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EPSO Arrests

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Thursday, October 9, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
ERA students take a tour of Gazette

ERA students take a tour of Gazette

ERA students take a tour of Gazette

News Staff
Monday, October 6, 2025
Communications students from Evangeline Reimagine Academy, on Thursday, September 25, visited the office of the Ville Platte Gazette. The students met the staff, took a tour of the office, and had a fun time looking through the newspaper’s archives.
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Lazard is unanimously elected second vice president

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Monday, October 6, 2025
Jackson, Miss. – The National Baptist Convention of America (NBCA) International, Inc. proudly announces the unanimous election of the Reverend Darwan T. Lazard as its new second vice president during the 145th Annual Session held in Jackson, Miss.
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Tri-Parish workforce dips in August

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Monday, October 6, 2025
The Tri-Parish workforce in August dropped by 268 people or 0.4% from the August 2024 count, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The workforce count includes those employed and those looking for a job.
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SoLAcc awarded $1.36 million federal grant to boost student success

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Monday, October 6, 2025
South Louisiana Community College (SoLAcc) has secured a five-year, $1.36 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand support for continuing students through Project CARES: Connecting Acadiana Rural to Engage and Succeed.
EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, October 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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At the Library

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Monday, October 6, 2025
This week at the main library we will offer Adult Bingo on Monday at 11:30 a.m., and the prizes are really good! Please come early to get a good spot!
GOUGE SHARES DEVELOPMENT PLANS - From left are City Clerk/Treasurer and Rotarian Donald Bergeron, guest speaker Ana-Alicia Gouge, Rotary President Beau Wilson and Ville Platte Mayor and Rotarian Ryan Leday Williams. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

GOUGE SHARES DEVELOPMENT PLANS - From left are City Clerk/Treasurer and Rotarian Donald Bergeron, guest speaker Ana-Alicia Gouge, Rotary President Beau Wilson and Ville Platte Mayor and Rotarian Ryan Leday Williams. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary:

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Monday, October 6, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Donald Bergeron invited Ana-Alicia Gouge (Assistant Extension Agent, Nutrition and Community Health, Built Environment and Connectivity, Northeast Louisiana Parish Chair, Concordia Parish), as the guest speaker for the September 30, meeting of the Ville...
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