The best of 2021

Recurring story lines dominate top news events from previous year
  • Marie Toustou, a native of the South of France, is pictured as she tries to collect one of the seven rings during the Tournoi qualifying held Sunday, September 26, at the Industrial Park in Ville Platte. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
    Marie Toustou, a native of the South of France, is pictured as she tries to collect one of the seven rings during the Tournoi qualifying held Sunday, September 26, at the Industrial Park in Ville Platte. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
Between industrial tax exemption programs and a one-cent sales tax, recurring story lines dominated local news in 2021. There was also a story line that continued from an incident in 2018 where a body found in a Point Blue barn was identified. With all of these recurring events, one question arose. Which one would make the top story of the year? To answer this question, the staff of the Ville…

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