Six people who accused law enforcement officers in a rural Louisiana community of illegally detaining and secretly jailing them will share settlement proceeds totaling nearly $50,000, according to
Ville Platte Chief Neal Lartigue searches for evidence at a crime scene where a shooting occurred on Thursday. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth West)
Shooting suspect Tyron Jack is pictured.
Victim Terry Serie, Jr., is pictured above.
On Friday, Ville Platte Chief Neal Lartigue reported that one arrest had been made in a shooting incident that has resulted in the death of one individual.
The Chataignier Village Council at Monday’s meeting hired a new police officer on a probationary basis and approved the purchase of new tires for its police unit.
Fr. Mitch Guidry, pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church in Ville Platte, elevates the monstrance that contains the Blessed Sacrament during a Benediction that preceded the patronal mass of the parish Wednesday. (Gazette photo by Nicholas Jagneaux)
In 1954, Pope Pius XII instituted the feast of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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