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Ville Platte High senior Michael Berry won the LHSAA indoor track state championship in high jump. (Photo courtesy of VPHS)

Ville Platte High senior Michael Berry won the LHSAA indoor track state championship in high jump. (Photo courtesy of VPHS)

STATE CHAMPION

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Thursday, February 24, 2022
With a mark of 6 feet, 4 inches, Michael Berry, a senior at Ville Platte High School, took home the state championship at the Ochsner/LHSAA Indoor Track meet. He edged out Pierre Wade of Oakdale and Dane Grow of Berwick. With the jump, Berry equaled his personal record.
LSUA student Benjamin Vidrine stands in front of his favorite exhibit at the Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum, a display showing items belonging to Swamp Pop artists. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

LSUA student Benjamin Vidrine stands in front of his favorite exhibit at the Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum, a display showing items belonging to Swamp Pop artists. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Vidrine works toward history degree at Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum

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Thursday, February 24, 2022
Tate Cove native and former Ville Platte High School student, Benjamin Vidrine, is working hands-on experience in his field of public history as he interns at the Louisiana Swamp Pop Museum.
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Guide to constitutional amendments is released

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Thursday, September 9, 2021
With the election a month away where voters in the state will vote on four proposed constitutional amendments, the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR) has released its guide to the ballot items. Amendment 1 on the ballot deals with collection of sales and use taxes.
EDWIN WASHINGTON EDWARDS August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021

EDWIN WASHINGTON EDWARDS August 7, 1927 – July 12, 2021

Edwin W. Edwards dead at 93

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Thursday, July 15, 2021
GONZALES - Former Gov. Edwin W. Edwards, who embodied Louisiana’s populist era in the late 20th century — championing the poor and ushering Black people and women into state government — died just before 7 a.m. Monday at his home in Gonzales.
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Jobless rates down; workforce grows

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Tri-Parish unemployment rates and the workforce are down from a year ago, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. The Tri-Parish workforce number 67,716 in May, up 500 over May 2020. The workforce includes those people working and those looking for a job.
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Gov. Edwards announces $315 million in funding going directly to communities

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Staff Report BATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards announced more than $315 million in federal coronavirus relief aid will be allocated to 290 Louisiana towns and cities under the American Rescue Plan to help them respond to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency and support economic recovery.
BUTLERS VISIT ROTARY - Representative Rhonda Butler, left, was the guest speaker for the June 29, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Her husband, Frank Butler, also shared an update on his tree service. They are shown with, third from left, Rotary President Peter Strawitz and Rotarian Mitch Fontenot. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

BUTLERS VISIT ROTARY - Representative Rhonda Butler, left, was the guest speaker for the June 29, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club. Her husband, Frank Butler, also shared an update on his tree service. They are shown with, third from left, Rotary President Peter Strawitz and Rotarian Mitch Fontenot. (Gazette photo by Heather Bogard)

VP Rotary: Butler gives an update on legislative session

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Thursday, July 1, 2021
Representative Rhonda Butler, along with her husband, Frank, were the guest speakers for the June 29, meeting of the Ville Platte Rotary Club, She discussed the recent legislative session and the bills she was able to help get off the ground.
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