The St. Francis de Sales KC children’s Mardi Gras parade and chicken run has been rescheduled. The event will now be hel next Saturday, March 2 beginning at 1:30 pm.
City officials are tired of “being the last to know” about parades and other events requiring city services and expenditures.
Feb. 21, 2019 - A portion of Smith Bay Road from the Bayou de Sot Bridge to Smith Bay has been closed to vehicle traffic in the Grassy Lake Wildlife Management Area (WMA) due to flooding.
Where there are a lot of guns, there are a lot of deaths caused by guns. When there are fewer guns available, fewer people are killed by them.
A man has been arrested on an attempted second-degree murder charge following a shooting incident in Bunkie.
Avoyelles School Board members Chris Robinson (left) and Van Kojis (right), who represent the Bunkie area, provide information on the proposed 4-day school week currently being considered. The board members asked for constituents to call them with their views on the proposed change. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
As the Avoyelles Parish School Board enters its “fact-gathering” phase in considering adopting a four-day school week, board members are asking their constituents for their input on the proposal.
The Avoyelles African American Heritage Society will hold its 9th annual Avoyelles African American Cultural Heritage Day this Saturday. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Mardi Gras celebrations will be in full swing in Avoyelles Parish next weekend with family-friendly community events:
Obituaries
Audrey Mae Matthews Smith passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, February 14, 2019 at the age of 74.
Donald Ray “Speedy” Guillory, 71, of Alexandria, passed from this life on Monday, February 18, 2019, at Rapides Regional Medical Center.
Funeral Mass for Yvonne Marie Lavalais will take place at the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church of Moreauville on Saturday, February 23, 2019 beginning at 11:00am.
A Mass of Christian Burial celebrating the life of Donald Ray “Speedy” Guillory will be held at 12:00 p.m., Saturday, February 23, 2019, at St.
Sports
There are three Avoyelles Parish boys teams in the state high school basketball playoffs. The playoff bracket was released Monday.
By Raymond L. Daye
'TOO FAST TO PASS'
11-year-old racer Maddie Chesne holds the trophy she won at Emerald Coast Dragway in Holt, Fla., in her purple dragster, “Too Fast to Pass.” {Photo by C.J. Chesne}
Maddie Chesne is a little young to be called a “fast woman” -- but she’s faster than most girls -- or boys -- her age.
By Raymond L. Daye
YOUNG ONES PLAYING AN OLD GAME
[From left] Maya Lopez, Kaiden Pierite and Emilio Lopez, all of Marksville, are shown here at the Tunica-Biloxi Stickball Clinic in 2017. The Marksville-based tribe will be sponsoring its 4th annual Stickball Clinic & Exhibition at Chief Joseph A. Pierite Pow Wow Grounds on the Tunica-Biloxi Reservation in Marksville on Saturday (Feb. 9).
{Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Before there was a Super Bowl, there were large sporting events that attracted thousands of spectators to watch their favorite team take on their hated archrivals.
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
'TOO FAST TO PASS'
11-year-old racer Maddie Chesne holds the trophy she won at Emerald Coast Dragway in Holt, Fla., in her purple dragster, “Too Fast to Pass.” {Photo by C.J. Chesne}
Maddie Chesne is a little young to be called a “fast woman” -- but she’s faster than most girls -- or boys -- her age.
By Raymond L. Daye
READING IS NOT FOR THE BIRDS
Book lovers “flock” to the “birdhouse” at Emily Mixon’s home. Those who came out to recently to enjoy the Little Free Library in Bunkie include (in no particular order) Reid Newton, Tom Roy, Lelia Davis, Emily Mixon, Lelia Venable, Samantha Mixon, M’Lee Sonnier, Sawyer Sonnier, Lynn Roy, Amy Sonnier, Donna Newton, Kaitlyn Newton and Grayson Newton. {Photo courtesy of Emily Mixon}
There’s a new library in Bunkie. It’s very little, but it’s free to use and it’s open 24 hours a day/seven days a week.
By Raymond L. Daye
YOUNG ONES PLAYING AN OLD GAME
[From left] Maya Lopez, Kaiden Pierite and Emilio Lopez, all of Marksville, are shown here at the Tunica-Biloxi Stickball Clinic in 2017. The Marksville-based tribe will be sponsoring its 4th annual Stickball Clinic & Exhibition at Chief Joseph A. Pierite Pow Wow Grounds on the Tunica-Biloxi Reservation in Marksville on Saturday (Feb. 9).
{Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Before there was a Super Bowl, there were large sporting events that attracted thousands of spectators to watch their favorite team take on their hated archrivals.
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