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The Pine Prairie High School Marching Band recently ended their season on a high note by capturing the LMEA State Championship for second year in a row. The group, in the above photo, gathers around the championship banner. (Photo courtesy of Lynette Hazelton)

The Pine Prairie High School Marching Band recently ended their season on a high note by capturing the LMEA State Championship for second year in a row. The group, in the above photo, gathers around the championship banner. (Photo courtesy of Lynette Hazelton)

PPHS Band strikes gold at LMEA State Championship

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Monday, November 10, 2025
The Pine Prairie High School Marching Band hit all the right notes on Monday, November 4, capping off an incredible 2025 season with a show-stopping performance at the Louisiana Music Educators Association’s (LMEA) 2nd Annual State Championship, held at McNeese State University.
SFC Poullard

SFC Poullard

Veterans Spotlight

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Monday, November 10, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - As the Veterans Day holiday nears, Sergeant First Class (retired) James Louis “LG” Poullard is remembered, who passed away earlier this year, at the age of 86.
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Highway priority hearing to be held

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Monday, November 10, 2025
A series of Public Hearings will be held in accordance with LA R.S. 48:231 and conducted by the Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee, according to a press release from the Department of Transportation and Development.
UPDATE ON COTTON FESTIVAL PRESENTED - From left are Louisiana Cotton Festival Board President Kimberly McDaniel, Rotarian Patricia Duplechin and Rotary President Beau Wilson. McDaniel discussed the recent festival and plans moving forward for next year’s festival. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

UPDATE ON COTTON FESTIVAL PRESENTED - From left are Louisiana Cotton Festival Board President Kimberly McDaniel, Rotarian Patricia Duplechin and Rotary President Beau Wilson. McDaniel discussed the recent festival and plans moving forward for next year’s festival. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Ville Platte Rotary:

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Monday, November 10, 2025
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Patricia Duplechin welcomed Louisiana Cotton Festival Board President Kimberly McDaniel as the guest speaker for the November 4, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
Le Grand Hoorah celebrates 10 years

Le Grand Hoorah celebrates 10 years

Le Grand Hoorah celebrates 10 years

News Staff
Thursday, November 6, 2025
The 10th Annual Le Grand Hoorah was held this past weekend at Lakeview Park and Beach. The event began on Friday, October 31, with a Boo-Rah that featured trick-or-treating from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and live music from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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Bunkie resident is killed in crash on La. 106

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
ST. LANDRY – On November 2, 2025, shortly after 5:00 p.m., Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a single-vehicle fatality crash on Louisiana Highway 106 near Lutz Loop. The crash claimed the life of 42-year-old Michael Fontenot of Bunkie.
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Injection well is proposed for Oakdale landfill

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor OBERLIN - Following reports of leachate from a landfill outside of Oakdale running off into Cypress Creek, a public hearing is set regarding a Class I Nonhazardous Waste Disposal Well. The hearing will be Thursday, November 20, at 6 p.m.
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Choice to fund SNAP for November sets La. apart from other Republican states

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Thursday, November 6, 2025
By: COURTNEY BELL AND AVERY WHITE LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE -- Louisiana is one of the few politically red states — and the only one in the Deep South — stepping up to fund SNAP benefits amid a federal suspension of food assistance payments.
On behalf of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury, Jurors Daniel Arvie (standing left) and Darion Arvie (standing right) present a proclamation to Pastor Eradly Ben Sr. (seated left) and First Lady Lois Ben (seated right) in recognition for their 50 years of ministry to Antioch Baptist Church. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

On behalf of the Evangeline Parish Police Jury, Jurors Daniel Arvie (standing left) and Darion Arvie (standing right) present a proclamation to Pastor Eradly Ben Sr. (seated left) and First Lady Lois Ben (seated right) in recognition for their 50 years of ministry to Antioch Baptist Church. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

All is golden but the calf

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - History was celebrated in the City of Ville Platte as Pastor Eradly Ben Sr. and Sister Lois Ben were honored for 50 years of service to Antioch Baptist Church. The special event was held Sunday, October 26, at the Ville Platte Civic Center.
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Project starts on La. Hwy 13

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
EVANGELINE PARISH - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announces that beginning Monday, November 3, 2025, construction will commence on a $10.7 million project on La. 13 from La. 10 to U.S. 167 in Evangeline Parish. PROJECT SCOPE This 12.
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