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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: •Douglas James Langlinais, 22, was arrested August 31, 2026, for theft of a motor vehicle.

Basile veteran serving on Eunice Police Force

By: REBECCA CHAISSON LSN Editor Twenty years ago, the explosions lighting up Jeremy Ivory's night sky weren't Independence Day fireworks, and the Basile native wasn't celebrating freedom - the 25-year-old national guardsman was in Baghdad, fighting for it.

Naquin to be honored at Mamou Cajun Music Festival

The Mamou Cajun Music Festival announces its honoree for the 53rd annual festival is Kevin Naquin. Naquin is a highly celebrated, award-winning Cajun accordion player, singer, and public servant from south Louisiana.

Minister’s Corner: In everything give thanks

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance We read in Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV), “In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” We live in a very materialistic world.

Heritage Manor News: Symptoms of gallstones

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.) Gallstones are hardened pieces of bile that form in the gallbladder, a small organ below the liver.

Football season begins with opening kick of jamboree

The Evangeline Parish Jamboree was held on Friday, August 28, at Pine Prairie High School.

Cotton Festival announces royalty, band lineup

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The royalty and band lineup for the 72nd Louisiana Cotton Festival has been announced. This year’s festival will be held from Wednesday, October 7, through Sunday, October 11, at the Ville Platte/ Evangeline Parish Recreational Complex, on Lithcote Road.

Stabbing suspect is arrested

Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas reports 24-year-old Jauwan L. Bellard, of Ville Platte, was arrested on Monday, August 31, and charged with second degree attempted murder.

Election dates are set

For the Tuesday, November 3, election, the deadline to register to vote in person, by mail, or at an OMV Office is October 5. The deadline to register to vote through the GeauxVote Online Registration System is October 13.

Sheriff’s office launches litter abatement project

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office announces the successful launch of its Litter Abatement Project, an ongoing initiative aimed at improving roadway safety, community pride, and environmental stewardship throughout the parish.