Pine Prairie Police Officer Joshua Uhlman, on Saturday, October 17, conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for speeding 65 mph in a 45 mph zone.
The Evangeline Parish Health Unit is at the Northside Civic Center from now until 5:00 p.m. giving drive-thru flu shots. Please bring a picture I.D. and your insurance card and wear a mask.
From left are Evangeline Parish Chief Deputy Sheriff Major Scott Fontenot, Deputy Duane Jordan, Deputy Josh LaFleur, Sheriff Charles Guillory, Deputy Matthew Willis, and K-9 Officer “Diego.” (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office is now equipped with a tool to help take a bite out of crime, and that tool, according to Sheriff Charles Guillory, can actually bite.
In the Sunday, October 25, edition of the Ville Platte Gazette, you’ll find a list of parish residents owed money by the state of Louisiana.
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana’s Class of 2020 earned an average ACT Composite score of 18.7.
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Sacred Heart Trojan quarterback Ethan Karonika (5) awaits the snap while the Mamou defensive line moves forward to make a play. Sacred Heart rolled past the Mamou Demons 44-0 in a non-district inter-parish game Thursday night. The Trojans are 2-0 on the season. Mamou falls to 0-1 on the year. (Gazette photo by Yvette Jagneaux)
VILLE PLATTE -- Coming into Thursday night’s game against the Mamou Demons, Sacred Heart Trojan head football coach Josh Haper was hoping to gauge whether his team was the same team that dominated
Ville Platte High quarterback Devin Fontenot gets ready to launch a pass down the field against St. Ed’s in the Bulldog loss Thursday night. (Gazette photo by Tony Marks)
VILLE PLATTE -- For the second game in a row, the Ville Platte High Bulldogs were taken down by a Eunice based football team.
Pine Prairie High return man looks for running room after fielding the opening kickoff in Friday night’s game against Port Barre. (Gazette photo by Tracey Jagneaux)
PINE PRAIRIE -- After a valiant effort last Wednesday in their loss to Montgomery, the Pine Prairie Panthers were looking to carry some of their momentum over to Friday night’s contest with the Po
Sacred Heart quarterback/running back Gabe Fontenot (4) finds open space against Bunkie while teammate Peyton Feucht tries to spring him with a block. Fontenot and the rest of the offense will look to establish their running game against Mamou tonight when they take on the Demons at Soileau/Landry field. (Gazette photo by Tracey Jagneaux)
Both the Sacred Heart Trojans and the Mamou Demons will be out to prove something when they tangle tonight in an inter-parish battle set for Soileau-Landry field in Ville Platte.
Coming off a big loss to Class 4A Eunice, the Ville Platte High Bulldogs were hoping to get back on track last week with a win over the North Central Hurricanes.
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(Editor’s Note: The following information was obtained from the Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court’s Office in Ville Platte. This information is printed once a month in The Gazette.)
By Tony Marks
Miss Courtney Louise Dugas
The engagement of Miss. Courtney Louise Dugas, the daughter of Dr. Randy Dugas and Ms. Lisa LaBauve Dugas of New Iberia, to Mr. Jacques C. Frugé, III, the son of Mrs.
Pictured is the new marketing manager for the Evangeline Tourism Commission and Pine Prairie native Elizabeth West. (Photo courtesy of Elizabeth West)
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