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Lucas Buller was born to be in politics.

It seems to be apparent with the release of the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office’s most recent audit that the sheriff’s financial troubles have less to do with the lack of funds and more to do with poor management of the department’s money.

01/1010 Evangeline Parish Courthouse
200 Court St., Ville Platte
01/1020 Faubourg Fire Station
2923 Faubourg Rd., Ville Platte
01/1030 East Side Water Building
2502 Opelousas Rd., Ville Platte
01/1031 East Side Water Building

EUNICE -- LSUE, which experienced nearly a 16 percent increase in enrollment this fall, now faces the question about how enrollment will be affected by a cut in TOPS payments.
In the spring semester, TOPS will pay for 41.8 percent of the tuition.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported 10 recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:

The Mamou Police Department recently reported the following 21 arrests:
• Charles Warren, 1371 9th St., Mamou, was arrested August 22, 2016 for disturbing the peace by intoxication.

Wilbert Ardoin has officially retired from working with the Evangeline Parish Police Jury for the second time.

The early voting period for the upcoming November 8th election, highlighted by the Presidential Race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, exceeded the early-voting total cast four years ago in Evangeline Parish.

The applications are in, and it looks like the Evangeline Parish School Board will have three individuals to choose from to become the district’s new Superintendent of Schools.

Ville Platte Transmissions helped out an out-of-town couple over Memorial Day weekend and now that act of after-hours customer service has garnered the local shop national attention.