Local

More than 300 Evangeline Parish residents have taken advantage of the early voting period for the upcoming March 5, 2016 election.
As of 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, a total of 335 voters, either in person or by mail, had cast their votes for the election.

OBERLIN – Sabrina Odom, 38, of Ville Platte died Tuesday following a train-car accident in Oberlin.

MAMOU – Valerie Cahill realized that her own personal experience of Cajun culture had been limited.

Nearly six-months after its first appearance before Judge Gary Ortego, Randel Brown’s suit against East Side Water System, Inc.’s board made its way back into the Evangeline Parish judge’s courtroom.

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

Ronnie Arnaud fell in love at first sight.
The object of Arnaud’s affection though wasn’t a gorgeous woman, it was instead one of Ville Platte’s historical buildings, the historic Bank of Ville Platte located at 102 W. Main Street.

On Thursday, local funeral homes in Evangeline Parish, as well as funeral homes in neighboring parishes received a certified mailed letter from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office informing them that the sheriff’s office “will no longer be in the funeral home escort business.”

The Evangeline Parish Communication District 9-1-1 board promises that the current dispatch dispute between them and the Sheriff’s Office will be resolved.

Evangeline Parish School Board Superintendent Ton Hamlin addressed the Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce during its monthly meeting held Wednesday, February 17.

After pleading guilty to simple arson on December 7, 2015, John Deville’s sentencing day finally arrived.