La. Court of Appeal reverses Ortego’s ruling in Tate case
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View ArticleFormer Trojan Fontenot has baseball jersey retired at SHS
Former Sacred Heart School baseball star Kaleb Fontenot poses with his mother Bridget after his baseball jersey was retired at last Friday’s football game. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)PLEASE LOG IN...
View ArticleEngulfed in flames
The house located at 724 Calcasieu Street in Ville Platte remains taped off on Monday afternoon after a fire engulfed the structure early Sunday morning. The fire claimed the life of 62-year-old James...
View ArticleSchool Board accepts low bid to construct new tech building
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View ArticleGovernor's transportation task force to meet in Lafayette Wednesday
Lafayette, La. --The Acadiana Planning Commission, One Acadiana, and LEDA will host a regional meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment in Lafayette. The...
View ArticleGovernor's transportation task force to meet in Lafayette Wednesday
Lafayette, La. --The Acadiana Planning Commission, One Acadiana, and LEDA will host a regional meeting of the Governor’s Task Force on Transportation Infrastructure Investment in Lafayette. The...
View ArticleVPPD Arrest Reports
The Ville Platte Police Department reported 16 recent booking into the city jail. Arrested were the following persons:• Jimmy Dunaway, 405 W. Lasalle St., Ville Platte, was arrested on August 24, 2016...
View ArticleMerritt pleads guilty to 2013 robbery
By: ELIZABETH WEST Associate EditorNearly three years after robbing the Subway Restaurant in Ville Platte, Jacoby Merritt appeared before Judge Gary Ortego to plead guilty to one count of principal to...
View ArticleApplying for state grant discussed by Turkey Creek Council members
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View ArticleSLCC unveils automotive training program at VP Chamber meeting
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View ArticleNew basketball court being built at Ville Platte park
The concrete for a basketball court was recently poured at the park behind the Northside Civic Center. Weather permitting, the court should be completed within the next few weeks. (Gazette photo by...
View ArticleJudge denies Devillier more time to prep for theft trial
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View ArticleOrder in the blind
13th Judicial District Judge Chuck West sits in his office donning hunting attire instead of his traditional black robe. Unlike your typical hunter, the thing West enjoys most about the sport is...
View ArticleCLAIRE ANN FONTENOT FUSELIER
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View ArticleSaucier hired as JD Bank Assistant Branch Manager
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View ArticleVoter registration will close Oct. 11 for Nov. election
By: RAYMOND PARTSCH III Managing EditorEvangeline Parish Registrar of Voters Lucas Buller has announced that the close of voter registration for the November 8, 2016 election is Tuesday, October 11,...
View ArticleECAA board appointments questioned at meeting
Arthur Sampson addressed the Evangeline Community Action Agency on Thursday concerning questions that he had about the way board appointments have been made over the years. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth...
View ArticleThe right stuff
Taxidermist Arthur Courville sits in front of the wall in his Vidrine shop which features stuffed and mounted wildcats, deer, ducks, wolves, big mouth bass and squirrels. The 70-year-old Courville has...
View ArticleLongtime Chataignier Clerk Rozas passes away
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View ArticleFor a good cause
Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel models a decorated bra at the 3rd Annual Bras on the Bayou Fundraiser to help raise money for breast cancer research. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth...
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