Submitted by Elizabeth West on Mon, 01/30/2017 - 15:22
The Evangeline Parish District Attorney’s Office will be one man down for a litte while with the resignation of Assistant District Attorney Timmy Fontenot on Thursday.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Sat, 01/28/2017 - 17:16
The historic Louisiana flood that occurred last August continues to be an unwanted gift that keeps on giving to the residents of Ville Platte’s Shady Acres neighborhood.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Sat, 01/28/2017 - 17:08
On Wednesday night, law enforcement officers recovered a stolen four-wheeler alongside the Turkey Creek Glenmora Road.
The bike, which belonged to Phillip Cavins, was believed to be stolen on Monday, January 23rd, sometime after school from the home of Pine Prairie Mayor Quint West.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Sat, 01/28/2017 - 17:01
Flags were flown at half-staff on Friday as Ville Platte firefighters mourned the loss of one of their own.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Sat, 01/28/2017 - 16:59
The Ville Platte Police Department reported five recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:
• Keeveon Fontenot, 19, of 2425 1st Street, Ville Platte, was arrested on January 21, 2017 for disturbing the peace.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 22:56
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to a shootout on Lariat Lane in Easton in the early morning hours of Friday, January 20, 2017.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 22:55
MAMOU -- The bell rung again and again.
Those who walked up to ring the newly mounted bell on the wall were young and old, black and white, male and female. The individuals served as a true representation of just how the disease of cancer doesn’t discriminate.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 22:51
Former Ville Platte Detective Nathaniel Savoy was sentenced to 18 months in prison last November for falsifying a police report to cover up his own involvement in a “conspiracy to burglarize” a local Ville Platte business.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 22:34
A head-on collision in Allen Parish involving a Mamou man has resulted in the deaths of four individuals, including a one-year-old girl.
Louisiana State Police Troop D released a statement on Thursday, January 19 regarding a crash that occurred two and half miles east of Kinder.
Submitted by Elizabeth West on Fri, 01/20/2017 - 22:31
An old fashioned boucherie and smoked meat cookoff to benefit the Ville Platte Boys and Girls Club will be held Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Northside Civic Center.
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