News

Adjustments are made to school calendar

By: TONY MARKS Editor At last week’s special meeting of the Evangeline Parish School Board, a school calendar, which was prepared by Christina Lejeune and other school personnel, was adopted. Since then, the numbers were reviewed and several revisions were suggested.

DAVE J. LABORDE JR.

DAVE J. LABORDE JR. August 25, 1945 - June 20, 2023 VILLE PLATTE – A Funeral of Christian Burial for Dave J. Laborde Jr., 77, was held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at the Turkey Creek Church of Christ. Burial followed in the Turkey Creek Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Roberts officiated.

At the Library

Get ready this week for another awesome experience with an incredible, high energy, female drummer – LADYCHOPS, aka Elizabeth Vidos, who performed in New York for the Broadway production of STOMP for 10 years! We were only able to get her for two days, so, please, note the following.

Arrest is made for home invasion

On June 7, deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the 400 Blk. of Sandy St. in reference to a disturbance taking place.

EPSO Arrests

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Heritage Manor News: Substance abuse

(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.

Minister’s Corner: Reflections on life

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 (KJV), “To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven, a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted...

Letter to the Editor

On behalf of Brittany Guillory Fontenot, the Malveaux family would like to thank KLFY TV-10 for helping us get this alleged suicide message out to the community. The family of Brittany Guillory Fontenot continues to seek answers for the alleged suicide that occurred on April 13, 2023.

GWENDOLYN JUANITA TATMAN BURCHAM

GWENDOLYN JUANITA TATMAN BURCHAM March 21, 1939 - June 16, 2023 Gwendolyn Juanita Tatman Burcham, 84, passed peacefully in her sleep on June 16, 2023, in Tampa, Florida. She was laid to rest on June 22, 2023, in the Lutz Cemetery in Lutz, Florida, next to her husband.

Dodgers celebrate hate

The Los Angeles Dodgers are one of the most storied franchises in Major League Baseball (MLB), having won a total of seven World Series titles and twenty-four National League pennants since their founding in Brooklyn. The team is valued at $4.8 billion, second only to the New York Yankees in MLB.