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Avoyelles story makes USA today
Avoyelles has made national news. The story about Avoyelles Parish School Board member Lizzie Ned being elected twice while living in the wrong district has been picked up by the nation's largest c...
Nov 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ville Platte man arrested on timber theft charge
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M., said a 33-year-old Ville Platte man was arrested on theft charges after he allegedly cut ten acres of timberland and pocketed the money...
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Louisiana 4-H Museum in Mansura hosts a meeting of the Louisiana Sustainable Food Policy Council
WHAT: The second meeting of the Louisiana Sustainable Food Policy Council will meet Tuesday, Nov. 16 at the Louisiana 4-H Museum, 8592 Hwy. 1, in Mansura at 10 a.m. WHO: The policy group is co...
Nov 15, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Casing work underway at Deshotel well
Work is progressing on the new oil well between Dupont and Odenburg. Installation of the production liner (casing) in Pryme Oil and Gas Limited's (ASX:PYM) (OTCQX:POGLY) Deshotels 20-H No.1 well b...
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Kidnapping Suspect Arrested; Catahoula Parish
Catahoula Parish Sheriff James Kelly; United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley, Western District of Louisiana; Daniel McMullen, Special Agent in Charge of the Jackson Division of the FBI; and Da...
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Tidewater captain and crew were heroes of BP Horizon rescue; a tale of tragedy and triumph
A corporation founded in Marksville played a key role in rescuing over 100 crewman in last spring's gulf well explosion and disaster. The following account was provided by Cliff Laborde to Avoyell...
Nov 13, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Map shows area where seismic testing was done for oil in Southeast Avoyelles Parish from the Spillway levee to Simmesport and down to the St. Landry Parish line. Map courtesy of Dept. of Natural Resources.
Completion of deep Avoyelles oil well reaches final depth
The oil well which has been the center of attention of many resident in southeastern Avoyelles has some promising signs as it reached its final depth. Drilling of the Deshotels 20-H No.1 well in t...
Nov 10, 2010 | 2 2 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Taste Moreauville's Goat Cheese this Friday at showing of "Artois the Goat" In Alexandria
ARTOIS THE GOAT: 7pm, Friday, November 19, 2010, Hearn Stage/Kress Theatre in Alexandria. In “Artois the Goat,” Virgil Gurdies doesn’t eat to live, he lives to eat. When Virgil is stripped of his...
Nov 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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photo of Avoyelles well courtesy of pryme oil and gas
Oil and Gas Flared at Surface on Deshotels 20-H No.1 Well
No, it is not Spindletop, but it might have some of the same implications for Avoyelles as Spindeltop did for Texas over 100 years ago. Gas has been flared from the deep well being driilled betwe...
Nov 07, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hessmer man charged with domestic abuse in Rapides
A Hessmer man has been charged in Rapides Parish with domestic abuse, Eric Michael Dauzat of 139 Jacks Road, Hessmer; was booked in the Rapides Parish Jail on domestic abuse by battery.
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Tunica-Biloxi annual Veterans Day ceremony set Nov. 11
MARKSVILLE, La., (November 1, 2010) – Officials of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana and veterans organizations throughout Central Louisiana will commemorate Veterans Day with a special ceremony...
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Troop E’s “Kids’ Day Project”
This week, Troopers from Troop E visited schools in five of their ten parishes that they cover. Troopers visited schools in Avoyelles, Concordia, Catahoula, and LaSalle Parishes. They also par...
Nov 06, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Motel shooting victims identified
The identities of the couple whose bodies were found dead in a Marksviile motel room Friday have been released. Police Chief Ellis Walker identified the female victim as Shantel Latrice Alexander, ...
Jan 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 27 27 recommendations | email to a friend
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Couple's bodies found in motel room
Two bodies were found in a motel room in Marksville about noon today. Marksville City Police were at the scene of the apparent shooting on South Preston St., at the Deluxe Inn, located across from...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marksville City Police on the scene of a shooting. Possible Murder/Suicide of 2 people from Bunkie
Marksville City Police are on the scene of a shooting on South Preston St., at the Deluxe Inn across from Avoyelles Council on Aging office in Marksville. Possible murder/suicide of two people fro...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
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State Police Arrest Two Cenla Men For Possession Of Child Pornography
Investigators from the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations/Alexandria Field Office arrested two local men, in two separate cases, for possession of child pornography. The first arres...
Jan 27, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hessmer woman seriously injured in Avoyelles Parish Collision with stray horse
Late last night, a single vehicle crash involving a horse seriously injured a woman from Hessmer, LA. Troopers responded to the crash around 11:30 pm, which occurred on LA Hwy 115 north of Hess...
Jan 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Landrieu to Jindal: There is more to do; Avoyelles Parish spends only $9,000 per student
(Editor's note: The followin is excerpted from a letter from U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu to Gov. Bobby Jindal.) Your successful reelection bid and subsequent announcement that improving K-12 educati...
Jan 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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NOPD ARRESTS ALABAMA FAN/FRENCH QUARTER SEXUAL BATTERY SUSPECT
(January 19, 2012)- At around 10 Thursday night, an Alabama man police believe committed sexual battery in a French Quarter restaurant after the BCS Championship game, turned himself in to New Orl...
Jan 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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18 area artists have works displayed at annual Avoyelles exhibit
Eighteen Avoyelles area residents are the featured artists whose works are on display at the second annual Avoyelles Artists' Exhibit. This year the event carries the Creole French title of Les Pe...
Jan 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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The search begins for Avoyellean 2011
This week The Avoyelles Journal begins its search for Avoyellean of the Year 2011. Each year, nominations are sought from you, our readers, to honor good people in Avoyelles for their countless an...
Jan 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Road reopened
Was closed due to high water
Jan 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Scenes from BCS Championship Game
Bunkie Record Editor Garland Foreman is on hand at the BCS Championship game, held at the Mercedes Benz Superdome today, January 9. Three hours before kick-off, Foreman reported a huge sea of pur...
Jan 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Artists sought for annual Avoyelles exhibit
Area artists are invited to display and sell there work at the second annual Avoyelles Artists' Exhibit. There is no cost to the artist. This year's show begins Jan. 13 and runs through Feb. 13 at...
Jan 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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