MPD captures fleeing man
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorOn June 15, 2017, officers with the Mamou Police Department arrested Dustin Hamous after he ran from police during a routine traffic stop. The Mamou man, who was...
View ArticleThe Village of TC locates moved funds; realizes police depart. is not broke
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorThe Village of Turkey Creek recently discovered that its police department is not broke. At the Village’s council meeting in June, council members approved moving...
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The Gazette earns multiple awards
The Ville Platte Gazette was selected by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation’s to receive its Weekly Newspaper of the Year award for 2017. Pictured from left to right at the 2017 Farm Bureau...
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Not just pooling around
Liz LaFleur has spent 34 years teaching children the valuable life skill of swimmingLongtime swimming lessons instructor Liz LaFleur leans against a water slide located where she holds her lessons at...
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Chatelain; Fontenot receive Mamou Rotary Club Scholarship
Kade ChatelainLexi FontenotBy: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorTwo Mamou High School graduates received scholarships in the amount of $1,000.00 from the Mamou Rotary Club. Those two students were Lexi...
View ArticleShow your skills off at the Gueydan Duck Festival
Press releaseGUEYDAN - Organizers of the Gueydan Duck Festival have recently announced several of the fun events folks can participate and compete in during the annual festival. This year’s festival...
View ArticleVPPD makes several recent arrests
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorThe Ville Platte Police Department made several arrests on June 30, 2017. The first involved a report of an employee stealing company checks from a local business on...
View ArticleECAA offers opportunity for elderly assistance
Staff reportThe Evangeline Community Action Agency, Inc. has announced the availability of funds dedicated to assist eligible elderly (Ages 60 and over) low income households with medication payments....
View ArticleBastille Day Heritage Festival dates set for July
By: TONY MARKS Associate EditorThe Creole heritage of the area will again be celebrated during the 2017 Creole Families’ Bastille Day Heritage Festival and Commemorative Mass. The event is scheduled...
View ArticleCity of VP approves 2017-18 budget
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorThe Ville Platte City council held a special meeting on Thursday, June 29, 2017 to amend its 2016-2017 budget, as well as approve the city’s budget for the year...
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Windows to the past
Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel uses his love for history to preserve his grandparents homeEvangeline Parish Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel stands underneath muscadine vines that line the gate separating...
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EPSO Deputy shoots, kills suspect during altercation
Breaking NewsThe Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office vehicles blocked a road that led to the location of where a shooting involving an EPSO deputy occurred in the Mamou area Thursday morning. (Gazette...
View Article16-year-old astronaut to visit parish library
By: TONY MARKS Associate EditorThe Summer Reading Program held at the main branch of the Evangeline Parish Library will close out this session with a bang as 16-year-old astronaut Alyssa Carson from...
View ArticleECAA’s Bellard earns Acadiana Hero award
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorEvangeline Community Action Agency’s very own Carleen Bellard was named KLFY’ and Giles Automotive’s Acadiana Local Hero. Bellard, who is the director of the ECAA, was...
View ArticleNew Ville Platte High principal named at EPSB meeting
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorAt the Evangeline Parish School Board meeting on Wednesday, Superintendent Darwan Lazard shared that a new principal for Ville Platte High had been selected. Lazard...
View ArticleCongressman Steve Scalise back in ICU for infection from shooting
By: TONY MARKS Associate EditorSteve Scalise (R), who serves at the Hose Majortiy Whip of the United States Congress, re-enered the intensive care unit of the MedStar Washington Hospital Center...
View ArticleFatal crash in parish claims life of Eunice man
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorOn Wednesday, July 5, 2017, troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a single vehicle crash on LA 29 at Woodstone Road in Evangeline Parish. The fatal...
View ArticleSuspect shot, killed during altercation with EPSO deputy
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorOn July 6, 2017, at approximately 4:10 a.m., Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigation/Lafayette Field Office (LSP LFO) responded to a shooting involving an...
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Heart of a champion
Legends Coach Bobby Soileau and Billy Cannon share their greatest sports momentsBobby Soileau is pictured here in his Sacred heart Boxing uniform. He was a state champion for the Trojans in 1950, 1951,...
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Update: Suspect shot, killed during altercation with EPSO deputy
Breaking NewsBy: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorOn July 6, 2017, at approximately 4:10 a.m., Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigation/Lafayette Field Office (LSP LFO) responded to a shooting...
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