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🎁 Join the Bunkie Rotary Club's 2025 Christmas Doll & Toy Drive! 🎄

🎁 Join the Bunkie Rotary Club's 2025 Christmas Doll & Toy Drive! 🎄

The Bunkie Rotary Club has officially launched its 2025 Christmas Doll and Toy Drive, an annual project that has brought holiday joy to local families for more than 25 years. The club is now accepting monetary and toy donations to help provide Christmas gifts, clothing, shoes, and food items for

Legal Notice: Conviction of Courtney Daniel Bradford

Legal Notice: Conviction of Courtney Daniel Bradford

I, Courtney Daniel Bradford of 7784 Hwy 107, Mansura, LA 71350, have been convicted of 14:43 Simple Rape on Feb. 18, 200 and 14:43.2 Second Degree Sexual Battery on April 9, 2009. Race: Black Sex: Male Date of Birth: 10/31/1981 Height: 5’11” Weight: 158

🎄✨ Join the Holiday Fun! Exciting Christmas Events Await!

🎄✨ Join the Holiday Fun! Exciting Christmas Events Await!

Christmas Season Events Santa’s Workshop, St. Alphonsus’s Rateau Center, Hessmer Date: Nov. 29 The Christmas season kicks off in lively style at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, 3659 Main St., Hessmer, as Santa’s Workshop returns to the Rateau Center on Saturday, Nov. 29, from 6 to 8 p.

📣 Important Public Hearing on Avoyelles Parish Budgets!

📣 Important Public Hearing on Avoyelles Parish Budgets!

PUBLIC NOTICE The Avoyelles Parish District Attorney will hold a public hearing at 3:00 p.m. on December 4, 2025, at the District Attorney’s office located at 417 N. Main Street, Marksville, Louisiana. The purpose of the public hearing is to allow for public review and inspection of

🚧 New Demolition Regulations in Avoyelles Parish!

🚧 New Demolition Regulations in Avoyelles Parish!

APPJ Adopts Demolition Regulations for Abandoned or Blighted Structures The Avoyelles Parish Police Jury has adopted new regulations governing the demolition of abandoned or blighted buildings located within the parish under Jury jurisdiction. The regulations were approved at the Jury’s July 2025 regular meeting and are now in effect.

🚨 Marksville Police Activity Report: Nov. 1-15 🚓

🚨 Marksville Police Activity Report: Nov. 1-15 🚓

Marksville Police Report Chief of Police Elster Smith released the following activities of the Marksville Police Department for Nov. 1-15: Complaints: 243 Vehicle Crashes: 1 Injuries: 0 Arrests include: - 1 - DTP by loud music - 3 - Poss. of sched. I drug - 2 - Poss. of sched. II drug - 1 - Poss. of

🎅 Letters to Santa: Submit Your Wishes Today! ✉️

🎅 Letters to Santa: Submit Your Wishes Today! ✉️

Santa Claus has once again asked the Avoyelles Weekly to help him find those special gifts for the deserving boys and girls of this area. He asks that children submit letters to him through the newspaper. The letters will be published before Christmas so Santa can read them and let