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Sen. Cloud expresses serious concerns for state of OJJ

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
Staff Report State Senator Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, during a finance committee meeting, addressed representatives from the Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) on serious concerns throughout state facilities, especially regarding inmate on guard violence and the number of inmate escapes over the...
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DOTD set to begin work on Hwy 167

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Thursday, March 17, 2022
Staff Report EVANGELINE PARISH - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that beginning March 21, construction will begin on a $4.9 million preservation project along a 9.22 mile section of U.S. 167 from La. 13 to the Rapides Parish line.
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)

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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)

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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

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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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State officials, friends react to death of Edwin Edwards

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Thursday, July 15, 2021
LOUISIANA - Personal friends, state officials, former state officials, even political adversaries are reacting to Monday’s news of the death of former Governor Edwin W. Edwards.
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