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Ville Platte advocates, from left, Moenette Doucet, Erica Arvie, and Dafnee Chatman on Capitol Hill Tuesday, September 20, to urge lawmakers from both parties to invest in kids during Save the Children and Save the Children Action Network’s annual Advocacy Summit. (Photo courtesy of Save the Children)

Ville Platte advocates, from left, Moenette Doucet, Erica Arvie, and Dafnee Chatman on Capitol Hill Tuesday, September 20, to urge lawmakers from both parties to invest in kids during Save the Children and Save the Children Action Network’s annual Advocacy Summit. (Photo courtesy of Save the Children)

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Ville Platte advocates head to D.C. to urge lawmakers to invest In kids

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
(Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by Jeremy Soulliere, senior advisor, U.S. News and Communications for Save the Children.) Several Ville Platte residents travelled to Washington, D.C.
PPHS RECEIVES ASVAB AWARD - Pine Prairie High School received a platinum rating from ASVAB for the school’s 15 years of participation in and support of the ASVAB Career Exploration Program. Shown, from left, are Superintendent Darwan Lazard, Principal Toby Doucet, School Board President Wayne Dardeau and Assistant Superintendent Mike Lombas. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

PPHS RECEIVES ASVAB AWARD - Pine Prairie High School received a platinum rating from ASVAB for the school’s 15 years of participation in and support of the ASVAB Career Exploration Program. Shown, from left, are Superintendent Darwan Lazard, Principal Toby Doucet, School Board President Wayne Dardeau and Assistant Superintendent Mike Lombas. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Clarification is given on EPSB’s retention and recruitment plan

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor With some confusion as to what constitutes retention and recruitment pay among employees, Assistant Superintendent Mike Lombas clarified the distinction to board members during the Evangeline Parish School Board meeting held September 21.
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More fentanyl is taken off the streets

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Staff Report The Evangeline Parish Sheriff Department Narcotics Unit, on Friday, September 16, executed a search warrant on a residence located at 1011 Jefferey Street. Agents entered the residence and conducted a search and located illegal narcotics.
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La. Cotton Festival hosts cook-off

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Staff Report The Louisiana Cotton Festival Association has planned a new event that it hopes the public will be excited about as well. “We will hold our First-Annual Black Pot Cook-off, so enter today and show off your skills,” the Association said.
VETERANS ISSUES ADDRESSED - Anita Sugimura, was the guest speaker during the September 20, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotary President Larry Lachney, left, and Rotarian Nicole Wenger, right. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

VETERANS ISSUES ADDRESSED - Anita Sugimura, was the guest speaker during the September 20, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotary President Larry Lachney, left, and Rotarian Nicole Wenger, right. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary: Sugimura discusses inspiration for veteran documentary

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Nicole Wenger welcomed Anita Sugimura as the guest speaker for the September 20, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Sugimura created an award-winning documentary, Battlefield: Home Breaking the Silence.
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EPSO Arrests

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: • Anthony Jake Lebleu, 23, Ville Platte, was arrested September 20, 2022, by the Ville Platte City Marshal’s Office for criminal trespass.
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Threats of violence are investigated at MHS

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Monday, September 26, 2022
On September 26, 2022 at approximately 11:50am the Mamou Police Department was contacted by the Mamou High School in reference to a written threat of violence toward the school.

Two Drivers Killed in St. Landry Parish Head-On Crash

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Saturday, September 24, 2022
St. Landry Parish – Shortly before 10:30 p.m. on September 23, 2022 Louisiana State Police Troop I was notified of a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 49 near mile post 21 (two miles north of US 190) in St. Landry Parish. The crash claimed the life of 75-year-old Landry C. Fontenot, Jr.
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Escaped inmate is captured

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Friday, September 23, 2022
Staff Report The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported an escaped inmate from the prison in Pine Prairie has been apprehended.
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EPSO searches for escapee from Pine Prairie prison

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST TO ALL RECEIVING, ESCAPEE FROM PINE PRAIRIE DETENTION CENTER WE ARE WORKING AN ACTIVE ESCAPEE CASE FROM PINE PRAIRIE DETENTION CENTER AT THIS TIME. HE IS OF RUSSIAN DECENT AND IS 5'9 175LBS WHITE MALE WITH A LIGHT BEARD. PLEASE DO NOT APPROACH IF LOCATED.
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