Boustany makes campaign stop in V.P.
U.S. Congressman Charles Boustany (center) spoke with Randy Jamison (left) and Scotty Fontenot during a campaign stop the U.S. Senator hopeful made in Ville Platte Wednesday. (Gazette photo by...
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Local Civil Rights leader LaFleur passes away at the age of 82Ville Platte’s Gervis LaFleur speaks at a podium sometime during the late 1970’s or early 1980’s. The longtime Executive Director of...
View ArticleLouisiana holding tax free weekend on August 5-6
By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III Managing EditorThe state of Louisiana will be hosting a tax free weekend for August 5-6, just in time for customers to buy back-to-school supplies for the new school year....
View ArticleBlack bear seen at Cazan’s Lake; LDWF expecting more sightings
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View ArticleAnderson sentenced to life in prison for murder
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View ArticleA history of hair
Larry Doucet of Doucet’s Family Hair Care has a collage of items including old barber’s tools and Hadacol bottles in shadow boxes on the business’s walls. Doucet, 73, has been a barber since the...
View ArticleSen. Cassidy talks to residents during recent visit to parish
Louisiana U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy made a visit to Evangeline Parish to hear the concerns of his constituents. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth West)PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires...
View ArticlePolice Jury accepts $52,000 bid to purchase old library building
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View ArticleSchool board discusses bid approval process
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View ArticleSales tax collections in Evangeline Parish down by 4.5 pct.
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View ArticleEPSO, VPPD seize $70,000 worth of drugs in recent sting
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View ArticleOn the prowl again
Pine Prairie High proudly displays old trophies that were for years forgotten in storagePine Prairie High School is restoring their old trophies back to their original glory. Above are three of the...
View ArticleMamou Arrest Reports
The Mamou Police Department reported 14 recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:•Charles Boeing, of 1532 Hudson Ave. in Mamou, was arrested on July 21, 2016 for a...
View ArticleEPSO Arrest Reports
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View ArticleMan crashes vehicle into electric pole in Ville Platte
A wreck that occurred on Wednesday around 7:00 p.m. on Main St. left a Dodge Dart car unrecognizable after hitting an electric pole and then catching on fire. (Photo courtesy of David Ortego)PLEASE LOG...
View ArticleImprovements have been made around Chataignier
Village Clerk Rhonda Miller is seen sitting at her desk on the other side of the walk-up window inside Chataignier Village Hall. The walk-up window is one of the improvements the village has made in...
View ArticleCare close to home
Dr. Tanyanika Phillips, MD, MPH, and Dr. Lawrence P. Menache, MD, are working to provide cancer treatment closer to home at Savoy Cancer Center in Mamou. Menache has been with the Savoy Medical Center...
View ArticleMPD recover stolen vehicle; make multiple drug arrests
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View ArticleVille Platte to move some offices into old nursing home
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View ArticleEucharistic Procession to be held on Monday
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