By: TONY MARKS Editor Starting Jan. 1, the state sales and use tax rate increased from 4.45% to 5.10%, according to ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor The final weekend of 2024 saw some parts of Evangeline Parish being affected by severe weather.

Congratulations, we have made it to this point! Much like the first four years of this decade, 2024 has produced numerous newsworthy events across Evangeline Parish. At the end of the year, one ...

Sacred Heart has announced its 2024-2025 students of the year. They are pictured from left. Samuel Rider is the 5th grade ...

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed ...

BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance We read in Matthew 5:14-15 (KJV), “Ye are the light of the world, ...

The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville ...

Sergeant Darrian Guillory of the Ville Platte Police Department reports human remains were found on Monday, December 23, 2024. The remains were discovered north of Ville Platte off of Tate Cove Road.

The University of Notre Dame will face the University of Georgia in the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate ...

The qualification period for the March 29, 2025, election has been set. The qualifying period for candidates is January 29 - ...

On Monday, December 30, the main library in Ville Platte will host a Chair Exercise program at 10 a.m. The main library and ...

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports a body was found on Saturday, December 21, 2024. The body was discovered in a field, south of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center. Ville Platte Police and Evangeline ...