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Evangeline Parish School Board Superintendent Darwan Lazard introduced the new administrative team at Ville Platte High School for the 2024-2025 school year during the Rotary Club on August 6. Shown, from left, are Assistant Superintendent Mike Lombas Lazard, Assistant Principal Carmen Faul, Principal Shelsy Williams, administrative assistants Jamell White, Administrative Assistant and Coach Christopher Bland and Rotary President Bob Manuel. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Lazard gives update on start of new school year, welcomes French Immersion teachers

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Monday, August 12, 2024

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Evangeline Parish School Board Superintendent and Rotarian Darwan Lazard presented the program for the August 6, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Lazard gave an update on the start of the 2024-2025 school year, which began Thursday, August 8.

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Decline in parish sales taxes is addressed

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Monday, August 12, 2024

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor During the August 5, meeting of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury, Secretary-Treasurer Dirk Deville briefly discussed the decline in parish sales tax collections. Deville noted collections decreased from $12,139,000 in 2023 to $11,242,000 in 2024.

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Bids are accepted amid verbal exchanges

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Monday, August 12, 2024

By: TONY MARKS Editor A withdrawn motion over the allocation of school safety funds ignited a verbal exchange between Evangeline Parish School Board Vice President Sheila Joseph and board member Wanda Skinner.

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Possible brownfield sites in Ville Platte are explored

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Monday, August 12, 2024

By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, several City Council members, and Fire Chief Chris Soileau met with representatives from the Acadiana Planning Commission (APC) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on Wednesday, August 8.

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At the Library

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Monday, August 12, 2024

We’d like to thank the Ville Platte Gazette and author Darrell Lejeune for the wonderful coverage of the groundbreaking event of our new Basile Branch library. It was magical, and the groundwork by Pat Williams Construction has begun!

EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, August 12, 2024

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: • Norman D.

Le Grand Horrah announces 2024 event and music lineup

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Monday, August 12, 2024

Le Grand Hoorah, a production of Prairie Heritage Inc., a 501 © 3 non-profit, returns to Lakeview Park in Evangeline Parish near Eunice, from Friday, September 27, til Saturday, September 28, 2024.

Tony Bertrand takes back his seat in the principal’s office at Basile High School. (LSN photo by Darrel LeJeune)

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Return of the man

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Monday, August 12, 2024

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor Anthony “Coach Tony” Bertrand, a seasoned educator with 30 years of experience, has returned to his former post as principal of Basile High School. Bertrand, who was named assistant principal at the start of the 2023-2024 school session alongside John E.

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Ville Platte mayor issues statement on crime in city

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Friday, August 9, 2024

To the Citizens of Ville Platte, The safety and well-being of our community are of paramount importance, and recent incidents of criminal activity within our city have brought these concerns to the forefront.

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Ortego is killed in hit-and-run crash

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Friday, August 9, 2024

Crowley– On August 9, 2024, shortly after 12:00 a.m., Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian near the intersection of Jasmine Road and Interstate 10 Service Road in Acadia Parish.

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