Avoyelles Parish added another death to its pandemic totals, raisng to 54 the number of COVID-related fatalites since March.
Obituaries
Memorial mass for Donny Andress of Cottonport will take place at the St. Mary’s Assumption Catholic Church of Cottonport on Tuesday, September 29th, 2020 beginning at 11:00am with Rev.
Funeral Mass for Carol Ann Jeansonne of Plaucheville will begin at 1:00pm on Monday, September 28, 2020 at Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Plaucheville with Fr. Irion St. Romain officiating.
Funeral services for Bobbie Savage will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 28, 2020 at the Apostolic Lighthouse Church in Bunkie with the Rev. David Ducote officiating.
Funeral services for Mrs. Connie Bordelon Gaspard Gagnard will be held at 10:00 a.m.
On October 4, 1934, a daughter was born to the late Mitchell and Mary Young Stevenson in Longbridge, Louisiana. She was named Roma Jean Stevenson and was the eighth child born to this union.
Sports
The COVID-shortened football season will begin Oct. 2 for Avoyelles Parish's three football-playing high schools.
By Raymond L. Daye
School starts -- fingers crossed -- in three weeks. For a select group of Avoyelles Parish high school students, their studies and lessons began a few weeks ago.
By Raymond L. Daye
All-Parish Baseball Coach of the Year William Williber, Bunkie Magnet
Several of the parish's baseball and softball teams were just putting things together when the season was cut short by an emergency order to stop the spread of COVID-19.
By Raymond L. Daye
Lifestyle
Poster for Jack Hunter's latest film, Horror Nights
When he was in high school, people called him "psycho," carved insults into the side of his vehicle and bullied him incessantly.
By Raymond L. Daye
Krysten Bennett, owner of The Prep healthy lifestyles business in Marksville, stirs up a tasty and healthy dish for her pre-prepared meals customers. Bennett also operates a women-only gym featuring several programs designed to encourage a healthy lifestyle.
It has been said, only partly in jest, that “if it tastes good, it must be bad for you.”
By Raymond L. Daye
Dual-enrollment for high school students in Avoyelles Parish is offered through LSUA.
By Donna Culotta
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