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WARD DISCUSSES IDB BOARD - Dr. William “Tojo” Ward with the Industrial Development Board (left) was the guest speaker for the August 29, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotary President Brian Ardoin. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

WARD DISCUSSES IDB BOARD - Dr. William “Tojo” Ward with the Industrial Development Board (left) was the guest speaker for the August 29, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotary President Brian Ardoin. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Ward discusses Industrial Development Board

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Dr. William “Tojo” Ward, president of the Evangeline Parish Industrial Development Board was the guest speaker for the August 29, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
Tracey Jagneaux, Ville Platte city councilman from District C, addresses members of the community during a special meeting held at the Ville Platte Civic Center on Wednesday, August 30. (Gazette photo by Nancy Duplechain)

Tracey Jagneaux, Ville Platte city councilman from District C, addresses members of the community during a special meeting held at the Ville Platte Civic Center on Wednesday, August 30. (Gazette photo by Nancy Duplechain)

Community comes together to find ways to combat crime

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By: NANCY DUPLECHAIN Staff Reporter The Ville Platte Civic Center was packed with concerned residents, community leaders, attorneys, and clergy on the evening of Wednesday, August 30.
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Committee votes to allow facial hair, stud earrings

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor The Evangeline Parish School Board’s policy committee, during a meeting held Wednesday, August 30, voted to allow male student to wear a neat, well-groomed beard that is the natural color and wear stud earrings.
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Pursuit follows shooting in East Side Subdivision

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor Shots rang out at a residence located in the East Side Subdivision, outside of Ville Platte, on the afternoon of Thursday, August 31. Sheriff Charles Guillory reported nobody was injured. After the shooting, the suspect fled the scene on a motorcycle.
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EPSB holds special meeting

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor The Evangeline Parish School Board held a special meeting on Thursday, August 31, to discuss campus safety for all schools. Most of the meeting was conducted in a closed door executive session.
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VERNA SOILEAU MARTIN

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
NAPOLEONVILLE/GRAND PRAIRIE - Funeral services for Ms. Verna Soileau Martin, 74, were held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday August 30, 2023, in the LaVille Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in the St. Peter’s Cemetery in Grand Prairie. Ms.
BIG BAD WOLF LOOKING OUT OVER MAMOU - Shown here, a close up of the Big Bad Wolf as he watches the Three Little Pigs down below. (Gazette photos by Heather Bogard)

BIG BAD WOLF LOOKING OUT OVER MAMOU - Shown here, a close up of the Big Bad Wolf as he watches the Three Little Pigs down below. (Gazette photos by Heather Bogard)

Iconic Three Little Pigs and Big Bad Wolf return to Mamou

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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor TONY MARKS Editor Local artist Lacey Manuel Vidrine recalls, “In the last year or so I’ve been very intrigued by the ‘mou-vement’ that’s taking place in Mamou.
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Body is found of missing VP teenager

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
The body of VonShonskee “Shonskee” Charles, an 18-year-old from Ville Platte, was found on Colt Avenue on Tuesday, August 29. Charles was reported missing on Monday, August 21. According to reports, he was last seen on foot. The investigation continues as to the cause of death.
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Mamou police assists in seizing devices

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Thursday, August 31, 2023
The Mamou Police Department, on July 6, was contacted by an investigator with the DuPage County AG office, of Illinois, to assist in an investigation of a Mamou resident who was suspected of interrupting multiple open court proceedings, which were being conducted over Zoom, with pornographic images...
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