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EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

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Monday, March 16, 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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SoLAcc reports impact

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Monday, March 16, 2026
South Louisiana Community College (SoLAcc) contributes nearly $295 million in annual economic impact to the Acadiana region, supporting more than 4,000 jobs and accounting for nearly 1% of the region’s total economy, according to a new independent Economic Impact Study conducted by Lightcast.
Members of the Mamou coaching staff and cheerleading squad, as well as other member of the Mamou community, celebrate after the Mamou Green Demons advanced to the state semifinals. With the win, the team moved on to play Marksville on Wednesday, March 11, at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Members of the Mamou coaching staff and cheerleading squad, as well as other member of the Mamou community, celebrate after the Mamou Green Demons advanced to the state semifinals. With the win, the team moved on to play Marksville on Wednesday, March 11, at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Stately living

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor LIVINGSTON - On March 6, 1836, a small fortress on the Brazos River known as The Alamo fell to Mexican forces after a 13-day siege.
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Lemelle

JSM principal passes away

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor Fran Monique Lemelle, the principal of James Stephens Montessori since 2023, passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, March 9. Funeral services for Lemelle, 51, will be held on Saturday, March 14, at 11 a.m., with the visitation beginning at 9 a.m.
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Inmate is back in custody

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas reported Marlon H. Williams has been captured by Ville Platte Police in cooperation with the Ville Platte City Marshal’s Office. Williams escaped from the city jail on March 7, at 7:10 p.m., due to an unsecured door to the recreation yard.
Members of the Ville Platte Fire Department work to finish as they extinguish a commercial structure fire on Friday, March 6. (Gazette photo by Nancy Duplechain)

Members of the Ville Platte Fire Department work to finish as they extinguish a commercial structure fire on Friday, March 6. (Gazette photo by Nancy Duplechain)

VPPD responds to structure fire

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
The Ville Platte Fire Department, on Friday, March 6, was dispatched to the 100 block of NW Railroad Ave, for a commercial structure fire. Upon arrival, responders found a commercial building with heavy fire conditions exiting the front of the middle section of the building.
From left are (standing) Turkey Creek Mayor Bert Campbell, Evangeline Parish School Board member Karen Vidrine, Evangeline Parish Secretary-Treasurer Dirk Deville, Mamou Mayor Leisa Deshotel, Pine Prairie Mayor Quint West, Basile Mayor Mark Denette, and Chataignier Mayor Justin Darbonne; (sitting) Ville Platte Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory, incoming administrator Cody Jones, outgoing administrator Marty Morein, and Evangeline Solid Waste Commission Executive Director

From left are (standing) Turkey Creek Mayor Bert Campbell, Evangeline Parish School Board member Karen Vidrine, Evangeline Parish Secretary-Treasurer Dirk Deville, Mamou Mayor Leisa Deshotel, Pine Prairie Mayor Quint West, Basile Mayor Mark Denette, and Chataignier Mayor Justin Darbonne; (sitting) Ville Platte Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory, incoming administrator Cody Jones, outgoing administrator Marty Morein, and Evangeline Solid Waste Commission Executive Director

Jones is tabbed as new sales tax administrator

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
By: TONY MARKS Editor Cody Jones, a graduate of Ville Platte High School, has been named the new administrator of the Evangeline Parish Sales Tax Commission. He replaces the retiring Marty Morein.
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Curran

MARY IDA FONTENOT CURRAN

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
Mary Ida Fontenot Curran, who was born on Friday, August 25, 1939, passed away in Mamou, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at the age of 86. Visitation was held on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Ardoin Funeral Home, in Mamou, beginning at 10:30 a.m. until time of service at 2 p.m.
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LDWF agents cite two subjects for shooting a whooping crane

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Thursday, March 12, 2026
By: ADAM EINCK LDWF Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents cited two subjects on March 3 for the illegal shooting of a whooping crane in Evangeline Parish. Agents cited Logan Q. Thrasher, 36, of St.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

News Staff
Thursday, March 12, 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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