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EPSO looks for missing juvenile

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
THE EVANGELINE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE IN LOCATING A MISSING JUVENILE. AMYA LIRISA MOTHERSPAU IS A 15 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE AND LEFT HER RESIDENCE ON FOOT FROM 2801 B NAQUIN RD IN THE REDDELL COMMUNITY NORTH OF MAMOU ON JULY 24, 2023 AT ABOUT 7:30PM.
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Inmate is captured

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Monday, July 24, 2023
Sheriff Charles R. Guillory is reporting the capture of escaped inmate Wille Price. Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department Deputies on July 24, 2023 learned of a location in Opelousas that the escaped inmate was hiding with a female acquaintance .
Auguste Louis Jeansonne (left) is pictured with one of his young family members. He was a Confederate soldier who had at least 23 children and over 100 grandchildren. He was also a sharecropper who passed away 100 years ago and is buried on the property he farmed in L’Anse Aux Pailles. (Photo courtesy of Carissa Morgan)

Auguste Louis Jeansonne (left) is pictured with one of his young family members. He was a Confederate soldier who had at least 23 children and over 100 grandchildren. He was also a sharecropper who passed away 100 years ago and is buried on the property he farmed in L’Anse Aux Pailles. (Photo courtesy of Carissa Morgan)

Secrets in the beans

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Monday, July 24, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor Auguste Louis Jeansonne, who survived being a prisoner of war during the bloodiest conflict in American history, climbed up on his roof to fix a leak just four days shy of turning 112 years old. As he was fixing the leak, he fell off his roof and broke his hip.
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Turkey Creek looks to use lasers to slow speeders

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Monday, July 24, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor Russell Sarpey, owner of Emergent Enforcement Solutions, addressed the Turkey Creek Village Council, during its meeting held Tuesday, July 18, about possibly using automated license plate readers as a way to slow speeders. “The technology makes officers safe,” Sarpey said.
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At the Library

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Monday, July 24, 2023
This week is our last summer reading program and also our wrap up event for readers around the parish. Attendees will be treated to a fun and informative program that will be presented by the Evangeline Soil and Water Conservation District outreach employee, Chauntel Eaves.
MOREIN GIVE UPDATE ON TAX COMMISSION - Marty Morein with the Evangeline Parish Tax Commission (center) gave an update during the July 18, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotarian Brent Coreil (left) and Rotary President Brian Ardoin (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

MOREIN GIVE UPDATE ON TAX COMMISSION - Marty Morein with the Evangeline Parish Tax Commission (center) gave an update during the July 18, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotarian Brent Coreil (left) and Rotary President Brian Ardoin (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Members hear update from EP Tax Commission

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Monday, July 24, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Brent Coreil welcomed Marty Morein, administrator of the Evangeline Parish Sales Tax Commission, as the guest speaker for the July 18, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, July 24, 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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