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PPHS GRADUATE SHARES FUTURE PLANS - During the May 27. meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club, Grace Holsomback, a 2025 graduate of Pine Prairie High School, discussed her hobbies and future plans with the club. Shown, from left, are Rotarian Jimmy LeBlanc, Grace Holsomback, Grace’s mother Lori Holsomback and Rotary President Bob Manuel. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

PPHS GRADUATE SHARES FUTURE PLANS - During the May 27. meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club, Grace Holsomback, a 2025 graduate of Pine Prairie High School, discussed her hobbies and future plans with the club. Shown, from left, are Rotarian Jimmy LeBlanc, Grace Holsomback, Grace’s mother Lori Holsomback and Rotary President Bob Manuel. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Holsomback shares future goals as she prepares for conventions

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Monday, June 2, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Jimmy LeBlanc invited recent Pine Prairie High School graduate Grace Holsomback to share her future plans during the May 27, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
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At the Library

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Monday, June 2, 2025
The Grand Opening of the new Evangeline Parish Basile Branch Library is Thursday, June 5, at 9 a.m. We will cut the ribbon and kick off the Summer Reading season on the same morning!
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McNeese names President’s Honor List, honor roll for spring semester

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Monday, June 2, 2025
LAKE CHARLES - The President’s Honor List for the spring 2025 semester at McNeese State University has been announced. To be on the President’s Honor List, an undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.5 GPA or better while carrying at least 15 semester hours.
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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, June 2, 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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Murder charge is punted because of judicial conflict

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Ray Charles Fontenot, the person suspected in connection with the murder of his wife, Brittney, was scheduled for a bond hearing on Tuesday, May 27.
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City of VP declares ‘Waven Boone Day’

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams and the City of Ville Platte announced the observance of “Waven Boone Day” in the city.
Memorial Day is observed at courthouse

Memorial Day is observed at courthouse

Memorial Day is observed at courthouse

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
On Monday, May 26, Memorial Day was once again observed at the Evangeline Parish Courthouse. The event was led by J.D. Soileau, president of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 632. Deacon Ben Soileau, a retired United States Air Force general, led the invocation and the benediction.
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Pine Prairie Energy Center taps enormous energy resource

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
Eunice native and petroleum engineer Andre Aguillard is working at the Pine Prairie Energy Center where natural gas formed over millions of years is mined from a salt dome. The Williams Company site is an underground storage facility for gas. “They do all these processes. They drill for it.
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EPSO Arrests

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Thursday, May 29, 2025
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Arrested were the following persons: • Kevin T.
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