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Statues of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary proceed ahead of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament as a foot procession is held from St. Leo the Great Catholic Church to the boat landing on the Bayou Teche in Leonville as part of the Fête-Dieu du Teche Eucharistic Boat Procession on Saturday, August 15. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Statues of St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary proceed ahead of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament as a foot procession is held from St. Leo the Great Catholic Church to the boat landing on the Bayou Teche in Leonville as part of the Fête-Dieu du Teche Eucharistic Boat Procession on Saturday, August 15. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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French Mass with Bishop Deshotel begins Fête-Dieu du Teche

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Thursday, August 20, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor LEONVILLE - Twenty-one years before the American Declaration of Independence was signed, peasant farmers were exiled from their native Acadia. Many of them eventually settled in Spanish territory that later became modern-day Louisiana.
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Thursday, August 20, 2026
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Louisiana begins overhaul of $4 billion school funding formula

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Thursday, August 20, 2026
By: NOLAN MCKENDRY The Center Square (The Center Square) – Louisiana officials began a potentially sweeping rewrite of the state's public school funding formula last Thursday, with members of a new task force signaling that teacher pay, declining enrollment and vast differences in local tax bases...
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Fall Women’s Fishing 101 Workshop application period is open

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Thursday, August 20, 2026
By: RENE LEBRETON LDWF The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) and the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Foundation (LAWFF) are teaming up to present two fall Women’s Fishing 101 Workshops.
Louisiana Tournoi Queen Taylyn Isabella Lacombe

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Lacombe: “The friendships and memories I have made are ones I will carry with me.”

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Monday, August 17, 2026
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor “Being crowned Miss Louisiana Tournoi 77 has given me so many opportunities to volunteer, meet incredible people, and become more involved in my local community,” admits outgoing Queen Taylyn Isabella Lacombe.
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Vidrine: “I have learned that it takes a lot of courage and confidence.”

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Monday, August 17, 2026
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Teen Tournoi Queen Ann-Kathryn Vidrine shares, “Being crowned as the 2025 Teen Miss Tournoi queen has given me so many friendships, I got to experience so many different festivals, and has made me really see what Louisiana has to offer.
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Mamou council hears “very good” audit report

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Monday, August 17, 2026
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Burton Kolder, during the August 12, meeting of the Mamou Town Council, presented a clean audit report and noted there were no findings or compliance violations and the report had been submitted to Baton Rouge.
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