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Arrests are made in connection with recent burglaries and thefts

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Monday, June 16, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reports arrests in connection with three separate incidents that resulted in burglaries and thefts. Jeremiah Jerome Allison On April 21, deputies responded to the 1700 block of France Road (in the Mamou area) in reference to a report of a burglary.
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At the Library

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Monday, June 16, 2025
Our summer reading programs are in full swing now. Here’s one more thank you to our sponsors. Your support in our efforts to keep kids excited about learning, doing, and reading during the summer is admirable and appreciated!
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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, June 16, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
LANDRY SHARES FATHER’S STORY - Author Madelaine Landry addressed the June 10, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club about her new book “Caro Giovanni” (Dear John). She is shown with Rotarian Kermit Miller (left) and Rotary President Bob Manuel (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

LANDRY SHARES FATHER’S STORY - Author Madelaine Landry addressed the June 10, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club about her new book “Caro Giovanni” (Dear John). She is shown with Rotarian Kermit Miller (left) and Rotary President Bob Manuel (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary:

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Monday, June 16, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Kermit Miller invited local author Madelaine Landry, to address the June 10, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club about her latest book.
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Minister’s Corner: A famine in the land

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Monday, June 16, 2025
By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance In the Book of Amos 8:11 (KJV) we read, “Behold the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
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Heritage Manor News: Happy Father’s Day

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Monday, June 16, 2025
(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.) Happy Father’s Day to all dads, granddads and step-dads.
100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED - Heritage Manor resident Albert Catyb celebrated his 100th birthday with a celebration on Monday, June 9. Catyb (seated) is shown with, from left, Activity Director Patricia Duplechin, son-on-law Chris Briley, daughter Gina Briley, Mable Foreman, and Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel. (Photos courtesy of Misty Parker)

100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED - Heritage Manor resident Albert Catyb celebrated his 100th birthday with a celebration on Monday, June 9. Catyb (seated) is shown with, from left, Activity Director Patricia Duplechin, son-on-law Chris Briley, daughter Gina Briley, Mable Foreman, and Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel. (Photos courtesy of Misty Parker)

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A century’s worth of memories:

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Heritage Manor resident Albert Marty Catyb celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday, June 9, 2025. He was born to immigrant parents, with his father from Syria and his mother from Czechoslovakia.
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Council votes to demolish properties

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Several blighted properties will be demolished inside the City of Ville Platte in the next few weeks.
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OMV warns of another text scam

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana State Police and the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) are alerting residents about another text message scam that has the potential to steal personal information and charge unnecessary fees.
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