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What to do with the annex building, which formerly housed the Office of Emergency Preparedness and 9-1-1, was discussed at Monday night’s Evangeline Parish Police Jury meeting.

Last Thursday Patraveyanna George appeared before 13th Judicial District Judge Gary Ortego for her arraignment.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported 18 recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 31 recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

John A. LeBlanc, who oversaw unprecedented improvements in Louisiana’s highway safety record, announced Monday he will retire later this month from his post as Executive Director of the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission.

Rice is literally punished before it lands on your fork or spoon.
Dwayne Fulton, managing partner or the Falcon Rice Mill in Crowley, said the milling process for rice is abrasive.
“It punishes the rice pretty well,” Fulton said to Eunice Kiwanis Club members recently.

Rice is literally punished before it lands on your fork or spoon.
Dwayne Fulton, managing partner or the Falcon Rice Mill in Crowley, said the milling process for rice is abrasive.
“It punishes the rice pretty well,” Fulton said to Eunice Kiwanis Club members recently.

PINE PRAIRIE — After 40 years of working in the oil field industry as a Mud Engineer, Odell Veillon discovered a way to make the grease disappear from your gumbo like magic.

A little over a month after Elaine Freeman was arrested for the simple kidnapping of her 12-year old son Jalon Bradley of Mamou, the 34-year-old appeared before 13th Judicial District Judge Gary Ortego to be arraigned on June 2nd.

On May 18, 2016, the Ville Platte High School auditorium was the setting for the D.A.R.E. graduation of the 5th grade class.