(Editor’s note: This is an announcement by a candidate in the Oct. 12 election.)
Dear fellow Avoyelleans,
Two days before his death, an ailing Don Hines sent word to Bunkie Mayor Bruce Coulon that when the time came, he would like to have a special memorial service in Haas Auditorium, a building which
A home camera caught the suspected truck that fired the shots.
Bunkie Police are investigating two drive-by shootings in the Bunkie and Morrow areas that happened just after midnight Tuesday..
PETS Director Diedre Normand gets some affection from the aptly named Lovey. The calico cat became a resident of the PETS rescue shelter in Cottonport when her owner died.
While some municipalities and non-profit organizations do their best to provide a shelter to hold strays, runaways and abused animals, there is too little space and too few dollars to do all that
Carlos Ramos
The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 17-year-old Hessmer youth who has been reported as missing. Sheriff Doug Anderson said Carlos Peter Ramos was last seen at 1 p.m.
UPDATE: Williams has turned himself into Pineville Police this evening. He is awaiting transport to Avoyelles.
Rapides – Last night, a single vehicle crash killed a man from Boyce, LA and moderately injured a woman from Logansport, LA. Both occupants were not wearing a seat belt.
AVOYELLES PARISH (June 19, 2019)- An Effie man has been arrested for setting fire to a neighbor’s trailer that he also burglarized back in December.
Obituaries
Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at Bellevue Street Baptist Church, 326 W. Bellevue Street, Opelousas, LA for Mr.
Funeral services for Sharon Duplissey Reynolds will be Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. at the Oak Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Rodney Bragg officiating.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Virgie Woodall will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 29, 2019 at St.
Funeral services for Mr. Wade Michael Ducote will be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.
Funeral services for Mr. Roy Golmon Hicks will be held on Friday, June 28, 2019 at 10:00 a. m. in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Marksville, LA with Pastor Jeff Ingram officiating.
Sports
Baseball may not be as popular as football in the world of sports entertainment, but it is still “America’s pastime.”
By Raymond L. Daye
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.
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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