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Qualifying period for elections begins Wednesday

News Staff
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Staff Report According to Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court, Randy Deshotel, qualifying dates for the upcoming Fall election on November 8 will be Wednesday, July 20, Thursday, July 21, and Friday, July 22.
Congressman Mike Johnson visits with Linda Lebsack, member of the Evangeline Chamber of Commerce and library board.

Congressman Mike Johnson visits with Linda Lebsack, member of the Evangeline Chamber of Commerce and library board.

Town hall meeting is held

News Staff
Monday, July 11, 2022
By: TONY MARKS Editor Two days after celebrating the country’s independence, Congressman Mike Johnson, who represents the state’s fourth district, held a town hall meeting in Pine Prairie. The congressman acknowledged all the bad news dominating the headlines today.
From left to right: Louisiana First Lady Donna Hutto Edwards, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, McNeese mass communication major Samuel Gil, mother Nicole Gil and father Eric Gil. (Photo submitted)

From left to right: Louisiana First Lady Donna Hutto Edwards, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, McNeese mass communication major Samuel Gil, mother Nicole Gil and father Eric Gil. (Photo submitted)

Ville Platte native is selected for Governor’s Fellows Program

News Staff
Thursday, July 7, 2022
By: CANDACE V. TOWNSEND ASHLEE LHAMON McNeese State University Samuel Gil, a mass communication major at McNeese State University, has been selected as a fellow for the 2022 Louisiana Governor’s Fellows Program.
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Workforce grows, jobless rates down over the year

News Staff
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Staff Report The Tri-Parish workforce grew by 778 people and the jobless rates were down in May compared to a year ago, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The Tri-Parish workforce number 68,618 in May, up from 67,840 a year ago.
Outgoing LPA President Sam Hanna Jr. (left) ceremoniously passes the gavel to new president J. McHugh David Jr. (right). (Photo submitted)

Outgoing LPA President Sam Hanna Jr. (left) ceremoniously passes the gavel to new president J. McHugh David Jr. (right). (Photo submitted)

Louisiana Press Association announces new president, board

News Staff
Thursday, July 7, 2022
Louisiana Press Association J. McHugh David, publisher and managing editor of The Livingston Parish News (Denham Springs) was named president of the Louisiana Press Association (LPA) at its annual stockholders meeting June 30.
From left are: back row- Kathy Longino, advertising manager; Tony Marks, editor; Nancy Duplechain, staff reporter; Rhett Manuel, sports editor; and Jeneane Miller, bookkeeping; front row- Garland Forman, publisher; Heather Bogard, associate editor; and Jessika Dupre, receptionist/ circulation. Not pictured are Becky Nelson, advertising; and Monique Ardoin, composition manager. (LSN photo by Carissa Hebert)

From left are: back row- Kathy Longino, advertising manager; Tony Marks, editor; Nancy Duplechain, staff reporter; Rhett Manuel, sports editor; and Jeneane Miller, bookkeeping; front row- Garland Forman, publisher; Heather Bogard, associate editor; and Jessika Dupre, receptionist/ circulation. Not pictured are Becky Nelson, advertising; and Monique Ardoin, composition manager. (LSN photo by Carissa Hebert)

Unfragile

News Staff
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Staff Report BATON ROUGE - Like Darren McGavin’s character on A Christmas Story, the Ville Platte Gazette received a major award when it received the award for Newspaper of the Year in Division 4 at the Louisiana Press Association’s Awards Luncheon on Thursday, June 30.
From left are State Senator Gerald Boudreaux, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Claney Duplechin, and Louisiana Sports Writers Association President Raymond Partsch III. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

From left are State Senator Gerald Boudreaux, Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Inductee Claney Duplechin, and Louisiana Sports Writers Association President Raymond Partsch III. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

“Fantastic weekend”

News Staff
Thursday, June 30, 2022
By: TONY MARKS Editor NATCHITOCHES - All roads lead to the banks of the Cane River as a new class of inductees joined the ranks of legendary athletes enshrined in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 25.
Elizabeth West (left) takes the oath of office from Judge Chuck R. West on Thursday inside West’s courtroom at the Evangeline Parish Courthouse. In 2016, West was first sworn in as a board member of the Acadiana Area Human Services District, which promotes awareness about health issues and overseas health units in seven parishes, including Evangeline Parish. She was reappointed for another term by Governor John Bel Edwards. (Gazette file photo)

Elizabeth West (left) takes the oath of office from Judge Chuck R. West on Thursday inside West’s courtroom at the Evangeline Parish Courthouse. In 2016, West was first sworn in as a board member of the Acadiana Area Human Services District, which promotes awareness about health issues and overseas health units in seven parishes, including Evangeline Parish. She was reappointed for another term by Governor John Bel Edwards. (Gazette file photo)

West is reappointed to position

News Staff
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Staff Report BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards, on Friday, June 10, announced his appointments to the following Louisiana boards and commissions.
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