Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas reports there was a shooting on Sunday, February 22, after 3 p.m. at the South ...

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor There was no suspense nor second-guessing as the Basile Bearcat wrestlers dominated Louisiana’s ...

Lakeview Park & Beach serves as the backdrop for Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week from April 13 through April 17.

State Representative Rhonda Butler has been named as the first female to chair the state’s Agriculture, Aquaculture, Forestry, And Rural Development Committee. She is also the first state legislator ...

By: GRACIE THOMAS, DAKOTA LASZLO, and KYLAH BABIN LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – Federal and state budgeting policies could force Louisiana into structural budget shortfalls ...

Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas reports an update to the armed robbery which occurred at the Ville Platte Dollar General on Tate Cove Road earlier this month when a person wearing a clown ...

Louisiana residents enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can no longer use their benefits to buy soft drinks, energy drinks or candy starting Wednesday, as the state launches a ...

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports there was a shooting on Sunday, February 22, 2026, after 3:00 p.m. at the South Soileau ...

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

According to reports, the victim was found near his home and was killed by a single gunshot wound to the neck. Shell casings were also located at the ...

Authorities have arrested a Turkey Creek man following an investigation into a deliberately set house fire that destroyed a Mamou home earlier this year.

By: TONY MARKS Editor ...