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Hollier

Hall of fame boxer dies at 86

News Staff
Thursday, November 30, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor A veteran of the Korean Conflict and a member of the Louisiana Skeet Shooting Association (LSSA) Hall of Fame and the Louisiana High School Boxing Hall of Fame has passed away at the age of 86. Larry Hollier died on Thursday, November 23.
LeDoux

LeDoux

Election to speaker is a life reset

News Staff
Thursday, November 30, 2023
By: HARLAN KIRGAN LSN Editor There has never been a Speaker of the House from Louisiana. Jerrie LeDoux, community liaison for U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, was the guest speaker recently at the Eunice Rotary Club.
Two students from Chataignier Elementary School use a magnifying lens to examine insects at the LSU AgMagic Cenla event held at the State Evacuation Shelter Nov. 15 and 16. The students toured numerous stations highlighting agriculture, nutrition and health. (Photo by Craig Gautreaux/LSU AgCenter)

Two students from Chataignier Elementary School use a magnifying lens to examine insects at the LSU AgMagic Cenla event held at the State Evacuation Shelter Nov. 15 and 16. The students toured numerous stations highlighting agriculture, nutrition and health. (Photo by Craig Gautreaux/LSU AgCenter)

Parish 4-H students attend AgMagic

News Staff
Monday, November 27, 2023
By: KENNETH GAUTREAUX LSU AgCenter ALEXANDRIA — More than 1,100 students across a 10-parish region in central Louisiana got to hold a live alligator, see cotton ginned and learn the importance of proper handwashing during a trip through AgMagic, the LSU AgCenter agricultural-themed exhibit.
Pictured are (from left) back row- City Councilmen Tracey Jagneaux and Shawn Roy; middle row- Councilman Bryant Riggs, Fire Chief Chris Soileau, City Clerk Donald Bergeron, City Councilwomen Anna Frank, Faye Lemoine, and Christina Sam, and City Attorney Chris Ludeau; front row- KVPI General Manager Mark Layne, Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, and Police Chief Al Perry Thomas. (Gazette photo by Nancy Duplechain)

Pictured are (from left) back row- City Councilmen Tracey Jagneaux and Shawn Roy; middle row- Councilman Bryant Riggs, Fire Chief Chris Soileau, City Clerk Donald Bergeron, City Councilwomen Anna Frank, Faye Lemoine, and Christina Sam, and City Attorney Chris Ludeau; front row- KVPI General Manager Mark Layne, Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, and Police Chief Al Perry Thomas. (Gazette photo by Nancy Duplechain)

Keeping Ville Platte informed

News Staff
Monday, November 20, 2023
Staff Report Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams, during the Ville Platte City Council meeting on Tuesday, November 14, officially proclaimed November 22 as KVPI Day in correlation of the radio station’s 70th anniversary, after having signed-on the air in 1953.
Local Headline

Local Headline

Election is Saturday

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor A total of 686 early votes were cast in person for the election scheduled for Saturday, November 18. The polls, on election day, will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sample ballots are available at www.geauxvote.com or on the Geaux Vote app.
LSU psychology major Michael Cole Fontenot from Ville Platte, at left, does research on the human side of cyber. Part of a $600K DARPA project, Fontenot works to protect American soldiers by securing AR and VR technology from cyberattacks. Here, he gets a bit of assistance with the headgear from LSU computer science student Arushi Ghildiyal surrounded by teammates Professor Abe Baggili, Taha Gharaibeh and Assistant Professor Andrew Webb. (Photo by Elsa Hahne/LSU)

LSU psychology major Michael Cole Fontenot from Ville Platte, at left, does research on the human side of cyber. Part of a $600K DARPA project, Fontenot works to protect American soldiers by securing AR and VR technology from cyberattacks. Here, he gets a bit of assistance with the headgear from LSU computer science student Arushi Ghildiyal surrounded by teammates Professor Abe Baggili, Taha Gharaibeh and Assistant Professor Andrew Webb. (Photo by Elsa Hahne/LSU)

The psych side of cyber

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
LSU Media Center LSU psychology major Michael Cole Fontenot from Ville Platte, is helping to protect the lives of American soldiers as part of a $600,000 cybersecurity research project for DARPA.
Local Headline

Local Headline

School district scores a B in performance

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor The Evangeline Parish School District hauled in a 78.3 B in the latest round of district performance scores and letter grades. The mark was an increase from last year’s 73.7 C. As far neighboring school districts, Acadia Parish scored an 81.2 B, Allen Parish scored an 84.
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Local Headline

Vidrine, Williams are named to transition team

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor Governor-Elect Jeff Landry announced his local government transition team. Among the members are Evangeline Parish Police Jury President Bryan Vidrine and Ville Platte Mayor Ryan LeDay Williams.
Clerk of Court Walter Lee and Deputy Louis Demoruelle look over legal documents by which president-elect John F. Kennedy transferred mineral holdings in Evangeline Parish to Janet DeRosiers, said to be the hostess-secretary of his personal plane. The mineral rights, acquired in 1951, are on property near Basile and will soon be expiring, unless production is begun within the coming year. (J. Quinn photo and caption - Dec. 29, 1960, Ville Platte Gazette)

Clerk of Court Walter Lee and Deputy Louis Demoruelle look over legal documents by which president-elect John F. Kennedy transferred mineral holdings in Evangeline Parish to Janet DeRosiers, said to be the hostess-secretary of his personal plane. The mineral rights, acquired in 1951, are on property near Basile and will soon be expiring, unless production is begun within the coming year. (J. Quinn photo and caption - Dec. 29, 1960, Ville Platte Gazette)

Basile land ties to JFK

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor As the nation approaches the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (November 22, 1963), I have discovered for the first time that the Kennedy story has some unusual connections to the Basile area.
State Rep. Phillip DeVillier in his office at DeVillier House Movers and Leveling on U.S. 190 east of Eunice. DeVillier was re-elected unopposed for a third term as District 41 representative. (LSN photo by Harlan Kirgan)

State Rep. Phillip DeVillier in his office at DeVillier House Movers and Leveling on U.S. 190 east of Eunice. DeVillier was re-elected unopposed for a third term as District 41 representative. (LSN photo by Harlan Kirgan)

House speaker candidates consolidate behind DeVillier

News Staff
Thursday, November 16, 2023
BATON ROUGE — Representatives Jack McFarland (R-Winnfield), Julie Emerson (R-Carencro), Tony Bacala (R-Prairieville), Brett Geymann (R-Moss Bluff), and Daryl Deshotel (R-Hessmer) are announcing the suspension of their campaigns for Speaker of the House and urging their supporters to unite behind...
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