Mayor Travis Franks and Police Chief Kenneth Smith have butted heads a few times during their terms in office, but both men have always been able to shake hands at the end of the tiff and resume a
There are few acts of violence that stir up emotions quicker and more intensely than an attempt to harm an infant.
Fire trucks, police cars and motorcycles, ambulances and other emergency response vehicles pass under a large U.S. flag suspended over La. Hwy 1 in Marksville shortly after noon today to remember those killed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and a field in Pennsylvania where passengers died after the hijackers crashed the plane when passengers were taking it back to prevent another attack that would have claimed hundreds more lives. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Units from every fire, police and emergency response agency in Avoyelles Parish drove past every school to commemorate what is now called Patriots Day and to remember the civilians, military person
Avoyelles Parish has two of the state’s top 50 public high schools, according to the online Niche.com.
Teachers, administrators and support personnel will receive a one-time pay supplement this year, due to the Avoyelles School Board ending the budget year with a $600,526 surplus.