This is an update to a story reported this morning, May 23:
The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office has sent out a press release stating Oak Haven Community Care Center was put on lockdown Wednesday morning.
MANSURA, La. (Mansura Police Department) - The Mansura Police Department has asked for the public's help in locating Matthew Frank.
Three people were killed in an apparent double-murder/suicide early Tuesday morning in Port Barre.
With a solid waste contract coming up for renewal in two years, and tax revenue barely able to meet the current cost of that service, the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury has begun seriously looking a
It has been called the “sweet science” by some and a throwback to gladiatorial Rome by others.
Allison Ravarre-Augustine has been named Avoyellean of the Year.
For the second year in a row, the Avoyelles Parish School District has a higher high school graduation rate than the state average, district officials announced by Facebook post this past week.
Obituaries
Funeral Mass for Lula Belle Dupont will begin at 10:30am on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Simmesport. Entombment will be in the Christ the King Mausoleum.
Funeral services for Ken Bordelon will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, in the chapel of Kramer of Fifth Ward with Rev. Keith Lamartiniere officiating.
Funeral services for Brent Bordelon, Sr. of Simmesport will take place at the Escude Funeral Home of Simmesport on Thursday, May 16th, 2019 beginning at 4:00pm.
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
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
PRIOR TO ARREST IN GETHSEMANE
Jesus of Nazareth seems lost in prayer mere minutes before his arrest in the Gethsemane Garden outside of Jerusalem two days ago. The roaming rabbi was charged with treason and executed on Golgotha -- also called the Place of the Skull or Skull Hill -- yesterday. {Artwork by Henrik Olrik (1830-1890)}.
{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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