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Barry closes roads, floods homes, dumps up to 11 inches of rain on Avoyelles

Hurricane Barry started making his presence known in Avoyelles Parish Saturday and was still causing problems today.

NWS reports up to 11 inches of rain has fallen in some parts of area

Issued by the National Weather Service
For Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FROM REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:15AM CDT MON
UP TO 11 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.

Highway 115 between interstate and Bunkie closed due to flooding

Emergency Road Closure Due to Flooding/ High Water
LA 115: from I-49 to Bunkie
Avoyelles Parish
Control Section 805-18

Parts of Highway 1176 closed due to flooding

Emergency Road Closure Due to Flooding/ High Water
LA 1176: between LA 29 to LA 115
Avoyelles Parish
Control Section 805-20

Hessmer-Mansura highway closed due to flooding

Emergency Road Closure Due to Flooding/ High Water
LA 114: from Mansura (LA 107) to Hessmer (LA 115)
Avoyelles Parish

Parts of Highway 1178 closed due to flooding

Emergency Road Closure Due to Flooding/ High Water
LA 1178: between US 71 to LA 29
Avoyelles Parish
Control Section 805-21

Spring Bayou ‘master plan’ adopted

While there was talk at the Avoyelles Police Jury meeting of possibly creating an overall master plan for economic development, another more narrowly focused master plan was presented and approved

Avoyelles Police Jury pleased with ‘no-negatives’ audit

Usually when financial figures are discussed, the Avoyelles Police Jury is a sea of “frowny faces.”

Obituaries

Joseph Landry Kelone age 92, of Marksville

Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Landry Kelone will be held on Monday, July 15, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

Jason “Black” Lawrence Juneau,a ge 90, of Marksville

Funeral services for Mr. Jason “Black” Lawrence Juneau will be held on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

Harold Joseph Ponthieux, age 77, of Marksville

Funeral services for Mr. Harold Joseph Ponthieux will be held at 12:00 p.m.

Betty Sharpe Johnson

Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 1:00 pm in the Sunrise Chapel at Walters Funeral Home for Betty Sharpe Johnson, age 58.

Joyce Lemoine Bielkiewicz

The Funeral Mass for Joyce Lemoine Bielkiewicz of Baton Rouge, originally of Mansura, will begin at 11:30am on Tuesday, July 16th, 2019 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church of Mansura with Fr.