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🎄 Main Street Shines Bright with Christmas Spirit! ✨

🎄 Main Street Shines Bright with Christmas Spirit! ✨

Main Street Shining Brightly Christmas bells in oak tree and sparkly lights on a picket fence The corner of Main and Tarleton Streets in Marks-ville came alive a couple years ago when homeowners Linda and Darrell “DD” Dunlap put up a white picket fence. They added a gate with an

Obituary for Elmo Brossette

Obituary for Elmo Brossette

Elmo, age 88, of Marksville, Louisiana, entered eternal rest on Friday, December 12, 2025, at his home surrounded by his lovely wife and daughter. Eternal rest service for Elmo Brossette will be held on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, at Gallagher Funeral Home at 12:00 p.m. with Pastor Andrew

🎉 Unveiling of the Solomon Northup Statue 🗽

🎉 Unveiling of the Solomon Northup Statue 🗽

Solomon Northup Statue Unveiling What: Solomon Northup Statue Unveiling When: Sunday, January 4, 2026 Time: 2:00pm Where: Avoyelles Parish Courthouse 312 N. Main Street Marksville LA 71351 Why: Preserving the Solomon Northup Legacy Regained his freedom from this location on January 4, 1853 The public is warmly invited to

Obituary for Rita Elizabeth Bettevy

Obituary for Rita Elizabeth Bettevy

Rita Elizabeth Bettevy Funeral services celebrating the life of Mrs. Rita Elizabeth Bettevy will be held on Saturday, December 27 th , 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Marksville Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Robbie Strong officiating. Interment will be held at St. Genevieve Mausoleum in Brouillette, Louisiana

Immigrants peel crawfish, but cannot eat them. How sad.

Immigrants peel crawfish, but cannot eat them. How sad.

There is a scene many people have witnessed without ever really seeing it. You drive past a crawfish processing plant and the picture is always the same. Steam rises from the kettles. Trucks back in. Inside, rows of immigrant women peel crawfish for hours at a time. Their hands move

🚧 Groundbreaking for New Community Center in Avoyelles Parish! 📚

🚧 Groundbreaking for New Community Center in Avoyelles Parish! 📚

The Avoyelles Parish School Board in partnership with the Louisiana Office of Broadband Development and Connectivity (ConnectLA) and Gov. Landry’s administration held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Avoyelles Community Education Center in Bunkie. The center is part of the GUMBO 1.0 program designed to help eligible partners

🕊️ Remembering Loved Ones: Death Notices 🕊️

🕊️ Remembering Loved Ones: Death Notices 🕊️

Death Notices * Alberta Bowman Yellow Bayou, Dec. 6 * Leodocia Milburn Pope Bunkie, Dec. 6 * Larayne Anne Bordelon Bunkie, Dec. 7 * Wayne Joseph Chesne Jr. Simmesport, Dec. 8 * Malachi E. Eldridge Cottonport, Dec. 10 * Jody Ray Berry Alexandria, Dec. 10 * Joseph Nicholas “Nickie” LaCombe Deville, Dec. 13