Mardi Gras celebrations will be in full swing in Avoyelles Parish next weekend with family-friendly community events:
Every little boy, at some point in their childhood, dreams of being a fireman.
Every fireman probably dreams of someday being “Firefighter of the Year.”
'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.
There has always been a debate when it comes to how society should handle its wrong-doers.
Do we punish them or do we rehabilitate them?
Bunkie Middle School’s gymnasium is officially back on the market for any organization who might want to lease or purchase it.
AVOYELLES PARISH, La. (LDWF) - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited three men for alleged hunting violations in Avoyelles Parish in January and February.
A nationwide search for three children abducted by their grandparents in November 2017 ended on Feb. 5 when U.S.
A LOSING HAND
This art illustration for the upcoming problem gambling workshop “spells out” the cost of addiction. Unfortunately, addicts not only lose their money but many times their families, their independence, control of their lives and, in far too many cases, their lives when they feel the pressures are to much to bear.
While casinos and video poker plazas can benefit a local economy as employers and with local taxes, there is a dark side to those bright lights and loud bells and buzzers.
Addiction.
Obituaries
Funeral services for Felicia Simon Williams will begin at 11am on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Little Zion Baptist Church in Long Bridge. Burial will be held at the church cemetery.
Funeral Mass for Hazel Theresa Mayeux of Mansura will take place at the St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church of Mansura on Monday, February 18th, 2019 beginning at 1:00pm with Fr. Irion St.
Funeral services for Mr. Bennett Lee Dominick will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Old River Baptist Church on Overton Street, Marksville with Reverend Eldrid Lavalais Jr.
A Mass of Christian Burial for Mr. Weldon John Simon will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 16, 2019 at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Marksville with Father Abraham Varghese officiating.
A Funeral service will be held for Theresa LaPrarie in the Chapel of Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Home of Marksville on Monday, February 18, 2019 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev.
Sports
'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.
High school football will look a little different in 2019 as the Louisiana High School Athletic Association shuffled the cards with its reclassification for the next few seasons.
By Raymond L. Daye
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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