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Plans are presently being finalized for our 33rd Annual Boggy Bayou Festival to be held April 6th, 7th, & 8th, 2017.

This year’s Boggy Bayou Festival carnival tickets are now on sale at Prairie Manor Nursing Home in Pine Prairie. Those who wish to take advantage of the pre-sale tickets can save $3 on each one purchased. The tickets are $15 now through April 5th and will be sold for $18 each at the festival.

New youth royalty was crowned at the 2017 Boggy Bayou Youth Pageant held at the fairgrounds. The royalties will be presented at the Queen’s Pageant set for Saturday, April 8, during the 33rd Annual Boggy Bayou Festival in Pine Prairie.

She may be just a child, but when you put Raylee Jo Young in a rodeo arena, the second grader has a way of performing like a pro.

On March 30, 2017 the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office released an update regarding the death of a three-year-old boy on Rollins Road on March 23rd.

Could things be turning around financially for the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office?

Local communities came together on Thursday night for a candlelight vigil at the Pine Prairie ballpark for three-year-old Addyson Bertrand, who passed away on Tuesday after being left in her mother’s car.

Registration for the Ville Platte Boys & Girls Club’s Summer Program has been set for April 4th through the 6th.
Registration will be held between the hours of 4 and 6 p.m. on those three days and registration will not be extended. Registration will take place at 342 Main Street.

The City of Ville Platte is hosting an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 8 at 9 a.m. at the Northside Civic Center. Residents are encouraged to please bring their own basket. There will be prizes, games and music.
For more information, please call City Hall at (337) 363-2939.