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Local bands spotlight 50th Festival Acadiens et Créoles

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

LAFAYETTE — Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, the world’s original and largest Cajun and Zydeco music festival, will kick off its weekend-long celebration with cultural trailblazer Zachary Richard.

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Democrats are in disastrous shape

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Thursday, August 7, 2025

The Democratic Party has never been more unpopular. According to CNN Data Analyst Harry Enten, “The Democratic brand is in the basement. It is total and complete garbage in the mind of the American public.

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ARREST MADE IN VILLE PLATTE SENIOR LIVING APARTMENT FIRE

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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

EVANGELINE PARISH (August 6, 2025) – State Fire Marshal (SFM) deputies arrested a Ville Platte man on Friday, August 1, 2025, for setting fire to a unit at an elderly and disabled senior living apartment complex in Ville Platte. William McBride, 56, has been charged with Aggravated Arson.

Mamou native Shaun Young takes the stage during the Lafayette Idol competition. (Photo courtesy of Adrian Allen)

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Mamou’s own idol

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Monday, August 4, 2025

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Shaun Young recently competed in the Lafayette Idol competition and placed in the Top 10. A fairly new musician, Young has been singing and playing guitar for about seven years. He says, “To be honest I’m not sure what sparked the interest (in music).

Melanie Soileau, of James Stephens Montessori, is pictured with some of her gifts at the awards gala in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Grace Sibley)

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JSM’s shining star

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Monday, August 4, 2025

Staff Report With hearts full of pride and applause echoing from Evangeline Parish to New Orleans, Melanie Soileau was celebrated as a State Teacher of the Year Semi-Finalist at the prestigious 19th Annual Cecil J.

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VPPD officer is arrested following investigation

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Monday, August 4, 2025

An officer with the Ville Platte Police Department was arrested as a result of an arrest warrant secured by Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation.

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Motorist is killed in commercial motor vehicle crash on I-49

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Monday, August 4, 2025

VILLE PLATTE - On July 30, shortly after 11 a.m., troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two-vehicle fatality crash involving commercial motor vehicles on Interstate 49 just south of its intersection with Louisiana Highway 29.

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At the Library

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Monday, August 4, 2025

The main library branch and all branches will be closed this Wednesday, August 6, for an All-Staff meeting. All branches will resume their normal hours on August 7. Also note that our Pine Prairie branch will be closed all week so that the flooring can be replaced.

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EPSO Arrests

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Monday, August 4, 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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Election Day reminders are given

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Monday, August 4, 2025

On Saturday, October 11, voters in Evangeline Parish will head to the polls to decide two items on the ballot. Residents in Evangeline Parish School Board District 8 will vote in a special election to fill the unexpired term of former board member Wanda Skinner.

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