EPSB talks about plan for student teachers
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Guillory lances 20 out of 21 rings to claim fifth-straight Louisiana Tournoi crownRider Eric Guillory holds up his lance after he picked up all seven rings on his final run of Sunday’s Louisiana...
View ArticleTroupe’s Fontenot speaks to Chamber of Commerce
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View Article9-1-1 Board gets generator update
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View ArticleVeteran’s plaque stolen from parish cemetery
Above is the grave of a veteran that served in the United States Navy. The square peice of concrete at the base of the cross made by the cemetery’s caretaker J.D. Soileau is where the veteran’s plaque...
View ArticleLocal teen commits suicide in N.O. jail
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View ArticleA breakdown of the ballot’s Consitutional Amendments
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View ArticleA man of the people
In this photograph from the early 1990’s, former Evangeline Community Action Agency Assistant Director, and current mayor of Ville Platte, Jennifer Vidrine talks with former U.S. Congressman Clyde...
View ArticleVillage De Memoire celebrating re-opening of Residents’ Library, new Computer...
Village De Memoire Resident Volunteer Librarian Callie Wilkerson stands in the Residents’ Library at the Ville Platte nursing home facility. (Gazette photo by Kathy Longino)PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM...
View ArticleEarly voting turnout high in parish
Judge Chuck West signs to early vote at the Evangeline Parish Courthouse on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth West)PLEASE LOG IN FOR PREMIUM CONTENT Our website requires visitors...
View ArticleA house of strength
Marie Guidry with Faith House stands in front of the poster board that she uses to educate individuals in Evangeline Parish on domestic abuse. The Faith House organization is based out of Lafayette,...
View ArticlePolice searching for suspect who allegedly damaged local car wash
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View ArticleHaunted history no longer locked up at famed DeRidder jail
A view through the door of the third floor of the former Beauregard Parish Jail in downtown DeRidder. The railing on the third floor is where the makeshift gallows were built that were used to hang Joe...
View ArticleHaunted Hall
The Council Room inside Ville Platte City Hall has been transformed into a haunted house attraction for Halloween. The haunted house called “Haunted City Hall House” is free to the public and will be...
View ArticleDaylight Savings Time is Nov. 6
Editor's Note: On the front page of the Sunday, Oct. 30th edition of The Ville Platte Gazette it says that Daylight Savings Time was to begin today. That is incorrect as Daylight Savings Time actually...
View ArticleEPSB receives three applications for superintendent position
Breaking NewsBy: ELIZABETH WEST Associate EditorThe applications are in, and it looks like the Evangeline Parish School Board will have three individuals to choose from to become the district’s new...
View ArticleVille Platte Transmissions featured in national magazine
Ville Platte Tranmissions owner Alan Moore stands next to a plaque of the article that recently appeared in GEARS magazine about his shop. (Gazette photo by Raymond Partsch III)PLEASE LOG IN FOR...
View ArticleThree have applied to replace Hamlin as Superintendent
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View ArticleEarly voting in parish exceeds 2012 election
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View ArticleDedicated servant
Evangeline Parish Police Jury Secretary/Treasurer Donald Bergeron (left), EPPJ’s Kevin Veillon (center), and Wilbert Ardoin talk with one another at a fishfry that was held last Friday to celebrate...
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