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On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, Mamou Police Officer Nicole Price Fontenot was dispatched to a Mamou residence in response to an unresponsive child.
Upon arrival, Fontenot said, “The child’s mother was holding the baby in her arms and the little girl was limp.”

Dogs roaming the streets of Turkey Creek have become a problem that the council addressed at their monthly meeting Tuesday night.

Evangeline Parish Fire District #2 held a special meeting on July 18th to approve the lowest bid for an addition that will be made to the Belaire Cove Fire Station.

Laura Norman is happily following in her father Ted Bertrand’s footsteps.

As the Sacred Heart School cheerleading squad headed to cheer camp two weeks ago, they weren’t expecting to bring home the title of Dance Champion for a routine that the group of girls spent countless hours working to perfect, but that’s exactly what they did.

MAMOU – Black Panther National President Joe Lawrence expressed a desire to have an armed march in the small town of Mamou at Wednesday’s council meeting.

Pat Derouselle was voted as the new Chairman of the Evangeline Parish 9-1-1-OEP Board.
The longtime secretary-treasurer of the board had been serving as interim chairman after the resignation of Kent Fontenot in May.

PINE PRAIRIE – The Pine Prairie Council received good news concerning the village’s audit at their Thursday night meeting.
Auditor Shirley Vige with Vige, Tujague & Noel informed the council that there were no findings to report for their 2015 audit.

Reverend Taj Van Courtlan Glodd didn’t waste any time in spreading the word of God.

Members of several local churches gathered at Ninth Baptist Church Monday night to hear how former convict Arthur “Silky Slim” Reed turned his life around.