The 5th annual Lundi Gras, benefiting the Moncla Community Center and Theatre, will be held at Bailey’s on the Square in downtown Marksville on Monday, February 27, at 7 p.m.
Blake Reine, Joseph James, Andre Steward
Parish, state and federal law enforcement authorities continue to search for three inmates who escaped from the Avoyelles Parish Detention Center #2 in Bunkie Saturday night.
Members of the Courthouse Security Committee (bottom center, clockwise) District Attorney Charles Riddle, Assessor Heath Pastor, Sheriff Doug Anderson, Chief Deputy Steve Martel, Judicial Administrator Norma Lemoine, Judge Kenneth Spruill, Clerk of Court Connie Couvillon, Police Juror Mark Borrel, Public Defender Brad Dauzat, Police Jury Secretary/Treasurer Jamey Wiley, Police Jury President Charles Jones and Judge Billy Bennett discuss needs and priorities for addressing security issues at the Avoyelles Parish Courthouse in Marksville. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
“Ti Frere” may not be dead at the Avoyelles Parish courthouse, but the system of inter-departmental favors appears to be on the critical list.
KAPB radio station in Marksville has been bought by an Avoyelles Parish native, who is excited to be back where it all began.
There are still obviously more thorns than roses in the relationship between City Hall and Police Chief Bobby Corner, but officials seemed committed to working together to find an accord to resolv