It may be a few years from now before the first paycheck would be cashed, but there are “serious discussions” underway that would locate a new oil refinery at the Port of Avoyelles in Simmesport.
A Simmesport State Bank customer was surprised, and a bit concerned, when they tried to pay bills to the bank online and were directed to Doxo.com to make their payment.
T-Rak’s owner Josh Townsend (center) watches employee Molly McCoy (left) help customer Sara Riche with a quick lunch item. Townsend said T-Rak’s dining area can sit 15 customers, but he does a brisk lunchtime take-out business.
{Editor’s Note: Avoyelles is known for its outstanding local food. To celebrate that, we will periodically feature a local restaurant or amateur chef of this parish.}
This is the inside of Kyrle’s Restaurant in Mansura. The restaurant/nightclub/catering business, that has been a part of the Avoyelles scene since 1953, is for sale.
The parish’s oldest restaurant still in business is for sale.
What was once thought to be the birthplace of a new era of prosperity for this area now lays fallow.
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