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Have couch, Will Travel

For Cole Guidry, life doesn’t happen sitting at home on the couch, and that’s why he’s hit the road and taken the couch with him. Guidry, a native of Church Point, said, “Life is not going to walk into your living room.

St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrests

The following are arrests reported by the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. Nov. 15 Rikky Sebastian Dodge, 24, 100 block of Highway 743, Port Barre. Hit and run, unsecured load. Arrested by Louisiana State Police. Joshua Kimble, 55, 700 block of Hall Street, Opelousas.

Dorothy "Dot" Daigle

Memorial services will be held Friday, November 16, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Dorothy “Dot” Daigle, age 74, who passed away Monday, November 12, 2018 at Encore Nursing Home in Crowley. Interment will be Bellevue Memorial Park at a later date.

Sheriff: Bomb threats came from ‘Officer Fredericks’

The caller of bomb threats to the St. Landry Parish 911 Communication Center identified himself as “Officer Fredrericks,” according to St. Landry Sheriff Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. The caller stated he was going to blow up the 911 building and the employees needed to leave immediately, Guidroz said.

Former attorney arrested for forgery and theft

Former Evangeline Parish Assistant District Attorney Timmy Fontenot was arrested in June 2018 on charges related to an incident that recently led to his permanent disbarment.

Evangeline Parish school district remains a B

Even with a new and stricter formula to determine a school’s performance score for the 2017-2018 school year, the Evangeline Parish School District’s overall performance letter grade remained a B.

VP Rotary hears novel ideas about going to the U.S. Congress

As the club closed out the month of October, the Ville Platte Rotary Club heard from one of its own about putting ideas to paper and writing the next great American novel.

PP Council votes to consider two-percent sales tax continuation

The Pine Prairie Village Council, at a special meeting last week, voted to consider the continuation of the villages two-percent sales tax.

Vidrine, Fontenot re-elected as mayor; Zackery, Perdices earn spot in chief runoff

After the numbers from Tuesday’s election came into the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court Office, it was learned four incumbent office holders from across the parish had lost their respective elections. C.J.

Garden club ‘Plants it Pink’

THE POST-SIGNAL / Saja Hoffpauir In recognition of November as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, members of the Crowley Garden Club recently planted pink Drift Roses at Camelot Place in Crowley.