Local media has been working with detectives from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office to provide information to the public regarding a high speed chance that occurred on Saturday, April 7, 2018.
Pictured is United States Congressman for Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District, Mike Johnson (right), and Ainsley Holyfield (left) - Johnson’s communications director - during a recent visit they made to the Ville Platte Gazette office. During the visit, Johnson sat down with local media to hear the needs of the people he represents in District 4, as well as shed light on things happening in the nation’s capital city of Washington D.C. (Gazette photo by Ali Moras)
United States Congressman Mike Johnson recently visited local media to share an update on what’s happening in Washington D.C.
Pictured is a suspect in a recent armed robbery pointing a gun at workers at a local Family Dollar.
Pictured is the suspect, 28-year-old Johnathan Hakeem Williams.
On Friday, Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue reported that his department is in search of an armed robbery suspect, who has been identified as 28-year-old Johnathan Hakeem Williams.
An incident that occurred in Turkey Creek earlier tonight (March 27, 2018) has resulted in the stabbing of the village’s Chief of Police, Glenn Leggett.
A Kenworth box truck (left) crossed the centerline on the Whiteville Road and collided with a Mack garbage truck (right) Friday morning. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
An early morning crash on Whiteville Road, about a mile from the intersection with Cabot Road, claimed the life of a Shreveport man Friday morning.
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