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GRAMBLING - The Basile Bearcat season ended Friday night, as they fell to Lincoln Prep 41-12 here in the first round of the Class 1A playoffs.
The Bearcats could not contain the Lincoln Prep offense, as the Kittens racked up 322 total yards, including 261 yards on the ground.

RESERVE - In a game that saw 41 total penalties and a number of quick drives with big plays for defending state runner-up Riverside Academy, the Sacred Heart Trojans bowed out of the Division III playoffs with a 48-14 loss here Friday night.

Allison Bourne-Vanneck, community liaison for Miles Perret Cancer Services in Lafayette spoke to the Ville Platte Rotary Club members about how the organization helps local families at the November 8 meeting.

Several area veterans visited Vidrine Elementary School on Thursday during the school’s Veterans Day celebration.
Principal Sherral Tezeno said, “Freedom is not free. These people made sacrifices. Not only did they, but their families, and their lives are changed forever.”

April 14, 1926 - Nov. 7, 2016
OPELOUSAS - Funeral services for Margery Fontenot, 90, were held Tuesday, November 8, 2016, in the Sibille Funeral Home Chapel of Opelousas. Interment followed in the Sacred Heart Cemetery in Ville Platte. Rev. Benny Reppond officiated the services.

June 13, 1932 - Nov. 10, 2016
VILLE PLATTE - Funeral services for Dorothy “Dot” Vidrine Fontenot, 84, were held Friday, November 11, 2016 at Sacred Heart Chapel in Belaire Cove. Burial followed in the church mausoleum. Father Tom Voorhies officated.

There will be a new man in charge in the Village of Pine Prairie.

It looks like Louisiana residents will be making another trip to the polls in December to decide the outcome of the United States Senator and U.S. Representative races.

Donald Trump has been elected as the 45th President of the United States.