Videos from the IRS:
Virtual Small Business Tax Workshop
Business Taxes for the Self-Employed
Good Recordkeeping Helps Avoid Headaches
The Arts and Music
Heymann Performing Arts Center
Business
Ville Platte Chamber of Commerce
Better Business Bureau of Acadiana
Community
Education and Schools
Evangeline Parish School Board
Diocese of Lafayette, Office of Catholic Schools
Sacred Heart School
Catholic K-12 School in Ville Platte
Christian Heritage Academy
Christian K-12 school in Ville Platte
Louisiana Technical College
Charles B. Coreil Campus, Ville Platte
Louisiana State University at Eunice (LSUE)
Employment
Office of State Examiner: Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service Board
Provides information on testing schedules, PDF exam study guides and a classification index of positions available within our local Municipal Fire and Police Civil Service System.
Louisiana Workforce Development Office (LAWorks)
Fairs and Festivals
Dewey Balfa Cajun and Creole Heritage Week
April 15-22, 2011 (at Chicot Park)
Smoked Meat Festival
Held the last full week in June
Louisiana Cotton Festival
October 12 thru 17, 2010
Louisiana Swine Festival
Held in Basile, LA
Mamou Cajun Country Mardi Gras
Boggy Bayou Festival, Pine Prairie
This three day festival is held the 1st full weekend in April, except when Easter falls on that date. In that event the festival is held the last weekend in March
Belaire Cove Crawfish Etoufée Cookoff
Held first Sunday after Easter
Health and Hospitals
Mercy Regional Center
Ville Platte, LA
Savoy Medical Center
Mamou, LA
History
Acadians
The Center for Cultural & Eco-Tourism
CODOFIL
Council for the Development of French in Louisiana
Legal
Evangeline Parish Public Defender Board
Libraries
Literacy
Museums
Newspapers
EvangelineToday.com
Website for Evangeline Today: Ville Platte Gazette, Mamou Acadian Press, and Basile Weekly:
Bonnes Nouvelles
A monthly good news and local history paper with special editions for Evangeline and Vermilion Parish, great for local events and in depth local historic articles
Other Resources
Radio Stations
Recreation and Tourism
Television Stations
AOC
Acadiana Open Channel/Public Access
KADN
Local FOX Affiliate
KATC
Local ABC Affiliate
KLFY
Local CBS Affiliate
KLPB
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
KPLC
Local NBC Affiliate
Weather
Lafayette, Lafayette Regional Airport, LA
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