(Editor’s Note: The following article was submitted by Patricia Duplechin, resident activity director at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Ville Platte. This column runs every Sunday in The Gazette.) ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor Sharon Fontenot is among the recipients of the Diocese of Lafayette’s 2025 Champions of Life Awards. The awards honor the hearts that uplift, the hands that help, and the voices ...

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance It is a fact of life that if you live or work or associate in any way with people, you will experience conflict. The only way to ...

By: TREY ILES LDWFHunting rules, regulations, season schedules for 2025-26 now available on LDWF Website ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor VILLE PLATTE - The Evangeline Parish School Board met the parish’s new athletic director, Renotta Edwards, during its meeting on Wednesday, July 16. Edwards, over the last three ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor TURKEY CREEK - With Councilman Jessie Johnson absent, the Turkey Creek Village Council split a vote on proposed amendments to a dog ordinance. Making the motion was Eric Chapelle ...

Well, Summer Reading is wrapping up this week at all of the branches except Ville Platte who wrapped up last week.