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A hoot and a hoorah is held at Lakeview

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A hoot and a hoorah is held at Lakeview

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Lakeview Park and Beach, for the second year in a row, was the host site for Le Grand Hoorah. The festivities began on Saturday, September 30, and ended with a French Mass at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday with Fr. Keenan Brown, of St. Augustine Catholic Church in Basile, officiating.

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JAMES ALLEN LORMAND

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

James Allen Lormand, a man whose life was marked by courage, honor, and bravery, passed away on September 30, 2023, in Jennings. Born on December 12, 1930, in Morse, James lived a life filled with incredible achievements and deep connections with his loved ones.

Abigail Fruge, the reigning La. Swine Festival Queen, poses in her full regalia at the Music of Basile mural in old downtown.

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Swine Festival queen has strong Basile roots

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor Abigail Marie Fruge, a name not synonymous with pigs but rather with grace, intelligence, and talent, has worn the crown of the Louisiana Swine Festival Queen with honor and distinction for the past year.

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National Newspaper Week and the newspaper that never was

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

National Newspaper Week (October 1-7) compels me to acknowledge my journalistic catastrophe of fifth grade. Based on my passion for reading Nashville’s two dailies, Miss Bunch handed me the plum assignment of launching a newspaper for our class.

Ricki Lafleur (left) is pictured with Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory after receiving an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriff’s Scholarship Program. (Photo courtesy of EPSO)

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Lafleur receives scholarship

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

Sheriff Charles R. Guillory announced Ricki Lafleur, of Evangeline Parish, has been named the recipient of an academic scholarship from the Louisiana Sheriff's Scholarship Program. She resides in Mamou and plans to attend ULM and pursue psychology as a field of study.

EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

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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Early voting continues through Saturday

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

As of the close of business on Tuesday, October 3, 755 parish residents have voted in-person at the Registrar of Voters Office during the first three days of early voting. Early voting will continue until Saturday, October 7.

James Dupre is pictured as he makes his debut inside the “Sacred Circle” on stage of the Grand Ole Opry House. Dupre became the second native of Evangeline Parish to perform on the stage after Jimmy C. Newman. (Photo courtesy of Chris Hollo/ The Grand Ole Opry)

A grand ole time

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Monday, October 2, 2023

By: TONY MARKS Editor When Jimmy Rogers took the music from the Appalachian hills and married it to the Blues music of the Gulf Coast, Country music was born. Nearly a century ago, this truly American genre of music swelled in popularity in part to the creation of WSM radio in Nashville, Tenn.

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Birotte is sentenced

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Monday, October 2, 2023

The Evangeline Parish District Attorney’s Office announced, on Monday, September 18, Timothy Birotte was sentenced to 45 years at hard labor for attempted second degree murder.

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Basile native is named director of Eunice Chamber

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Monday, October 2, 2023

Kayla Heinen is the newly appointed Executive Director of the Eunice Chamber of Commerce. Heinen has lived in Eunice for the past five years. She is a graduate of Basile High School.

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