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EUNICE – It was a battle to the end as Sacred Heart of Ville Platte scored with 2:07 left in the game to lift the Trojans to a 29-21 win over rival St. Edmund.

The Ville Platte Police Department reported that wanted 24-year-old Lawrence L. Fontenot, of Ville Platte, has been located and arrested for attempted second degree murder.

The Ville Platte Police Department is currently in search of 24-year-old Lawrence L. Fontenot, of Ville Platte, for attempted second degree murder.

The son of a murder victim spoke out in response to a recent decision that was handed down by the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Nestled along Bayou Chicot is the highest point in Evangeline Parish that measures 37 feet above sea level. Radiating from this point are 1,200 acres of farmland.

The Mamou Recreational Center Complex will once again host the Mamou Cajun Music Festival this weekend as Reggie Matte will be honored.

Miss Louisiana Tournoi Queen
Bethany Thibodeaux
Bethany Thibodeaux plans on someday opening her own hair salon. In doing so, she will take with her the memories she has made while representing the Louisiana Tournoi as its queen.

The next step to be taken in Barry Giglio’s lawsuit against the Louisiana State Police and Dwayne and Mindy Venable currently depends on a Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision that has yet to be made.

Russell Ross Rubin, who was convicted for a 1993 murder of a Chataigner woman, was given a chance to get out of prison after the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal handed down a decision that remanded the case back to the district court for resentencing.

The Evangeline Bank and Trust Company is known as the financial rock of Evangeline Parish, but it is only as strong as the foundation upon which it is built. Part of this foundation has been serving at the bank for the past 45 years and was honored at a special ceremony Friday morning.