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Jail Supervisor Haley Gallow (right) was recognized for achieving her State Food Safety Certification. She is pictured with City Councilman Bryant Riggs (left). (Photo courtesy of Ville Platte Police Department)

Location of new business waffles

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Monday, February 16, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - During the Ville Platte City Council meeting held Tuesday, February 10, Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams announced Waffle House will be not locating where it was initially planned.

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Chief addresses possible gun shots

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Monday, February 16, 2026

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Police Chief Patrick Hall, during the February 11, meeting of the Mamou Town Council, addressed the recent incidents of door knocking, shining lights in windows and possible gunshots fired occurring on the Northside.

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ROY CHAFFIN

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Monday, February 16, 2026

ROY CHAFFIN July 17, 1951 - February 9, 2026 Funeral services for Mr. Roy Chaffin were held at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2026, at Friendship Baptist Church, Pine Prairie. Reverends Brian Thomas, Barry Gautreaux, and Ervin Goodman and Speaker Tommy Fuselier officiated.

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At the Library

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Monday, February 16, 2026

The Evangeline Parish Library (all locations) will be closed on Monday, February 16, in observance of Presidents’ Day and on Tuesday, February 17, for Mardi Gras Day. The Library Board of Control and staff members from around the parish wish everyone a safe and memorable Mardi Gras celebration!

BENEFITS OF MOVEMENT SHARED - David Vidrine with Healthworks Rehab (center) visited the February 10, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club to talk about the many health benefits of exercising. He is shown with Rotary President Beau Wilson (left) and Rotarian Jimmy LeBlanc (right) (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Ville Platte Rotary:

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Monday, February 16, 2026

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Jimmy LeBlanc welcomed David Vidrine with Healthworks Rehab as the guest speaker for the February 10, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Vidrine shared he is co-owner of Healthworks Rehab and they have been in the same building since 2003.

EPSO Arrests

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Monday, February 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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Minister’s Corner: God’s loving mercy

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Monday, February 16, 2026

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance We read in the book of Lamentations 3:22-23 (KJV), “It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

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Heritage Manor News: Happy Mardi Gras

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Monday, February 16, 2026

(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.

Police jurors tour new parish jail at Ward 1 Industrial Park

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Members of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury, on Thursday, February 5, toured the new parish jail, which is being constructed in the Ward 1 Industrial Park. Before taking the tour, the jurors gathered for a photograph at the entrance sign to the park.

Pictured is the suspect, in a clown mask, who is wanted in connection to an armed robbery. (Photo courtesy of Ville Platte Police Department)

VPPD responds to armed robbery

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Thursday, February 12, 2026

Ville Platte Chief of Police A. Perry Thomas reports, at approximately 9:34 p.m., on Wednesday, February 4, the Dollar General, on Tate Cove Road, was robbed at gun point.

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