Area Briefs

Keep Evangeline Beautiful Electronic Recycling Project
Keep Evangeline Beautiful, in cooperation with the Evangeline Parish Police Jury and the municipalities of Evangeline Parish is sponsoring a parish wide Electronic Recycling Project.

A story from the Gazette's past: Gazette chronicle preserve history for present, future

This piece was written by former Ville Platte Gazette Editor Paul Kedinger and ran in the Thursday, February 23, 1989, edition of Evangeline Parish's oldest newspaper.

For Coach Carolyn

PINE PRAIRIE – The young women of the Pine Prairie High School softball team didn’t realize how much they missed it -- the yelling that is.

Sen. LaFleur supports proposed gas tax bill

BATON ROUGE – The promised House Bill 632, which would increase Louisiana’s gas tax by 17 cents per gallon, was officially filed on Tuesday during the 2017 La. Regular Legislative Session.

Louisiana Folk Roots returns to parish for Le Grand Hoorah

Louisiana Folk Roots is returning to its roots.

Pine Prairie Council working on improving ditch drainage

The Village of Pine Prairie is working on improving its drainage.
During the village’s monthly meeting held Thursday, April 13, Mayor Quint West informed the council of the work that has been done to the village’s drainage ditches.

EPSO arrests resident involved in Mamou shooting on Monday

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office released a statement on Tuesday about a shooting that occurred on Buzz Lane in Mamou on Monday.

Ville Platte Civil Service Board reinstates VPPD officer Lamke

The Ville Platte Civil Service Board chose to reinstate Zachary Lamke as an officer at the Ville Platte Police Department during an appeal hearing on Wednesday.

Rotary Club acknowledges KVPI for receiving awards

At Tuesday’s Ville Platte Rotary Club meeting, Mark Layne from KVPI acknowledged that his radio station won “radio station of the year for the seventh year in a row” as well as the award for outstanding morning show the Non-Blonde Cafe.

MICHAEL JAMES LANCLOW

December 22, 1966 - April 16, 2017

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