One little piggy -- and a few hundred of his kinfolk -- went to Mansura.
St. Joseph Catholic Church is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. The church was established in June of 1869.
To help commemorate there are several activities all year long.
Brittany Hayes and Kelvon Jacobs
Two Marksville residents were arrested in connection of a beating and shooting incident in.
Hessmer’s mayor and aldermen still contend the village does not owe a bill for cell phone service that was not approved by the Village Council.
A natural high bank of Red River was breached Thursday, causing the Red to flow into an agricultural field and into Lake Ophelia National Wildlife Refuge.
32 grams of suspected heroin recovered by Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's deputies.
A Marksville man has been arrested with 32 grams of suspected heroin packaged for alleged drug sales.
Richard Smith
The following is a release from the Marksville Police Department:
Simmesport will dedicate its Leo Ehrhardt Central Park at 10 a.m. Saturday (May 25) in honor of the man who served 10 terms as the town’s mayor.
Obituaries
Memorial services for Marion Chapman Beckley will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at the First Baptist Church of Bunkie with Rev. Mark Robertson officiating.
Funeral services for Darrel Joseph “D.J.” “Heavy Dee” Juneau will be held in the Chapel of Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home of Marksville on Friday, May 24, 2019 at 11:00 A.M.
Funeral Mass for Richard A. Wall of Marksville will take place at the Christ the King Catholic Church of Simmesport on Sunday, May 26th, 2019 beginning at 1:00pm with Fr.
Sports
It has been called the “sweet science” by some and a throwback to gladiatorial Rome by others.
By Raymond L. Daye
The final two Avoyelles Parish teams were eliminated from the state baseball playoffs this week.
Although the Avoyelles Public Charter Lady Vikings were able to upset the No.
By Raymond L. Daye
Columns
Scott Angelle
The Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Scott Angelle will now serve as the chairman of the Royalty Policy Committee (RPC). Appointed by U. S.
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Scott Angelle told attendees of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry Conference, held at the Port of New Orleans Tuesday, that
The Austin Chalk and Tuscaloosa Marine Shale oil-producing formations -- both of which are located in Avoyelles Parish -- continue to draw attention from drilling and exploration investors.
By Raymond L. Daye
Lifestyle
Rear Admiral Miles R. Browning
Father of Gil Browning of Marksville
This column is tucked between Armed Forces Day, which was celebrated on May 18 and Memorial Day, May 27.
By Donna Culotta
IS THAT JESUS?
A man said to be Jesus of Nazareth stands near the open entrance of the borrowed tomb where the noted healer had been placed after being executed two days ago. Jesus’ body was missing when officials went to the scene this morning after rumors were spreading that the Nazarene carpenter had risen from the dead. {Artwork by Constantin Hansen (1804-1880)}
{Editor’s Note: This series depicts how the events of Jesus Christ’s last week in Jerusalem could have been reported by a newspaper.
By Raymond L. Daye
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