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Walking to justice
DeJuan Guillory’s family speaks out for the first time since the recent deputy-involved shootingFamily and friends console DeJuan Guillory’s mother - Monica Fontenot (center) - during a walk for...
View ArticleSearile facing felony charges for cyberstalking incident
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorIn court last Thursday, Rufus Searile’s cyberstalking charge was upgraded from the misdemeanor to two felony grade offenses, which are non-consensual disclosure of a...
View ArticleVP Boys and Girl’s Club, Inc. closing banquet set for Friday
By: TONY MARKS Associate EditorThe Ville Platte Boys and Girls’ Club has partnered with the Evangeline Parish District Attorney’s Office through the Families in Need of Services Program. Over the last...
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Sales tax collections up for June
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorThis past June was a pretty good month for sales tax collections throughout the parish, with only two municipalities or taxing bodies collecting less sales taxes than...
View ArticleEPSB enters agreement with ESPO; resource officer hired
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorDuring the Evangeline Parish School Board’s meeting last Wednesday, the board approved entering into an agreement with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office to...
View ArticleVPPD makes several arrests in connection with burglaries
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorSeveral burglary arrests have been made recently by the Ville Platte Police Department. In a release from the VPPD it stated, “On July 25, 2017 Officers with the Ville...
View ArticleEast Side Water discusses board legitimacy
By: TONY MARKS Associate EditorEast Side Water System, Inc., heard from its legal advisor at its board meeting Wednesday concerning its course of action following a recent Third Circuit Court of Appeal...
View ArticleDeferred sentence explained by A.D.A. in DeJuan Guillory case
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorBy: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorEver since the killing of DeJuan Guillory by an Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Deputy, many people have questioned why the 27-year-old...
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Down home doctoring
Dr. Brent Ardoin shares experiences from his 30 year career as a doctor in his hometownDr. Brent Ardoin perched himself on an examination table in an exam room located inside his office on Poinciana...
View ArticleEPPJ recognizes local summer league teams at recent meeting
By: TONY MARKS Associate EditorSoftball and baseball teams from Evangeline Parish filled the pews of the Evangeline Parish Police Meeting Room Monday night at the jury’s monthly meeting. Teams...
View ArticleVP Housing Authority discusses police security
By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorAn emotional Arthur Sampson addressed the Ville Platte Housing Authority Board at its meeting on Tuesday concerning the lack of a police presence at the multiple...
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Kickin’ it around
The international game of soccer comes to VPSoccer instructor Seth Gary shows participants in this year’s soccer league some vital skills needed to be successful. The Evangeline Soccer Association will...
View ArticleYielding the Rotary Club’s floor
Ville Platte Rotary hears from Senator Eric LaFleur and from the Louisiana Chapter of Alzheimer’s AssociationBy: TONY MARKS Associate EditorThe Ville Platte Rotary Club began its August meetings...
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EPSO responds to att. burglary
KordishBy: ELIZABETH WEST Managing EditorOn Saturday, August 5, 2017, deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to an attempted burglary at KVPI New Director Stephanie Ware’s home...
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ICE detainee escapes from Pine Prairie prison
GEO Employees Fannie Cavel (l) and Chuncey Fontenot (r) are seen bringing the ICE detainee back to the facility after capturing him. ( Gazette photo by Elizabeth West)By: ELIZABETH WEST Managing...
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Portals of light
James Stephens alumni brighten up the City of Ville Platte with freshly painted front doorsPictured here is a group of James Stephens Alumni as they prepare to paint the door at Agnes Anderson’s...
View ArticleRural tourism leaders air their wish lists
By: Harlan Kirgan LSN EditorOPELOUSAS — About 50 tourism leaders were queried Tuesday about their ideas on how to improve rural tourism in a meeting attended by Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser at the St....
View ArticleApplications being accepted for youth lottery deer hunt
Press releaseThe Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is accepting applications for youth lottery deer hunts on five LDWF Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) during the 2017-18 hunting...
View ArticleNew dove hunting regulations for 2017-18 hunting season
Press releaseAug. 10, 2017 – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is reminding dove hunters that a new regulation governing the type of shot dove hunters may use on LDWF Wildlife...
View ArticleLower Atchafalaya sprints September 9th
Press releasePatterson – Breaking with the Tour du Teche tradition of mostly looong kayak and canoe races, the Lower Atchafalaya River Sprint on Saturday, Sept. 9, will be a set of six-mile races with...
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