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Budget Cuts Force Massive Layoffs for EPSO
Breaking NewsBy: ELIZABETH WEST Associate EditorBudget cuts are forcing a massive number of layoffs and salary reductions at the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office. An email was sent from Evangeline...
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Two connected to Turkey Creek murder investigation bond out
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Brookshire’s opens store in Mamou
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Vidrine: Donations still needed for area victims
Hilda Edwards (front), with the City of Ville Platte, and Ville Platte Mayor Jennifer Vidrine (back) prepared to fix to-go plates of rice and gravy for flood victims on Monday. The hot meals were a...
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Playbook of life
Pine Prairie head football coach Yves Prince leans on the life lessons he learned playing football at Opleousas Catholic and then later at Grambling State for the late and legendary Eddie Robinson....
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Soileau: EPSO is officially broke
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Disaster Assistance Programs are now available from USDA
Gazette Staff ReportUSDA’s Farm Service Agency offers disaster assistance and low-interest loads programs to assist agriculture producers in their recovery efforts following floods or similar...
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One Acadiana partners with others to launch Rebirth Fund
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EPSO Arrests
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported five recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:• Tammy R. Vidrine, 37, 1201, Tom Dr. Apt. B. 331, Ville Platte, was...
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Mud, moss and memories on display at Le Vieux Presbytere
A old painted cloth banner, that once hung in the Church Point High School, is now displayed inside the Le Vieux Presbytere, an historic building in Church Point which is listed on the National...
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Audit sheds some light on EPSO’s money woes
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Sowing sorrow
Rains from the weekend of Aug. 13 reflooded rice fields that had been previously drained in anticipation of harvest time. Several farmers began harvesting rice again a few days after the flood, and...
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Tournoi Festival pageant canceled
The reigning 2015 Junior Queen Meghan Miller, left, and Miss Queen Bethany Thibodeaux, both of Eunice, have accepted the responsibility of serving and fulfilling the duties of the 2016 festival year....
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Sheriff Soileau releases statement concerning audit, layoffs
Breaking NewsGazette Staff ReportEvangeline Parish Sheriff Eddie Soileau released a statement on Saturday afternoon concerning the recent layoffs, and audit, involving EPSO. In the statement, which was...
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EPSO Arrests
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 12 recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons:• Samson R. Robinson, 37, 195 Ave. A, Opelousas, was arrested on June 29,...
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VPPD Arrests
The Ville Platte Police Department reported six recent bookings into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:• Peter Seraille, 25, 514 West Oak, Ville Platte, was arrested on August 13, 2016...
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Registration for disaster stamps to be held at skating rink
By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III Managing EditorFor those local residents that are still in need of help due to the destruction caused by the recent historic flooding that occurred throughout the region, help...
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Foundation helps fund repairs at Sacred Heart School
(Left to right): Sacred Heart High School Principal Dawn Cox Shipp, Sacred Heart Elementary Principal Virginia Morein, Advisory Council President Dr. Jake LaFleur, Father Tom Voorhies of Sacred Heart...
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Doing God’s work
Samaritan’s Purse helps make Belaire Cove couple’s home livable againSamaritan’s Purse volunteer Dan Miller worked to rip the floor out of the home of Elvin and Rose Soileau in Belaire Cove on Tuesday....
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Grand jury issues true bill in 2014 Mamou rape case
By: ELIZABETH WEST Associate EditorAn Evangeline Parish grand jury issued a true bill last Wednesday after sufficient evidence concerning a rape case was presented to them by Assistant District...
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