With all 49 precincts in Avoyelles Parish reporting, complete but unofficial results show Connie Desselle elected as clerk of court with 53.45 percent of the vote in a three-person race.
Obituaries
A memorial service, celebration of life for John “Scotty” Normand of Simmesport will begin at 2pm on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at First Baptist Church in Simmesport with very special friend, Rev.
Funeral Mass for Louis K. “Bucky” Coco, Sr. will begin at 11a.m. on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at St. Mary’s Assumption Catholic Church in Cottonport with Fr. Anthony (Fr.
Funeral services for Mr. Donald Waldmar “Banana” LaBorde will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the Chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Marksville.
Benjamin Elliott Painter, of Pineville, was born October 28, 1982 in Alexandria and passed from this life on Saturday, October 5, 2019, at his residence, at the age of 36.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered for Bernice "Tootsie" McDonald Riche' on Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Church of the Little Flower in Evergreen with Fr.
Sports
Promotional poster for Battle on the Bayou boxing event at Raymond Laborde Correctional Center
Nine state prison boxing titles will be on the line Thursday (Oct. 10) when Raymond Laborde Correctional Center hosts the “Battle on the Bayou.”
The first fight begins at 6 p.m.
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
It was a bit warm for a Fall festival, but there weren’t any complaints from the vendors or the shoppers at this past Saturday’s Bunkie Trade Days on Main Street.
By Raymond L. Daye
The invitation to David Haas Memorial United Methodist Church's dedication and open house events shows the sanctuary, which was able to use much of the former building's walls, and a new addition on the right that replaced a structure that was destroyed in the November 2016 fire.
Three years after a devastating and demoralizing fire destroyed much of the church, David Haas Memorial United Methodist Church will be dedicating its rebuilt sanctuary at 10 a.m. Sept. 8.
By Raymond L. Daye
Bruce Daigrepont
2019 Louisiana Master Folk Artist honoree
There may have been more money to be made playing mainstream rock music, but music was never about money to Bruce Daigrepont.
By Raymond L. Daye
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