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New water rates are set in Mamou

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Monday, April 17, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor During the April 12, meeting of the Mamou Town Council, an ordinance setting new water rates for the town was approved.

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Monday opened the 2023 Louisiana legislative session, which will be primarily fiscal in nature, and will continue until June 8, 2023.

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At the Library

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Check the Facebook page of your favorite library to see what’s going on around the parish! At the main library this week: Tuesday, April 18, at 11 a.m., we will host a free Medicare 101 Class. Learn about the A, B, C, and D parts of Medicare 2023. Come early as seating is limited. Then, at 1 p.m.

ROTARIANS WELCOME FONTENOT - Eric Fontenot was the guest speaker for the April 11, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. He is shown with Rotarian Dan Poret (left) and Rotary President Larry Lachney (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Rotarians learn about school safety techniques

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Monday, April 17, 2023

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Dan Poret invited his son-in-law teacher Eric Fontenot with the Evangeline Parish School Board to address the April 11, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.

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Boggy Bayou Festival Youth Pageant is set

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Monday, April 17, 2023

Boggy Bayou Youth Pageant will be held Saturday, April 29, in the Pine Prairie High School Gym. Doors will open at 8 a.m. Pageant begins promptly at 1 p.m. Deadline to enter: April 23. Admission is $5.00 Everyone pays except the contestant. Children 4 and under are free.

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EPSO Arrest Briefings

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Friday, April 14, 2023

On March 16, 2023, Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office responded to 1071 Chataigner Rd. (Dollar General) in reference to a theft.

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EPSO APPROVED FOR LITTER ABATEMENT GRANT

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

A Litter Abatement Grant has been approved through the Lieutenant Governor's Office, Billy Nungesser, for the EPSO. The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office will begin conducting a Litter Abatement Program along the roadways withing the Parish.

Reverend Matthew Alfred Jr., moderator of the Eastern Seventh District Association, carries the cross as the motorcade departs from Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church, on Pine Point Road. The event, on Good Friday, culminated with meditations on the Last Seven Sayings. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Cross town motorin’

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

By: TONY MARKS Editor It is Friday and two days before Easter, and it is raining as pastors gather at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church. A discussion breaks out whether or not it was raining on that first Good Friday.

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Lafleur is sentenced for possession of child pornography

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

LAFAYETTE - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the resolution of a case in the Lafayette Division of the Western District of Louisiana. United States District Judge Robert R.

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Battered victim dies

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Thursday, April 13, 2023

Staff Report An 85-year-old victim has passed away after being beaten by her granddaughter, identified as 20-year-old Cecelia Lee.

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