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New Tournoi royalty is crowned

The new Tournoi representatives were crowned during pageant festivities held Saturday evening August 22, at the Northside Civic Center.

Committee advances budget to full school board

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The Evangeline Parish School District, at the end of the previous fiscal year, brought in a total of $93.889 million in revenues and expended a total of $100 million across all funds. This left the district with a deficit across all funds of $6.1 million.

Repeat violations are found at local grocery deli

By: TONY MARKS Editor The Louisiana Department of Health, through its online retail food health inspections dashboard, recently released local business in the parish that were cited for violations. Violations, according to the Website, fall into two main categories, critical, and non-critical.

SpaceX announces $100 billion investment in Vermilion Parish

By: CHRIS ROSA LSN Managing Editor PECAN ISLAND – SpaceX has announced it will invest $100 billion to build its largest launch facility in Vermilion Parish, a spaceport designed to support thousands of launches annually and unlock spaceflight on an unprecedented scale.

Candidate announcement: Bellard announces his candidacy for election in District 2 of Mamou Town Council

Staff Report Darrel Bellard has announced his candidacy for election as alderman in District 2 on the Mamou Town Council. Bellard, in his announcement, said the following: “My name is Darrel Bellard. I’m from Mamou, born and raised. I am married and have two kids and two grandkids.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arrested were the following persons: •Bennett K.

Sheriff warns against thefts, scams

Over the past month, according to a press release from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office, Evangeline Parish has experienced multiple vehicle and property thefts, many occurring in broad daylight.

New water well is installed

A new municipal water well for the Point Blue-Chataignier Water System was recently installed on the Chataignier Road. Funding for the $2.

EPSB cannot discontinue excess tax distribution

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - As the Evangeline Parish School Board continues to seek cuts to get its operating budget in line, Superintendent Cheri Fontenot, during the board meeting held Wednesday, August 19, stated she, or any other member of the administration, “has made no...