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911 UPDATE GIVEN - Evangeline Parish 911/OEP Director Liz Hill addressed the July 26, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotarian Patricia Duplechin (left) and Rotary President Larry Lachney (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

911 UPDATE GIVEN - Evangeline Parish 911/OEP Director Liz Hill addressed the July 26, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. She is shown with Rotarian Patricia Duplechin (left) and Rotary President Larry Lachney (right). (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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VP Rotary: OEP Director Hill gives update on 911 office

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Monday, August 1, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Trey Prudhomme invited Evangeline Parish OEP/911 Director Liz Hill to address the July 26, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Hill gave an update on the 911 office.
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Donelon

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Insurance commissioner urges residents to be proactive

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
By: TONY MARKS Editor Over the past two hurricane seasons, 800 thousand claims were generated statewide following Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta, and Ida. Because of this, insurance companies paid $23 billion to policy holders for damages.
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Deshotel

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TERREL WAYNE DESHOTEL

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
MAMOU - Funeral services were held at a 4 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Ann’s Catholic Church in Mamou on Monday, July 25, 2022, for Terrel Wayne Deshotel, 78, who passed away on Saturday, July 23, 2022. Burial took place in the New St. Ann’s Cemetery.
Addie Triplett used her lemonade stand to raise money for Dreams Come True Louisiana.

Addie Triplett used her lemonade stand to raise money for Dreams Come True Louisiana.

Paying it forward

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Addie Triplett, the nine year old daughter of Shawn and Kashada Triplett of Vidrine, received the trip of a lifetime last year through the Dreams Come True Louisiana Program.
EPSO Arrests

EPSO Arrests

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EPSO Arrests

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported the following recent bookings into the parish jail.
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Crouere

The January 6th obsession claims another victim

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Thursday, July 28, 2022
With their unrelenting witch hunt and their bogus committee hearings and prosecutions, the Democrats and their supporters in the Department of Justice, the establishment wing of the Republican Party and the corrupt mainstream news media have triggered another January 6th protester to take his life.
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Trophy

Ville Platte hosts Super 10 state tournament

News Staff
Thursday, July 28, 2022
The Ville Platte/Evangeline Parish Recreational Complex hosted the Louisiana Dixie Youth Super 10 State Tournament on Friday, July 22, and Saturday, July 23. From Jefferson Parish came Lakeshore, the winner of the south regional.
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Breaking News

Arrest is made in theft of sawmill

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
On July 5, 2022, Deputies with the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office began an investigation in reference to a theft of a gas operated sawmill that was stolen at the 1000 Blk. of Clayton Rd.
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