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From left are Superintendent Darwan Lazard, Chataignier Elementary Principal Leslie DesHotels, and Elementary Teacher of the Year Jennifer Beth Brown. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

From left are Superintendent Darwan Lazard, Chataignier Elementary Principal Leslie DesHotels, and Elementary Teacher of the Year Jennifer Beth Brown. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Teachers of the year are honored at ceremony

News Staff
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Staff Report Teachers from across Evangeline Parish who soar high in nurturing excellence every day on school campuses were honored at the annual Teacher of the Year Ceremony held Tuesday, May 7, at Ville Platte High School.
ALL HUGS - Members of the Sacred Heart baseball team gather on the field as senior Boyce Schexnider (13) and freshman John Aaron Soileau (10) share a hug after their quarterfinal loss against Covenant Christian. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

ALL HUGS - Members of the Sacred Heart baseball team gather on the field as senior Boyce Schexnider (13) and freshman John Aaron Soileau (10) share a hug after their quarterfinal loss against Covenant Christian. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Un-seventh Heaven

News Staff
Monday, May 6, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor HOUMA - A five-run lead was not enough for the Sacred Heart baseball squad as Covenant Christian went on a merry-go-round ride that produced seven runs on only two singles in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Adeline Launey shows off her medal for winning a national powerlifting meet in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Athletics)

Adeline Launey shows off her medal for winning a national powerlifting meet in New Orleans. (Photo courtesy of Sacred Heart Athletics)

Adeline’s island

News Staff
Monday, May 6, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor In his poem that is best known for its final line, “And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee,” John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, Entire of itself; Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.
Sacred Heart’s Jacelyn Pitre (7) hustles down the first base line during the Lady Trojans’ 13-3 loss to district rival Catholic-Pointe Coupee in the state softball seminfinals at Sulphur. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Sacred Heart’s Jacelyn Pitre (7) hustles down the first base line during the Lady Trojans’ 13-3 loss to district rival Catholic-Pointe Coupee in the state softball seminfinals at Sulphur. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

Lamentations 3:13

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
By: RHETT MANUEL Sports Editor SULPHUR – In a storied year for girls’ athletics in Sacred Heart, it’s only fitting that they got to make one more road trip. To make the trip even sweeter, it’s the type of trip the Lady Trojans softball program hasn’t been able to make since 2019.
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State files lawsuit against new Title IX regulations

News Staff
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is leading the charge against the Biden administration’s illegal expansion of Title IX rules, which would apply burdensome requirements on nearly every school, college, and university in Louisiana and across the nation.
LSUE UPDATES GIVEN - Shown, from left, are Rotary President Brian Ardoin, LSUE Chancellor Nancee Sorenson, Rotarian Dr. Willie Buller, LSUE Associate Vice Chancellor Carey Lawson and Rotarian Bill Brunet. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

LSUE UPDATES GIVEN - Shown, from left, are Rotary President Brian Ardoin, LSUE Chancellor Nancee Sorenson, Rotarian Dr. Willie Buller, LSUE Associate Vice Chancellor Carey Lawson and Rotarian Bill Brunet. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Ville Platte Rotary: LSUE Scholarship presented; update on campus given

News Staff
Monday, April 29, 2024
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Rotarian Bill Brunet welcomed LSUE Chancellor Dr. Nancee Sorenson and LSUE Associate Vice Chancellor, Executive Director of the LSUE Foundation Carey David Lawson, as the guest speakers for the April 23, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club.
Lady Trojan first baseman Kali Shiver (22) celebrates after recording the final out of the game against Riverside Academy in the quarterfinal round of the state softball playoffs. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Lady Trojan first baseman Kali Shiver (22) celebrates after recording the final out of the game against Riverside Academy in the quarterfinal round of the state softball playoffs. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Without reservations

News Staff
Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor RESERVE - A season ago, the Sacred Heart softball team faced Riverside Academy in the quarterfinal round of the playoffs and fell 14-5. Riverside then went on to win its second consecutive state championship.
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Council accuses senator of personal vendetta

News Staff
Monday, April 22, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor For the second year in a row, Turkey Creek was denied a water sector grant. During the council meeting held Tuesday, April 16, Mayor Bert Campbell said the village requested $1,125,000 in grant money to use for improvements to the water system.
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Breaking News

Alfred is arrested for accessory to second degree murder

News Staff
Thursday, April 18, 2024
On April 16, 2024, the United States Marshall’s Service contacted the Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office in reference to apprehending a fugitive wanted for Accessory After the Fact to 2 nd Degree Murder and other probation violations.
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