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Alumni, Rotary Club raising money to install AC in Mamou High’s gym

MAMOU — The residents of Mamou are looking to give the high school’s gymnasium a very cool gift.

VP City Council hires five cops, one firefighter

The Ville Platte City Council hired five new police patrolmen and a fireman at its regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening.

Police Jury will no longer handle bus turnarounds for school board

It was standing room only inside the Evangeline Parish Police Jury Room at the Evangeline Parish Courthouse on Tuesday evening.
More than 70 people were in attendance for the jury’s first meeting of the new year as jury members were sworn into their new terms by Judge Gary Ortego.

28-year old female dies in head-on collision in Evangeline Parish

According to a Louisiana State Police press release, “Shortly after 8:00 pm on January 9, 2016, Troopers from Louisiana State Police Troop I began investigating a two vehicle fatality crash on US 167 north of Turkey Creek in Evangeline Parish.”

Planting knowledge

The 56th Annual Rice School and the 49th Annual Soybean School were hosted in Ville Platte this past Wednesday for Evangeline Parish and St. Landry Parish farmers.

Police investigating multiple break-ins at area pharmacies

Two local police departments currently have an on-going investigation concerning recent pharmacy break-ins that took place in the Town of Mamou and the Village of Pine Prairie.

Merrell pleads guilty to sexual battery, felony carnal knowledge

On June 25, 2015 Pine Prairie police officer Josh Estes arrested 23-year-old Adrian Joseph Merrell, better known as A.J., for felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile and sexual battery.

Swamp Pop Reunion XI is set for Feb. 8 at VP Civic Center

Gazette Staff Report

11 locals named to LSU Dean’s List; 40 locals on LSUE Chancellor’s List

BATON ROUGE – LSU has announced the names of the students who have made the Dean’s List and the President’s Honor Roll for the fall 2015 semester.

LSUE names Capt. Lalonde police director

EUNICE -- Changes are coming to LSUE this year and the first has arrived with the naming of the campus’ new director of police, Capt. Cory Lalonde.

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