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The Knights of Columbus, Council 1754, celebrated 100 years last week with a special mass and supper.

Enrollment in three new business degree programs is currently open at the C.B. Coreil Campus.
These include Associate of Science degrees in Business and Accounting, and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Business Administration.

The 22nd Annual Smoked Meat Festival (Festival de la Viande Boucanee) begins tomorrow, June 27, at the Ville Platte Civic Center.

With the Fourth of July coming up, the Town of Mamou is reminding residents of the town’s fireworks ordinance.

Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue reported that the same man was recently arrested in two separate cases.

More than 30 volunteers showed up for the St. Landry/Evangeline United Way “Day of Action” to get the old Evangeline Bank building spruced up for use as a Boys and Girls Club of Ville Platte Friday, June 20.

Governor Bobby Jindal’s statement regarding Common Core and PARCC assessment was the main topic of discussion for the Evangeline Parish School Board Wednesday, June 18.

A blacktop walking trail was laid around Gloria Frank Hope Park on East Lincoln Road and Railroad Ave. earlier this week. The trail is wide enough to accommodate two walkers side by side. A blacktop walking trail is expected to be laid at Hargrove Park next week.

A state appeals court ruled on Wednesday, June 11, in favor of Pine Prairie Energy in its suit against the parish. The ruling upholds an agreement PPE made with the parish’s Industrial Development Board to exempt PPE from paying ad valorem property taxes to the parish.

The Weekly Gazette was 10 years old when it covered the most sensational murder case in the parish. The victim, Robert Leo Wiggins, was the son of former Sheriff R.L. Wiggins.