Chief Lartigue reports threats to Ville Platte High School and the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Courts Office in two separate incidents.
An emergency notification rang out on smart phones in the Ville Platte area at 8:43 p.m. Sunday, December 9, about a red Dodge Ram 1500 truck.
Tuesday’s meeting of the Ville Platte City Council was the last meeting for two councilmen before they go into retirement after decades of public service to the city.
With 63.40 percent of the vote, incumbent Brent Zackery was re-elected chief of police in Mamou over challenger Charles Perdices in the runoff election held Saturday, December 8.
On Tuesday, an Evangeline Parish grand jury issued true bills against two individuals who were accused of committing sex crimes.
Print newspapers are still the primary way that tens of millions of Americans receive information about their communities and the world. They are also the way that many people find out about job opportunities. While we assume that everyone has an internet connection, the fact is that many areas of the country have limited or no internet service. According to the Federal Communications Commission, nearly 40 percent of Americans living in rural areas lack access to fixed broadband internet. Without their local newspapers providing the information and job listings they need, they would be at an extreme disadvantage.
Bunkie Councilman At Large Greg Prudhomme described Ville Platte Gazette Publisher Garland Forman as a man who “has always been available and willing to help” as he honored Forman with Bunkie Rotar
A Ville Platte resident perished in a fatal crash that occurred in the late hours of Thursday, November 29.
Just days after a United States Senator from Louisiana announced he will not seek the office of governor against Democrat incumbent John Bel Edwards, a congressional delegate from the Bayou State o
Another year and another Gazette Football Contest gone by.