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Myra Miller
Monday, November 14, 2022
Players’ Theatre presents ‘Same Time Next Year’ The Eunice Players’ Theatre presents “Same Time Next Year,” by Bernard Slade. The production begins at 7 p.m. Nov. 15, 17, and Nov. 19. A dinner theatre will be offered on Nov. 16.
Sandra Milner Fruge

Sandra Milner Fruge

Sandra Milner Fruge

Myra Miller
Monday, November 14, 2022
EUNICE–It is with heavy hearts that the family of Sandra Milner Fruge announces her passing on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at her home surrounded by her loved ones at the age of 64. A Celebration of Life will be celebrated at 1 p.m.
LAFAYETTE — Ernest J. Gaines, whose considerable imprint on American letters and culture rests on his examinations of race, class and poverty, will be depicted on a postage stamp to be issued in January. The internationally acclaimed author, who died in November 2019 at age 86, was UL Lafayette writer-in-residence emeritus; he taught creative writing at the University from 1983 until his retirement in 2010. The stamp, which the United States Postal Service announced in October, will be the 46th in its Black

LAFAYETTE — Ernest J. Gaines, whose considerable imprint on American letters and culture rests on his examinations of race, class and poverty, will be depicted on a postage stamp to be issued in January. The internationally acclaimed author, who died in November 2019 at age 86, was UL Lafayette writer-in-residence emeritus; he taught creative writing at the University from 1983 until his retirement in 2010. The stamp, which the United States Postal Service announced in October, will be the 46th in its Black

Ernest J. Gaines to appear on postage stamp in January

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
Ernest J. Gaines, whose considerable imprint on American letters and culture rests on his examinations of race, class and poverty, will be depicted on a postage stamp to be issued in January.
St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux

St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux

St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court requests voter complaints

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
St. Landry Parish Clerk of Court Charles Jagneaux is asking any voter who might have had difficulty voting during the November election held Tuesday to contact his office immediately. Jagneaux said on Thursday that he along with Parish President Jessie Bellard, State Rep. Dustin Miller and St.

SOS to Apple: Hey, Siri fix this

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
A sheriff’s deputy roared into our driveway the other morning, rang the bell, and asked my wife if she knew my whereabouts. Alarmed at first, then puzzled, Amy answered honestly: “He’s gone over to the Apple Store to see if they can fix his iPhone.

‘Liberating’ Cuban turned dangerous ‘

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
It caught the imaginations of dozens of optimistic adventurers from south Louisiana when Narcisco Lopez led an ill-fated invasion to wrest Cuba from the Spanish Empire in 1851. It was the era of Manifest Destiny, the belief that expansion of the United States was inevitable.

Evangeline Parish School Board to get members

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
The 13-member Evangeline Parish School Board will have a new look to it after all but two incumbents were defeated on election day held Tuesday. Members Lonnie Sonnier, Karen Vidrine, Mike Fontenot, Sheila Joseph and Wanda Skinner were elected with no opposition.
By Tony Marks Ville Platte Gazette For the first time in 12 years, the City of Ville Platte will have a new mayor as Ryan Leday Williams was elected with 54.46 percent of the vote in the election held Tuesday. “Today, I want to first and foremost give all of the glory, thanks, and honor to God,” said Williams. “It’s because of Him that I can say with God all things are possible. It is because of Him I can stand before you and say that I, Ryan Leday Williams, am your next mayor-elect for Ville Platte.” He a

By Tony Marks Ville Platte Gazette For the first time in 12 years, the City of Ville Platte will have a new mayor as Ryan Leday Williams was elected with 54.46 percent of the vote in the election held Tuesday. “Today, I want to first and foremost give all of the glory, thanks, and honor to God,” said Williams. “It’s because of Him that I can say with God all things are possible. It is because of Him I can stand before you and say that I, Ryan Leday Williams, am your next mayor-elect for Ville Platte.” He a

Williams is elected Ville Platte mayor

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
For the first time in 12 years, the City of Ville Platte will have a new mayor as Ryan Leday Williams was elected with 54.46 percent of the vote in the election held Tuesday. “Today, I want to first and foremost give all of the glory, thanks, and honor to God,” said Williams.

Louisiana Treasury receives $8M in uncashed tax refunds

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
State Treasurer John Schroder has confirmed that athe Louisiana Treasury Unclaimed Property Program is in receipt of more than $8 million in uncashed state income tax refunds from the Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR).
Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel, left, hands the microphone to Mamou Mayor-Elect Leisa Deshotel during a live broadcast on KVPI on election night. (Ville Platte Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Evangeline Parish Clerk of Court Randy Deshotel, left, hands the microphone to Mamou Mayor-Elect Leisa Deshotel during a live broadcast on KVPI on election night. (Ville Platte Gazette photo by Tony Marks)

Mamou elects new mayor, chief

Rebecca Chaisson
Friday, November 11, 2022
Voters in the Town of Mamou have elected a new amayor and new chief of police after all the numbers were reported on Tuesday. Leisa Deshotel, current alderman-at-large, defeated current mayor Ricky Fontenot after receiving 51% of the vote. Deshotel said, “I’d like to thank everybody in Mamou.