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Injection well is proposed for Oakdale landfill

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor OBERLIN - Following reports of leachate from a landfill outside of Oakdale running off into Cypress Creek, a public hearing is set regarding a Class I Nonhazardous Waste Disposal Well.
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Choice to fund SNAP for November sets La. apart from other Republican states

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
By: COURTNEY BELL AND AVERY WHITE LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana is one of the few politically red states — and the only one in the Deep South — stepping up to fund SNAP benefits amid a federal suspension of food assistance payments.
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Thursday, November 6, 2025
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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Mamou Elementary names honor students for first nine-weeks

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Mamou Elementary School recently announced its honor students for the first nine weeks grading period as follows: Pre-K: Perfect Attendance - Hudson Anderson, Greyson Fontenot, Lillian Lafleur, Charlee Lavergne and Reid Ortego.
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Vidrine Elementary announces honor students for first nine-weeks

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Vidrine Elementary School recently announced its honor students for the first nine weeks grading period as follows: First Grade: Superintendent’s List - Dalilah Allo, Griffin Bertrand, Lillian Demoruelle, Anthony Gallow, Sebastian Johnson, Peyton Mayeux, Brantley Thibodeaux, Kai’Dence Thompson and...
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Ville Platte Elementary presents honor students for first nine-weeks

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Ville Platte Elementary School recently announced its honor students for the first nine weeks grading period as follows: First Grade: Superintendent’s List - Grace Andrus, Kaleah Ardoin, Jeremiah Bartie, Kaylon Campbell, Elizabeth Duplechian, Janayla Fontenot, Davonte Frank Jr., Jermany Gallow,...
Robert LeJeune, a Duralde pilot and volunteer from the northern part of the Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District, helps to control the pasture fire in the South Tepetate area, the southernmost portion of the district. (Photo by Darren Redlich)

Robert LeJeune, a Duralde pilot and volunteer from the northern part of the Acadia-Evangeline Fire Protection District, helps to control the pasture fire in the South Tepetate area, the southernmost portion of the district. (Photo by Darren Redlich)

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Of wind and will

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor TEPETATE - Fueled by wind and fought with will, a fast-moving grass fire swept through roughly 12 acres of pasture land Thursday afternoon, October 23, in the rural South Tepetate area along Mamou Prairie Road, about eight miles south of Basile.
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Committee votes to allow a uniform sweatshirts

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The policy committee of the Evangeline Parish School Board, during a meeting held Thursday, October 30, gave the green light for students in the district to wear uniform sweatshirts.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
SENIOR LIVING DISCUSSED - From left are Rotarian Brent Coreil, Eric Fruge and Landie Thompson with Chateau des Amis and Rotary President Beau Wilson. Fruge and Thompson talked about active living in a senior apartment. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

SENIOR LIVING DISCUSSED - From left are Rotarian Brent Coreil, Eric Fruge and Landie Thompson with Chateau des Amis and Rotary President Beau Wilson. Fruge and Thompson talked about active living in a senior apartment. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary:

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Tuesday, November 4, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Brent Coreil welcomed Eric Fruge (community manager)and Landie Thompson (Services Coordinator) with Chateau des Amis, as the guest speakers for the October 28, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
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