Fête-Dieu du Teche 2025 to take place Friday August 15. The 40-mile Eucharistic Procession by boat this year coincides with the Great Jubilee Year celebrated in the Church around the world every 25 ...

VVA State Convention is held in KinderKINDER CHAPTER #215 FRIEND OF THE VVA - Region VII VVA President Terry Courville (left) and Ville Platte Chapter #632 President JD Soileau (second from right) ...

BATON ROUGE – As students across Louisiana prepare to head back to school, Louisiana State Police reminds all motorists to prioritize safety in and around school zones, near school buses, and while ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor When the preseason Coaches Poll was released, the LSU Tigers found themselves in the top 10. LSU is ranked 9th in the poll. Three other SEC teams are ranked in the top 10. Texas ...

By DARREL LEJEUNE LSN EditorBy DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor LAFAYETTE - A beloved Cajun tradition is once again echoing across the airwaves, thanks to the efforts of Kenneth Granger, a Basile native who ...

By: TONY MARKS EditorBy: TONY MARKS Editor Sixteen seasons after winning the team’s first Super Bowl title, the New Orleans Saints find themselves as the least favorite team, at +30,000 longshots, to ...

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter VILLE PLATTE - During its August 4 meeting, the Evangeline Parish Police Jury heard from representatives from Acadian Ambulance, who were there to remind them about ...

Narcotics agents with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, in connection with the inspectors from the United States Postal Service, have intercepted a package containing narcotics.

(Editor’s Note: The following article is courtesy of the Sun Belt Conference.) NEW ORLEANS — Following its seventh-straight Bowl Season appearance and its fifth Sun Belt West Division title over the ...

LAFAYETTE — Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the world’s original and largest Cajun and Zydeco music festival, will kick off its weekend-long celebration with cultural trailblazer Zachary Richard.

By: TONY MARKS Editor Several new laws took effect in Louisiana on Friday, August 1. Among them is a new hand-held law. According to a public service announcement from Evangeline Parish Sheriff ...

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance The world today is tumultuous with news reports from all over the world addressing brutality, murder, starvation, war and the like.