Gov. John Bel Edwards was re-elected Saturday according to complete but unofficial returns.
Obituaries
Jackie Lemoine Rachal, age 85, of Bunkie, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at Bunkie General Hospital. She was a member of the St. Anthony Catholic Church and the St.
Funeral services for Mr. Ronald “Cher” Paul Juneau will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 11, 2019 at Fifth Ward Baptist Church with Reverend Keith Lamartiniere officiating.
Funeral services for Ethel Brinkley will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, 2019 in the chapel of Hixson-Ducote Funeral Home of Bunkie with Bro. Tim Grant officiating.
If you knew Marcella Ann Morrison, you knew a woman of immense fortitude, grace, strength, creativity and fierce determination.
Funeral services for Violet "Sissy" Marie Mitchell will be at Monday, November 11, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the Calvary Baptist Church in Bayou Chicot with Rev. Wayne Holston officiating.
Sports
Marksville 28, Erath 21
Avoyelles 32, St. Helena 14
Bunkie 0, Kentwood 31
All three of Avoyelles Parish’s football-playing high schools qualified for the playoffs in their classification and play their first-round games today.
Bunkie Magnet High senior Jensen Gremillion (seated, left) signs a softball scholarship to Southwest Mississippi Community College. Others at the signing this past Friday (Nov. 1) are her father Woody Gremillion (standing), BMHS Coach Katelyn Hines Hillman (seated, center) and her long-time pitching coach Lannie Zeringue.
{Photo courtesy of Darlene Gremillion}
Jensen Gremillion of Dupont, a softball star for the Bunkie Magnet High Lady Panthers softball team, will continue her efforts on the diamond at Southwest Mississippi Community College next year.
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
Carolyn Scallan, dressed as the “Bride of Frankenstein,” stands beside a giant inflatable black cat in a photo from a recent Halloween. She is “scaling back” this year and retiring the giant inflatables and many other decorations to a storage shed. This costume is particularly appropriate for this year as Carolyn got married for real on Oct. 20.
Generations of Avoyelles Parish children have grown up expecting to be scared, thrilled and treated at Halloween by Carolyn Scallan’s “Halloween house” in Plaucheville.
By Raymond L. Daye
Halloween events for communities in Avoyelles Parish have been scheduled as follows:
MON., OCTOBER 28-
With Halloween falling on a Thursday this year, Trick or Treaters will have a few chances to “double dip” with activities as some events have been planned for this weekend, while others will stick
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