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Executive Director of Evangeline Community Action Agency , Inc., Carleen Bellard (left) accepts a $1 million grant from HUD Office of Lead and Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Dr. Taneka Blue, and HUD New Orleans field office director Sylvia Purvis (right). (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Executive Director of Evangeline Community Action Agency , Inc., Carleen Bellard (left) accepts a $1 million grant from HUD Office of Lead and Hazard Control and Healthy Homes Dr. Taneka Blue, and HUD New Orleans field office director Sylvia Purvis (right). (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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Older Adult Home Modification grant is presented to ECAA

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
By: TONY MARKS Editor Evangeline Community Action Agency, Inc, was presented with a check in the amount of $1 million as part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Older Adult Home Modification Grant Program.
Pvt. 1st Class Braxton Moreau

Pvt. 1st Class Braxton Moreau

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Basile’s Fallen Hero: The Forgotten Story of Pvt. Braxton Moreau

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Thursday, May 23, 2024
By: DARREL LEJEUNE LSN Editor As Memorial Day 2024 approaches, the story of Braxton Isham Moreau, a Basile teenager who died in action during World War II, resurfaces, invoking a poignant reminder of sacrifice and unanswered questions.
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)

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Teachers of the year are honored at ceremony

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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)

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Un-seventh Heaven

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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)

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Adeline’s island

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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.”
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Soileau is named new director of LUS Fiber

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Monday, May 6, 2024
LAFAYETTE – Mayor-President Monique B. Boulet announced the appointment of Michael Soileau as the new director of LUS Fiber.
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)

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Lamentations 3:13

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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

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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)

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

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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)

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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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