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Boggy Bayou Festival Queens Pageant is set

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Thursday, April 13, 2023
Boggy Bayou Queens Pageant will be held Saturday, April 29, in the Pine Prairie High School Gym. Doors will open at 8 a.m. Deadline to enter: April 23. Admission is $5.00 Everyone pays except the contestant. Children 4 and under are free.
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Medicaid members need to watch for updates

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Monday, April 10, 2023
Changes are coming to Medicaid, and it’s important those utilizing the services be aware. According to www.healthy.la.gov, it is now time to renew your Medicaid benefits.
Newly hired McNeese mens’ basketball coach Will Wade (left) meets with the head coach of the State Champion Oakdale Lady Warriors Renotta Edwards. (LSN photo by Tony Marks)

Newly hired McNeese mens’ basketball coach Will Wade (left) meets with the head coach of the State Champion Oakdale Lady Warriors Renotta Edwards. (LSN photo by Tony Marks)

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Will Wade, new McNeese coach, visits area

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Thursday, April 6, 2023
By: TONY MARKS LSN Sports Editor OBERLIN - There is a new general in town.
Shown, from left, are Kenneth Kidder (Basile High School teacher), Lazard, Patrick Guillory (assistant principal Evangeline Reimagine Academy), LeJeune, Grace Sibley (teacher of the year coordinator) and Rotary President Larry Lachney. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Shown, from left, are Kenneth Kidder (Basile High School teacher), Lazard, Patrick Guillory (assistant principal Evangeline Reimagine Academy), LeJeune, Grace Sibley (teacher of the year coordinator) and Rotary President Larry Lachney. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

Ville Platte Rotary: Opening of new EP school discussed

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Monday, April 3, 2023
By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Evangeline Parish School Board Superintendent and Rotarian Darwan Lazard, along with Alice LeJeune, shared details about the new Evangeline Parish Reimagine Academy, which will be opening with the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, at the March 28, meeting...
Mamou Fire Chief John “Garry” Reed was inducted into the Louisiana Fire Chief’s Hall of Fame. He is pictured in the center with Ville Platte Fire Chief Chris Soileau (left) and Ward 5 Fire Chief and LFRCA Board Member Bobby Guilbeau (right). (Photo courtesy of Chief Bobby Guilbeau)

Mamou Fire Chief John “Garry” Reed was inducted into the Louisiana Fire Chief’s Hall of Fame. He is pictured in the center with Ville Platte Fire Chief Chris Soileau (left) and Ward 5 Fire Chief and LFRCA Board Member Bobby Guilbeau (right). (Photo courtesy of Chief Bobby Guilbeau)

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Chief Reed is inducted into Hall of Fame

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Monday, April 3, 2023
(Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by Ward 5 FPD and LFRCA Board Member Chief Bobby Guilbeau.) One of Evangeline Parish's Fire Chiefs was inducted into the Louisiana Fire Chief's Hall of Fame this past Tuesday.
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Turkey Creek revises water project

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor Back in 2021, the Village of Turkey Creek applied for federal money in the amount of $6,152,787.00 for a water project through the state’s water sector board. A year later, the village was approved for $2.125 million in the first round of funding.
Standing left to right: Coach Chuncey Fontenot, Laiken O’Connor, Kynaddi Ware, Callie Byrd, Ella Fontenot, Ella Ortego, Leighanna Lejeune, Cheyenne Maricle, Angel Tezeno, Julie Messer, and Coach Michelle Griffing; Kneeling left to right: Lilly Bordelon, Adalynn Fontenot, Jolie Naquin, Aniyah George, Callie Johnson, and Macy Hebert. (Photo courtesy of Chuncey Fontenot)

Standing left to right: Coach Chuncey Fontenot, Laiken O’Connor, Kynaddi Ware, Callie Byrd, Ella Fontenot, Ella Ortego, Leighanna Lejeune, Cheyenne Maricle, Angel Tezeno, Julie Messer, and Coach Michelle Griffing; Kneeling left to right: Lilly Bordelon, Adalynn Fontenot, Jolie Naquin, Aniyah George, Callie Johnson, and Macy Hebert. (Photo courtesy of Chuncey Fontenot)

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BCE softball team wins first state title

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor MONROE - Behind a 34 strikeout performance from Kynaddi Ware in 13 innings over the course of three games, a .
Pictured on the left is Sacred Heart’s Lily Deshotel as she squats on Thursday. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Pictured on the left is Sacred Heart’s Lily Deshotel as she squats on Thursday. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

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SHS lifters win state

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
By: TONY MARKS Editor LAFAYETTE - Sacred Heart High School was one of two host schools of this year’s LHSAA State Powerlifting Meet at the Cajundome.
Miya McKinney, of Louisiana Christian University, was named player of the year in the Red River Athletic Conference and was named to the All RRAC First Team. (Photo courtesy of Niki McKinney)

Miya McKinney, of Louisiana Christian University, was named player of the year in the Red River Athletic Conference and was named to the All RRAC First Team. (Photo courtesy of Niki McKinney)

McKinney is named player of the year

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
PINEVILLE – Louisiana Christian University women's basketball player Miya McKinney has continued to add awards and accolades since the conclusion of the 2022-23 season.
Madisyn Nelson (on the left) is pictured with Dr. Paul Coreil Chancellor of LSUA (on the right). (Photo courtesy of Madisyn Nelson)

Madisyn Nelson (on the left) is pictured with Dr. Paul Coreil Chancellor of LSUA (on the right). (Photo courtesy of Madisyn Nelson)

Nelson receives awards

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Thursday, March 30, 2023
ALEXANDRIA – Madisyn Nelson received several awards at the Honors Convocation on March 23, on the campus of LSUA. Nelson received the Provost Award for students who maintained a 4.
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