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EPSB selects Fontenot as superintendent

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

By a 7-5 vote, the Evangeline Parish School Board selected elementary supervisor Cherie Fontenot as the new superintendent. Full coverage will be in the Thursday, June 25, edition of the Ville Platte Gazette.

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St. Landry Man Killed in Evangeline Parish Two-Vehicle Crash

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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Ville Platte – On June 22, 2026, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I responded to a two-vehicle fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 167 near Ceeway Lane in Evangeline Parish. The crash claimed the life of 19-year-old Kyle Basco of St Landry.

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Moment found the man

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Monday, June 22, 2026

By: JOHN MARCASE Written for the LSWA Thirty years after hitting the biggest home run in college baseball history, Warren Morris is still amazed at the impact.

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Richard is charged with first degree rape

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Monday, June 22, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor Bond is set at $1 million for a suspect charged with first-degree rape, according to a press release from the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office.

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Turkey Creek council begins to abolish water rate ordinance

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Monday, June 22, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor TURKEY CREEK - During its meeting held Tuesday, June 16, the Turkey Creek Village Council approved a request from Councilman Neal King to amend an ordinance that would effectively abolish an ordinance that previously set the water rates.

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Lazard gives farewell message, announces new principals

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Monday, June 22, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - Evangeline Parish Superintendent Darwan Lazard gave his farewell message to the Evangeline Parish School Board during the board meeting held Wednesday, June 17.

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At the Library

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Monday, June 22, 2026

Visit the Evangeline Parish Library in Ville Platte for a free speech screening with Macy Dupre, SLP, from Mercy Rural Health Clinic. The screening will be held on June 22, from 9 a.m. to noon and is designed to help identify potential speech and language concerns.

EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, June 22, 2026

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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Election Day is Saturday

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Monday, June 22, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor Polls will open at 7 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, as voters across the parish will cast their ballot in the runoff elections for U.S. Senator.

Joe Horn was a fan favorite and record-breaker with the Saints from 2000-06 after joining the team as an unrestricted free agent, helping New Orleans to the NFC South title and a playoff berth in his first season. He is a 2010 Saints Hall of Fame inductee, enshrined in his first year of eligibility. (Photo courtesy of Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame)

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Nobody’s NFL path was more unique than Saints’ great Horn

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Thursday, June 18, 2026

By: SHELDON MICKLES Written for the LSWA Compared to some of his NFL peers, Joe Horn ran a decidedly different pass route to stardom.

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