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It was a busy weekend for law enforcement officers in Evangeline Parish after three separate shooting incidents occurred leaving a total of two individuals dead and one hospitalized.
Pictured here from left to right are: Back row- Silas and Aaron Fontenot, sons of Jason and Wendy Fontenot. Front row- Aubrey Vidrine, daughter of Jamie and Annie Vidrine, and Noah Vidrine, son of John Travis and Jessica Vidrine. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
Pictured here from left to right are Shonda Jack, Student Council 1st Vice President Chrystian Serie, Student Council 2nd Vice President Logan Guillory, Student Council Event Manager Keowanee Soileau, and Student Council President Kelsey Smith, and Kelly Guillory. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
The graduating seniors from Ville Platte High School were honored last Thursday evening for their academic achievements during an Awards Night Ceremony that was held at the Ville Platte Civic Cente
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Chief of Police Neal Lartigue of the Ville Platte Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating a suspect that is wanted for criminal damage to property and unauthorized en
Ville Platte native Shannon Simien salutes the flag at the veteran memorial outside the Evangeline Parish Courthouse. Simien, who has been employed as an officer at Evangeline Central School, worked his last day at the school on Wednesday because he will be deployed overseas for six month this summer to a country which he cannot name. (Gazette photo by Elizabeth West)
This past April marked one year since Ville Platte native Shannon “Shavon” Simien changed the direction of his life with his decision to enlist in the United States Airforce.
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The 2018 season saw three of the four parish baseball teams find their way to the post-season, with two of those teams advancing on to the next round in their respective class/division.
Pictured above are current Pine Prairie head coach Woody Harvey (left), former head coach Carolyn Deville (center) and current assistant coach Alycia Hebert (right). (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
An era of softball at Pine Prairie High School that began in 1990 came to an end with the recent retirement of head coach Carolyn Deville.
The NCAA has announced their bracket for the Division I softball championships and three Louisiana teams, LSU, UL-L and McNeese, will get the chance to vie for the title at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium
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Pictured here at the Ville Platte Civic Center from left to right are Ville Platte Rotary President Wayne Vidrine, Savoy Medical Center Physician Liaison and Rotarian Jackie Riche’, Dr. Francisco Cantu, Savoy Chief Nursing Officer Laurie Manuel, and Savoy Clinic Manager for the five Savoy Family Care clinics Jeff Langtston. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
New medical programs at South Louisiana Community College’s CB Coreil Campus and a family practice physician returning to Ville Platte were featured at the first two May meetings of the Ville Platt
By TONY MARKS
Not a bayou is this, but the corner of LaSalle St. and NE Railroad Avenue at about 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 10. Few cars were able to navigate the streets where youngsters, enjoying a forced school holiday, frolicked in motorboats. The 4.5 inches of rain in less than one hour was not a record, but flooded the city in a way equalled only by the 14.55 inches of rain which fell overnight here in May, 1963.
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By KELSEY SMITH
Pictured from left to right are the Evangeline Parish 4-H Senior Award winners Drew Latour, Madison Fontenot, Alyson Fontenot, Callie Pitre, Tara Fontenot, and Jamerson LeDay. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
Students from around Evangeline Parish were recognized Tuesday night for their achievements in the 4-H Club. The Award’s Night was held at the Northside Civic Center in Ville Platte.
By TONY MARKS
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