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Local and parish library board members and employees, pastors, community leaders, library patrons, and Miss Basile royalty along with contractors who built the new Basile library branch building are gathered around Faye Langley, local representative on the Evangeline Library Board of Control, as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the library’s grand opening.

Local and parish library board members and employees, pastors, community leaders, library patrons, and Miss Basile royalty along with contractors who built the new Basile library branch building are gathered around Faye Langley, local representative on the Evangeline Library Board of Control, as she cuts the ceremonial ribbon at the library’s grand opening.

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Basile writes new story with new library opening

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor A new chapter officially began for the people of Basile on Thursday morning, June 5, as the Evangeline Parish Library system hosted the grand opening ceremony for its brand-new Basile branch building, located at 3222 Stagg Avenue.
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Naquin

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RICKY RAY NACQUIN

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
MAMOU - Ricky Ray Nacquin, a cherished father, grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at the age of 63. Funeral services were held on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Mamou at 3 p.m. Burial followed at Reed Cemetery.
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Roberie

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JEANETTE MANUEL ROBERIE

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
On Saturday, June 7, 2025, Heaven gained another angel as Jeanette Manuel Roberie passed into eternity and into the loving arms of Jesus. The pain of her loss is lessened by knowing that she is now in the presence of our Heavenly Father.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Thursday, June 12, 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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Bill is sponsored to expand Medicare

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
By: ANNA PULEO LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE--A proposal to expand Louisiana’s Medicaid coverage for mental health to include partial hospitalization services is moving forward in the Legislature, but only after lawmakers removed a key component to cut costs.
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State senate approves revised budget

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
By: ANNA PULEO LSU Manship School News Service With the end of the legislative session approaching, the Louisiana Senate approved a revised state budget Monday, adding at least $1.2 billion that was not in the House version of the bill. The money would come from the $3.
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Crouere

ABC: Amazingly Biased Correspondents

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
Thankfully, in recent years, Americans have been leaving the three legacy broadcast networks, ABC, CBS, and NBC, and finding their news on other outlets.
Pictured (L to R): Thomas Falgout, SoLAcc’s Development & Annual Giving Manager; Wayne Bordelon, Cabot Facilities General Manager; Lana Fontenot, SoLAcc’s Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Foundation for SoLAcc; Carleen Sylvester, SoLAcc’s Ville Platte Campus Director.

Pictured (L to R): Thomas Falgout, SoLAcc’s Development & Annual Giving Manager; Wayne Bordelon, Cabot Facilities General Manager; Lana Fontenot, SoLAcc’s Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director of the Foundation for SoLAcc; Carleen Sylvester, SoLAcc’s Ville Platte Campus Director.

Cabot Corporate Foundation invests in SoLAcc’s Ville Platte campus with $30,000 scholarship grant

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Thursday, June 12, 2025
South Louisiana Community College (SoLAcc) celebrated a $30,000 investment from the Cabot Corporate Foundation to support scholarships for students in Evangeline Parish during a check presentation held on Wednesday, May 14, at its Ville Platte Campus.
STREET PROJECT TO BEGIN IN MAMOU - A street overlay project will soon begin in Mamou to repair four target areas. The project is expected to take 90 days, weather permitting. (Photo courtesy of Leisa Deshotel)

STREET PROJECT TO BEGIN IN MAMOU - A street overlay project will soon begin in Mamou to repair four target areas. The project is expected to take 90 days, weather permitting. (Photo courtesy of Leisa Deshotel)

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Mamou street overlay project set to begin

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Monday, June 9, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Mamou Mayor Leisa Deshotel and Angie Mire with Aucoin and Associates in Eunice, have announced the commencement of a street overlay project in the Town of Mamou.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named pope on May 8. He took the name Leo XIV and shares famliy ties to the local Lemelle family. (Photo courtesy of Pope Leo XIV on X)

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named pope on May 8. He took the name Leo XIV and shares famliy ties to the local Lemelle family. (Photo courtesy of Pope Leo XIV on X)

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Pope Creole

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Monday, June 9, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, on May 8, was elected as pope to succeed the late Pope Francis. It was a historic announcement because the new pontiff, who took the name Leo XIV, is the first American to sit on the seat of St. Peter.
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