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Inmate escapes

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Monday, September 14, 2026
Ville Platte Police Chief A. Perry Thomas reports 37-year-old Costandzer Arvie, of Ville Platte, escaped from an Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Deputy’s custody while being transported to the Ville Platte City Jail on September 9.
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EPSD budgets are approved

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Monday, September 14, 2026
By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter The financial condition of the Evangeline Parish School District was a major topic during the Evangeline Parish School Board’s September 9 meeting, as board members approved a revised 2025/2026 budget and discussed the challenges facing the district’s finances.
PITRE SHARES WORK JOURNEY - Shawn Pitre (center) shared his 31-year career with Doug Ashy Building Materials in Ville Platte during the September 8, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotarian Clem LaFleur (left) and Rotary President Dr. Kirk Soileau (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

PITRE SHARES WORK JOURNEY - Shawn Pitre (center) shared his 31-year career with Doug Ashy Building Materials in Ville Platte during the September 8, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotarian Clem LaFleur (left) and Rotary President Dr. Kirk Soileau (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Pitre enjoys long career with Doug Ashy

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Monday, September 14, 2026
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Clem LaFleur welcomed Shawn Pitre, store manager at Doug Ashy Building Materials in Ville Platte, as the guest speaker for the September 8, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
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At the Library

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Monday, September 14, 2026
Evangeline Parish Library’s Main Branch has a full week of free programs and activities for the community!
A fiery scene of the World Trade Center building on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, before it collapsed. (Bottom left photo) A view of the Pentagon as flames rolled across the skyline.

A fiery scene of the World Trade Center building on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, before it collapsed. (Bottom left photo) A view of the Pentagon as flames rolled across the skyline.

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We remember

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Thursday, September 10, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor United Airlines Flight 93 departed Newark, N.J., for San Francisco, Calif., at 8:01 a.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2001, with 45 people on board. One of the passengers was Todd Beamer, a native of Flint, Mich.
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Business owner accuses city council of discrimination

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Thursday, September 10, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Elvis Broussard, a business owner in Ville Platte, accused the city of discrimination over a city ordinance pertaining to the Historic District, during the city council meeting held Tuesday, September 8.
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Former MPD officer is arrested for rape

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Thursday, September 10, 2026
In early August of 2026, detectives with the Allen Parish Sheriff’s Office received a criminal complaint alleging that Christopher Paul, 48, of Elizabeth, sexually assaulted two female juveniles when they were approximately 13 years old.
[L-R]: LSU President Wade Rousse, Mike the Tiger, Paul Coreil, Arlene Coreil. (Photo by LSU Athletics)

[L-R]: LSU President Wade Rousse, Mike the Tiger, Paul Coreil, Arlene Coreil. (Photo by LSU Athletics)

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LSU honors Paul Coreil as Chancellor Emeritus

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Thursday, September 10, 2026
By: ADAM LORD LSUA Division of Strategic Communications ALEXANDRIA - Tiger Stadium had no shortage of star power Saturday night.
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Turkey Creek among Louisiana towns leading nation in reliance on fines, forfeitures

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Thursday, September 10, 2026
By: NOLAN MCKENDRY The Center Square (The Center Square) — Louisiana municipalities dominate a new national ranking of local governments that rely heavily on fines and forfeitures, with seven of the 10 most dependent cities in the country located in the state.
SAME LOCATION - DIFFERENT NAME - The Basile Exxon and Deli (originally the Pan-Am Station, then Esso Station, and then Exxon Station) is now Maybrier’s Bayou Bearcat and serves Chevron gas. (LSN photo by Darrel LeJeune)

SAME LOCATION - DIFFERENT NAME - The Basile Exxon and Deli (originally the Pan-Am Station, then Esso Station, and then Exxon Station) is now Maybrier’s Bayou Bearcat and serves Chevron gas. (LSN photo by Darrel LeJeune)

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Old names die hard

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Thursday, September 10, 2026
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor The recent ownership change of Basile's longtime Exxon station and convenience store has done more than bring a new fuel brand to town.
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