Under overcast skies, rowdy riders on horseback carried on the traditional custom of chasing after chickens as Le Courir de Mardi Gras took place in Mamou on Tuesday, February 17.

By: TONY MARKS Editor The National Weather Service confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down in the northern part of the parish at approximately 9:12 p.m. on Saturday, February 14. The tornado, according ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor Qualifying for the May closed primary election ended on Friday, February 13. Voters who are registered as Democrat or Republican can only participate in their party’s primary.

The Basile Bearcats proved once again that they are the standard in Louisiana high school wrestling, powering their way to another state championship at the LHSAA Division III State Wrestling ...

Perry Thomas reports an update to the armed robbery which occurred at the Ville Platte Dollar General on Tate Cove Road ...

From left are Superintendent Darwan Lazard; Jaiden Thomas, 5th grade student of the year from James Stephens Montessori; Ethan Zang, 8th grade student of the year from Evangeline ...

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Police Chief Patrick Hall, during the February 11, meeting of the Mamou Town Council, addressed the recent incidents of door knocking, shining lights in windows ...