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The Ville Platte Fire Department will begin testing fire hydrants throughout the city beginning Monday, May 2. Fire Chief Chris Harrison said the testing will last three to four weeks and residents may see cloudy water.

Liz Hill resigned as director of the Evangeline Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness on Monday, but by Wednesday afternoon she had been reinstated.

The fish are once again biting out at Miller’s Lake.

At 4:30 p.m., Louisiana State Police canceled their Level II Endangered/Missing Child Media Advisory after 12-year old Jalon Bradley was located in Jackson, Mississippi.

Evangeline Parish beauty Carly Chaumont was crowned as Miss Lafayette USA on Saturday, April 16, during the pageant held in Lafayette at Homewood Suites, and the 21-year-old festival queen veteran says, “I knew after my last festival title that I was ready for a new adventure, Miss Louisiana.”

Two months after its last appearance before Judge Gary Ortego, Randel Brown’s suit against East Side Water System Inc. once again made it’s way into an Evangeline Parish courtroom on Tuesday.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 17 recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:

According to KATC News "fire investigators have obtained an arrest warrant for the person who they say is responsible for an April 21 fire in Ville Platte."
The warrant was issued for Patraveyanna George, of Ville Platte, who is currently hospitalized.

Ville Platte Fire Department responded to a house fire call at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday night at the corner of South Dupre and Main St. Upon arrival, firefighters began work on ceasing the fire at a house that Barbara Dupre Colligan said “was built in what they call the glory days.”

OPELOUSAS — Can I help you with anything?
That straightforward and simple question shouldn’t necessarily provoke an emotional response, but in an era where customer service has largely disappeared from retail outlets, it is a question that can still surprise you.