First suit filed against city and VPPD for investigative hold practice
Breaking NewsBy: ELIZABETH WEST Associate EditorOn behalf of his clients Shawanna Deville, Liljohn O’Neal and Shaquille Freeman, attorney Jacob Fusilier filed a Class Action suit on Monday against the...
View ArticleD.A. releases statement regarding town hall meeting for justice
Breaking NewsStaff ReportOn Tuesday, February 7, 2017, Evangeline Parish District Attorney Trent Bignac released a statement regarding a news brief that ran in Sunday's edition of the Ville Platte...
View ArticleEPSO Arrest Reports
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 24 recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:• Brian K. Roy, 46, 477 Wesley Rd., Ville Platte, was arrested on December...
View ArticleMPD searching for suspect in Jan. 2 high speed chase
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View ArticlePolice Jury approves repairs for buildings
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View ArticleProposed Town Hall meeting causes confusion
By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III Managing EditorA town hall meeting that was supposed to help heal the community has already caused some disruption, only days before the actual meeting is to take place. A Town...
View ArticleSuing VPPD
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View ArticlePlenty of unrest
As his mother Special Princess Shirnora Doucet looks on, Kingston Doucet puts his hand on the cement tomb of his granfather Preston Lee Mitchell. Doucet’s grandfather’s grave is one of more than 100...
View ArticlePine Prairie Council looking into repairing lights at tennis courts
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View ArticleJudge Ortego orders ESWS to comply with ruling
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View ArticleSpeaking up
Ville Platte City Councilman Donald Sam and Ville Platte Chief of Police Neal Lartigue listen to Councilman Bryant Riggs (standing) address the crowd during Thursday’s Town Hall Meeting for Justice...
View ArticleVP Housing Authority addresses differences in financial statements
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View ArticleFormer VPPD detective officially sentenced to 18 months in prison
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View ArticleSt. Landry woman sentenced to 57 months
By: ELIZABETH WEST Associate EditorOn February 14, 2017, United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that Misty Johnson, of St. Landry, was sentenced to 57 months in prison for stealing more...
View ArticleVelazquez indicted by federal grand jury
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View ArticleA new home
The front entrance to the old Heritage Manor Nursing Home location at 220 South Thompson Street. The property was donated to the City of Ville Platte last October and will be used to house the Ville...
View ArticleNew handbook created to help determine if a parish student qualifies for...
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View ArticleAuditor tells VP City Council they are not delinquent when it comes to bond...
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View ArticleMamou lawsuit
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View ArticleIn the spotlight
Mamou High School senior Kade Chatelain works on a laptop inside the school’s library known as “The Den.” In the past two and half years, Chatelain has written, produced and directed 33 videos which...
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