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Council waives license for food bank

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Monday, March 23, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor TURKEY CREEK - The Turkey Creek Village Council, during its meeting held Tuesday, March 17, voted to approve Mayor Bert Campbell’s recommendation to waive the peddlers license for Second Harvest Food Bank.

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Louisiana voter rolls cleaned as verification debate heats up in D.C.

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Monday, March 23, 2026

By: IZZY WOLLFARTH LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry said a federal data program that verifies citizenship status uncovered the 403 noncitizens registered to vote in Louisiana out of a total voting pool of 2.

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At the Library

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Monday, March 23, 2026

We will kick off the week of March 23 on Monday with another fun Chair Exercise session at 10:30 a.m., so be sure to arrive early to grab a seat! Later that day, join us for a fun-filled afternoon celebrating Easter by designing your very own colorful Easter egg.

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, March 23, 2026

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

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Minister’s Corner: Not optional

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Monday, March 23, 2026

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance I dare say, with a degree of certainty, that all of us have been hurt by someone at some time in our lives. The hurt may have been intentional or non-intentional, but the pain it caused may still endure.

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Heritage Manor News: Early signs of dementia

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Monday, March 23, 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.

The LJHSAA state champion Bayou Chicot Elementary team is pictured. Team members are Reese Zanca, Laikyn Mire, Layken Fontenot, Avery Kraemer, Emily Fontenot, Callie Johnson, Adalynn Dutton, Adalynn Fontenot, Finley Doucet, Nadia Fontenot, Melia George, Blaiklee Mire, and Mica Fontenot. Head coach is Chuncey Fontenot. (Photo courtesy of Chuncey Fontenot)

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Making a statement: Bayou Chicot Elementary goes undefeated in tournament to win state title

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor Champions again reside in Bayou Chicot. The Bayou Chicot Elementary softball team went undefeated in all four games of the state tournament to claim another Louisiana Junior High School Athletic Association state championship.

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Suspect is arrested for burglary of a camp

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

By: TONY MARKS Editor The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office announced an arrest in connection with a break-in at a camp on Molitor Road. According to a press release from the sheriff’s office, the incident happened on February 21.

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Louisiana OMV updates Website domain

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles announced today that it has officially transitioned its website to www.expresslane.la.gov. The domain change from an .org address to the .

41st Boggy Bayou Festival Queen crowned Saturday

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Chloe Brook Childers, the 18-year-old daughter of Brook Vidrine of Washington, was crowned as the 41st annual Boggy Bayou Festival Queen during pageant festivities held Saturday evening, March 14, at the Sherman Place Event Venue in Crooked Creek.

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