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State achieves top reading gains while spending far less per student

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Monday, October 6, 2025

By: NOLAN MCKENDRY The Center Square (The Center Square) − Louisiana spends less per student than most of the country, yet its fourth graders are outperforming peers in nearly every other state. Data released Jan.

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SoLAcc awarded $1.36 million federal grant to boost student success

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Monday, October 6, 2025

South Louisiana Community College (SoLAcc) has secured a five-year, $1.36 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to expand support for continuing students through Project CARES: Connecting Acadiana Rural to Engage and Succeed.

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, October 6, 2025

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

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At the Library

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Monday, October 6, 2025

This week at the main library we will offer Adult Bingo on Monday at 11:30 a.m., and the prizes are really good! Please come early to get a good spot! Our regular weekly programs continue with the following: Chair Exercise at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday; Medicare 101 Seminar at 11 a.

GOUGE SHARES DEVELOPMENT PLANS - From left are City Clerk/Treasurer and Rotarian Donald Bergeron, guest speaker Ana-Alicia Gouge, Rotary President Beau Wilson and Ville Platte Mayor and Rotarian Ryan Leday Williams. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

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Ville Platte Rotary:

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Monday, October 6, 2025

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Donald Bergeron invited Ana-Alicia Gouge (Assistant Extension Agent, Nutrition and Community Health, Built Environment and Connectivity, Northeast Louisiana Parish Chair, Concordia Parish), as the guest speaker for the September 30, meeting of the Ville...

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Heritage Manor News: October celebrations and observances

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Monday, October 6, 2025

(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.) Each year in October, we observe breast cancer awareness in many ways.

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Minister’s Corner: Is God getting his share

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Monday, October 6, 2025

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance We live in a hectic, fast-paced world today. Many of us meet ourselves coming and going. We have fallen for secular and worldly propaganda calling us to put ourselves and our selfish pleasures before anything else in life.

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A warm welcome...

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Monday, October 6, 2025

Dear Visitors, On behalf of the Louisiana Cotton Festival Association and our dedicated volunteers, I am delighted to extend a warm invitation to everyone to join us for the 71st Annual Louisiana Cotton Festival.

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A brief history of La. Cotton Festival

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Monday, October 6, 2025

Ville Platte is the home of the fall festival known as the Louisiana Cotton Festival and Le Tournoi de la Ville Platte, held each year in October. The World War II veterans are credited with starting the festival as part of their July 4th, celebration in 1952.

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Manuel, former board festival member is named King Cotton

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Monday, October 6, 2025

By: TONY MARKS Editor Robert F. “Bob” Manuel, a lifelong Ville Platte resident and a dedicated community leader, was named as king of this year’s Louisiana Cotton Festival. Manuel said he was shocked when he learned the news but acknowledged it is an honor.

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