A new part-time port director could be hired at the Avoyelles Port Commission meeting this coming Monday (Dec. 17).
Obituaries
Funeral services celebrating the life of Mary Newcomb Price will be held at 3:00 P.M., Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Holloway Baptist Church, Holloway with Dr. Jack West officiating.
Willie B. Saucier, age 76, passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, LA at 8:30 a.m.
Funeral Services for Victor Dugas of Mansura will take place at First Baptist Church of Simmesport on Friday, December 14, 2018 beginning at 2:00 pm.
Funeral Mass for Katie L. Coco Desselle of Bordelonville will be held on Thursday, December 13, 2018 beginning at 11am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Moreauville.
Sports
Robert Lewis (right, in pre-game warm-ups) was an imposing force on the Avoyelles Mustangs' offensive and defensive lines during his high school football career. The 6-6, 295-pound senior plans to go to college and hopes football can still be a part of his life at that level. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
If the Avoyelles Mustangs football team could be considered a “pod,” these two would definitely not be considered “two peas.”
By Raymond L. Daye
All three Avoyelles Parish football-playing high schools were bumped from the state playoffs this past Friday night.
All three Avoyelles Parish football teams lost during the first Week of Playoffs:
AVOYELLES 14
Caldwell 22
BUNKIE 14
Kinder 56
MARKSVILLE 12
Baker 18
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
Wednesday Dec. 12
5:30 p.m.- Moreauville Christmas Caroling
Ben Stanford of Hessmer was “eight or nine years old” when he started getting headaches. He was misdiagnosed because what he was afflicted with “starts off as a cold.”
By Donna Culotta
BEGINNING TO LOOK LIKE CHRISTMAS
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Avoyelles Parish Courthouse and throughout the parish. Several holiday events have already been held and more will occur this week and in the rest of the month leading up to day set aside to celebrate Christ’s birth -- the greatest gift of all. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Upcoming Christmas events this week include:
AVOYELLES JOURNAL
BUNKIE RECORD
MARKSVILLE WEEKLY
105 N Main St
Marksville, LA 71351
(318) 253-9247