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PINE PRAIRIE -- There won’t be a race for Pine Prairie Chief of Police after all.
Detective Joshua Estes of the Pine Prairie Police Department withdrew his candidacy for the village’s top law enforcement official in a letter provided to The Gazette on Thursday afternoon.

MAMOU -- Nine-year-old Aubree Guillory wasn’t only born with an immune disorder, she also came into this world with a natural ability to saddle up a horse and rodeo.

Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette invites the community to take part in a Eucharistic Procession down the Bayou Teche on Monday.

The offices for Ville Platte’s public utilities and public works will be moving in the future, Mayor Jennifer Vidrine announced at the regular monthly City Council meeting Tuesday evening.

The Mamou Police Department recently recovered a vehicle that had been stolen in Texas and driven back to Evangeline Parish.

The Evangeline Parish Fire District #2 discussed a collapsing culvert and rotten gutters at the Belaire Cove Fire Station at their Tuesday night meeting.

MAMOU -- Dr. Tanyanika Phillips, MD, MPH, and Dr. Lawrence P. Menache, MD, are working to provide cancer treatment close to home at Savoy Cancer Center in Mamou.

CHATAIGNIER -- Rhonda Miller fell in love with Chataignier the first time she visited the tiny village with her husband, and she also saw its potential.

On August 3, 2016 the Ville Platte Police Department received a call reporting a Dodge Dart car traveling east on Main Street in Ville Platte at a very high rate of speed.

The Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 16 recent bookings into the parish jail. Arrested were the following persons: