The 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat this year coincides with the Great Jubilee Year celebrated in the Church around the world every 25 years. The procession this year will highlight the ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor Several new laws took effect in Louisiana on Friday, August 1. Among them is a new hand-held law.

Narcotics agents with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, in connection with the inspectors from the United States Postal ...

As students across Louisiana prepare to head back to school, Louisiana State Police reminds all motorists to prioritize ...

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter VILLE PLATTE - During its August 4 meeting, the Evangeline Parish Police Jury heard from ...

A beloved Cajun tradition is once again echoing across the airwaves, thanks to the efforts of Kenneth Granger, a Basile native who has lived in the Allen Parish community of Soileau for the past 25 ...

LAFAYETTE — Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the world’s original and largest Cajun and Zydeco music festival, will kick off ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor When the preseason Coaches Poll was released, the LSU Tigers found themselves in the top 10. LSU is ...

(Editor’s Note: The following article is courtesy of the Sun Belt Conference.) NEW ORLEANS — Following its seventh-straight ...

State Fire Marshal (SFM) deputies arrested a Ville Platte man on Friday, August 1, 2025, for setting fire to a unit at an ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor Sixteen seasons after winning the team’s first Super Bowl title, the New Orleans Saints find themselves ...

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance ...