Ville Platte News

St. Landry Parish Federal Credit Union will be closed July 6 in observance of the Fourth of July.

Owners of animals that kill a human could face up to five years in jail under legislation that has been signed into law by Gov.

Ville Platte Police are looking for twenty-eight-year-old Earl Ray Williams. He is wanted for armed robbery and simple battery.

The final bell of the official school year may have rung last month, but for a couple of hundred local students, school is still in session at the Magnet Academy for the Cultural Arts.

A flyover of two F-15 fighter jets from the Louisiana Air National Guard signaled the opening ceremonies Saturday for the 17th annual Ville Platte Smoked Meat Festival.

Dowell Lefleur, a local historian from L'Anse Grise, La., found a bit of history in the Ville Platte Gazette newspaper.

An extended dry spell is taking a toll in Louisiana, with some crops stressed by the withering heat and some farmers pumping more irrigation water than normal to their fields to help offset evaporation.

Two of literature's most unforgettable young ladies come together for a fun-filled musical romp when the Eunice Players Theatre presents Dorothy Meets Alice.

Gov. Bobby Jindal almost certainly will be spared having to veto expanded unemployment benefits, as a Senate committee complied with the administration Sunday evening and spiked a proposal that would have allowed Louisiana to claim another $98 million in federal stimulus benefits.

Launch your summer by learning to play guitar, taking up watercolor painting, or beginning that children's book you've been meaning to write! Frederick L'Ecole Des Arts can help, offering range of courses in the arts taught by practicing artists.

Vacation Bible School will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. June 22 through July 3 at Little Zion Baptist Church located on the corner of Academy and North streets.

A scene that could have quickly gone "grizzly" all plays out in one mans backyard.

The Southwest Center for Rural Initiatives will offer two, free one-day basic PowerPoint trainings from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

A community in Acadiana is still on edge after officials pulled a 200 pound black bear down from someone's tree.

Legislation to allow medical workers to opt out of performing services for moral or religious reasons narrowly passed out of a state Senate committee Wednesday.

Registration will be held for Mini Blessings Childcare and Learning Academy from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at 1109 N. Main St.

The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people: Irin Lee Monceaux, 44, 1814 May St., Crowley, arrested on a warrant for failure to appear in court for jury selection on charges of sexual battery of a juvenile and attempted indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Sherry Phillips-Hymel, center, chief budget analyst for the state Senate, explains amendments to House Bill 1 on Wednesday to Senate Finance Committee members Jack Donahue, left, R-Mandeville, and Eric LaFleur, D-Ville Platte.

The Evangeline Parish Police Jury voted 6-1 in special session Tuesday to approve a 15-year lease agreement with Cameron Corp.

We've been checking out the migrant sandpipers here around the ricefields in northern Vermilion and southern Acadia parishes.