Richard Fontenot, a fourth-generation rice, soybean and crawfish farmer from Ville Platte, will serve a second term as ...

By: TONY MARKS Editor ...

Tony Marks, editor of the Ville Platte Gazette and sports editor of The Oakdale Journal, earned three awards in the 2024 ...

June 27 - July 3rd from 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; and on July 4 from 9 a.m. - 1 a.m.

Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a former Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy has ...

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate EditorBy: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Derrell Perron, recently celebrated his 50th anniversary with the Mamou Volunteer Fire Department. Perron admits, “ (When I ...

(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.) ...

Chief A. Perry Thomas reports the Ville Platte Police Department is currently investigating a shooting which occurred on the afternoon of June 25, 2025. At approximately 3:27 p.m., a call was placed ...

MAMOU – Louisiana State Police Troop I troopers were notified shortly after 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday of a two-vehicle hit-and run fatality crash involving a motorized bicycle on La. 3149 near its ...

By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor The Ville Platte Rotary Club welcomed its new slate of officers for the club’s 2025-2026 club year during the annual installation banquet held Tuesday evening, June ...

By: DR. BRIAN DORE’ Member of the Ville Platte Ministerial Alliance Has this ever happened to you? You attend service at your church on Sunday morning or whenever services are conducted, and you leave ...

By: HARRISON VALENTINE Written for the LSWA Before there was Haleigh Bryant, Sarah Finnegan or Ashleigh Gnat, there was a 14-time All-American at LSU. An NCAA beam champion, and an SEC Gymnast of the ...