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The following individuals failed to appear in the Ville Platte City Court. Bench warrants have been issued by Judge Jonathan C. Vidrine, Pro Tem, for these individuals, for their failure to appear in court on traffic tickets and other misdemeanor charges for the month of November 2014.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported 13 arrests recently.
Arrested were the following:

The election on December 6, will feature several high profile runoffs from the November 4, election, in addition to two tax renewals.

BATON ROUGE – After a career in higher education spanning 45 years, LSU Eunice Chancellor William J. Nunez III has announced his retirement.

Congratulations! Keep Louisiana Beautiful is pleased to award the City of Ville Platte a Healthy Communities Grant in the amount of $6,250.00.

Capital City Press, the parent company of The Advocate, and Louisiana State Newspapers have completed an agreement for The Advocate to acquire the assets of four community weekly newspapers in the greater Baton Rouge area. Terms are not disclosed.
 


Photo showing Sr. Agent Steve Vidrine, left, and Sgt. Scott Fontenot, right, recently donated a check in the amount of $250 to the Evangeline ARC on behalf of the Louisiana Wildlife Agents Association.

A new report from the Agriculture Department provides the first projections for the 2014-15 crop marketing year.

The Evangeline Parish Police Jury, during its committee meetings Monday, April 7, heard an update on planned road improvements to be paid with a bond issue, funded with a 2 percent tax approved by voters.

The Mamou Town Council will have a public hearing Monday, December 23, at 5:30 p.m. to vote on a lease of a storage building to Cooper Cameron and to consider hiring a full-time police officer.