Mcgee
Candidate announcement
Mon, 09/10/2018 - 1:59pm
I, Clayton “Tiny” McGee, am announcing my candidacy for District 2 Councilman for the Town of Mamou.
News
Basile pounds out big inter-parish win over Mamou
Mon, 09/10/2018 - 1:35pm
BASILE -- The Mamou Demons were double teamed Friday night by a dominant Basile Bearcat team and numerous penalties and miscues that cost them a tough 36-0 loss.
Pictured here in the background is the old train platform as it looks now. It is the only remaining vestige of yesteryear when the commercial trains regularly rolled through Ville Platte with bales of cotton. In the foreground is a section of the original railroad tracks. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
Royal memories of cotton
Wed, 09/05/2018 - 2:41pm
Hidden behind overgrown grass, weeds, and vines is a vestige of days gone by when cotton was king in Ville Platte.
VPHS sent into lockdown
Wed, 09/05/2018 - 2:36pm
Three weeks into the school year, an incident involving a firearm led to a lockdown of Ville Platte High School.
EPSO reports burglary on Tate Cove Rd; jewelry and firearm stolen
Wed, 09/05/2018 - 2:31pm
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that a burglary recently took place and no suspects have been identified.