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- In and around the parish
The annual Winter Revival at the St. Paul Baptist Church will be held at 7 p.m. today through Thursday.
- In and around parish
The St. Landry Parish Housing Authority will begin taking applications for the Section 8 Rental Assistance Program on Feb.
- Top Stories of 2008
The year 2008 was a year of memorable events, two hurricanes, tornadoes, and even snowfall.
- LSU AgCenter rice meetings
Southwest Louisiana rice farmers making plans for their 2009 crop can get help with their decisions at a series of LSU AgCenter-conducted meetings Jan.
- In and around parish
The Belleveue Baptist Church will hold a New Year's Watch Service beginning at 11 p.m. today at the church located on 326 W. Bellevue St.
- Campus News St. Ignatius School
St. Ignatius School would like to thank all of our students who attended and participated in the Beta District Day last Saturday.
- Counterfeit, pirated merchandise seized
Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control agents have seized tens of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit goods and pirated DVDs from three stories.
- In and around the parish
The Catholic Daughters, sponsors of the Doll and Toy Fund, are asking for donations of new, unwrapped toys or money.
- In and around the parish
Opelousas High School Class of 1986 will be holding their Welcome to the 40's Party/Ball Dec.
- Stop leads to drug arrest
Two Opelousas residents are behind bars following a routine traffic stop that police say turned into a major drug bust.
- Lafayette, Ville Platte businesses raided for alleged counterfeit products
Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control agents seized tens of thousands of dollars worth of counterfeit brand-name goods and pirated DVDs in a major multi-parish investigation on Friday.
- Additional Suspects Sought in Ville Platte Home Invasion
The search is on for one of the men accused in an early morning home invasion. Police say at least three masked armed robbery suspects broke into a woman's home, bound her with duct tape for about an hour and ...
- UPDATE 1:15 PM Winter Weather Driving/Road Conditions in Troop I Area
Troop I UPDATE 1:15 PM Winter Weather Driving/Road Conditions in Troop I Area LOUISIANA STATE POLICE COURTESY LOYALTY SERVICE Colonel Michael D. Edmonson, Superintendent TROOP I- NEWS RELEASE For Immediate ...
- Winter Weather Closes Schools
Snowfall in Acadiana has closed school for students at the following schools. All of Evangeline Parish Evangeline Parish Criminal Court All of St.
- Evangeline Police Jury holds French meeting
A curious audience packed the Evangeline Parish Police Jury meeting room Monday afternoon for its annual all-French session.
- Ville Platte Citizens Voice Concern Over Police Accountability
Some Ville Platte citizens that are complaining about what they say is a lack of police accountability will have a chance to air their grievances in front of the civil service board this week.
- Mr. and Mrs. Jefferey Arkell
Jodi Monique Briley and Jefferey Alexander Arkell exchanged wedding vows on October 25, 2008, at Sunny Meade in Scott, La.
- Kids test out new Smart Table with software for pre-school and up
Does your child's school have a Smart Board? The technology has been around for years now for high school and middle school classrooms.
- In and around parish
An ACT/PRAXIS workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Little Zion Baptist Church, two blocks north of U.S. Route 190, Academy St.
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City DescriptionVille Platte is a city in and the parish seat of Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,145 at the 2000 census. Its name is derived from the French ville plate, or "flat town."
The area around Ville Platte appears to have been first settled during the last half of the eighteenth century, when Louisiana was under Spanish rule. The earliest record of settlement in the immediate area of Ville Platte was in the 1780s.
Popular legend states the founder of Ville Platte was Marcellin Garand, an adjutant major in the Army of the French Empire, during the time of Napoleon. In 1824 Garand obtained one of the first two lots that were platted in what is now Ville Platte; a Doctor Robert Windex obtained the other lot. Those lots were obtained from the estate of William O'Donegan. This appears to be the actual beginning of, or the founding of the present town of Ville Platte.
The first post office in Ville Platte was established in 1842 with Marcellin Garand as postmaster from then to 1848.
Ville Platte also is the home of Chicot State Park which covers 6,400 acres (26 km) of rolling hills and water in South Central Louisiana. Chicot State Park has large amounts of ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- Louisiana
- Evangeline Parish
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