned that their finance statement doesn’t accurately reflect their current revenues due to changes in the codes used to document their funds.