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On behalf of his clients Shawanna Deville, Liljohn O’Neal and Shaquille Freeman, attorney Jacob Fusilier filed a Class Action suit on Monday against the City of Ville Platte and the Ville Platte Police Department for performing illegal investigative holds.

Noah Fontenot, Kamryn West and Alex Seth Gautreaux were honored as Evangeline Parish’s top students during Thursday evening’s A Night Among the Stars Gala at the Northside Civic Center.

For brothers Tre’ and Dreu Fontenot, the decision to walk along side thousands of other high school students in the 44th Annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. was an easy one, especially considering how passionate the Fontenots are when it comes to the issue of abortion.

At Wednesday night’s Evangeline Parish School Board meeting newly hired Superintendent Darwan Lazard named former Personnel and Secondary Supervisor Mike Lombas as the district’s interim assistant superintendent.

Attorney Jacob Fusilier had a big day in court on Thursday with his clients Larry Slaughter and Elton Tezeno both appearing before Judge Gary Ortego.

One week after the resignation of former Assistant District Attorney Timmy Fontenot, the D.A.’s office named Chris Ludeau as his replacement.

For most kids, 4-H is all about taking part in activities such as livestock shows or cooking competitions to learn leadership, citizenship and life skills.

The Tri-Parish job picture ended on a down note at the end of year, according to not-seasonally-adjusted data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday.
Unemployment rates were up in St. Landry, Acadia and Evangeline parishes in December compared to December 2015.

The following individuals failed to appear in the Ville Platte City Court. Bench warrants have been issued by Judge Gregory Vidrine, for these individuals, for their failure to appear in court on traffic tickets and other misdemeanor charges for the months of January, 2017.

Samuel Anderson’s motion for a new trial has been denied by Judge Chuck West.