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On Friday, July 1, 2016, the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies were dispatched to a report of an armed robbery and shooting around 11:45 p.m. near Chapelle’s Corner Grocery in Turkey Creek.

After 30-plus years in the food service industry, Chef Terryl Jackson can still remember the desire he had to be a chef in the kitchen at as young as eight-years-old.

Randel Brown’s suit against East Side Water System, Inc. finally came to a close this week when a ruling by 13th Judicial District Judge Gary Ortego was made in the civil case that began last March.

Evangeline Parish residents will be getting a bit of relief this summer.

What makes Jack Miller’s Bar-B-Que Sauce so unique?
If you take a moment to look on the ingredients on the label of the famed sauce, produced and bottled in Ville Platte, it appears like any other Bar-B-Que sauce.

ST. MARTINVILLE -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized the Acadians’ exile to Louisiana in the fictional poem “Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie.”

PINE PRAIRIE -- Fuselier’s Pharmacy in Pine Prairie was robbed by an armed suspect first thing Thursday morning while six employees, and a high school senior shadowing the pharmacist, were inside.

A single vehicle crash on Friday claimed the life of 22-year-old Brian Anderson of Mamou.
Louisiana State Police Troop I was on the scene to investigate the crash that took place shortly before 1:30 a.m. near Mayeauxville Rd.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported five recent bookings into the town jail. Arrested were the following persons:
• Alice Arvie, 43, 511 W. Long St., Ville Platte, was arrested on June 9, 2016 for theft of goods. Arvie was released from jail on a $500.00 bond.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 15 recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: