Gulf Coast Spinning Company's abandoned Bunkie site for sale
Thu, 01/23/2020 - 5:00am
In June 2015, site work for the Bunkie Industrial Park’s first tenant, Gulf Coast Spinning, stopped.
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Avoyelles Police Jury debates Road District 2 board appointment process
Wed, 01/22/2020 - 5:00am
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NEW OFFICERS
APSD Superintendent Blaine Dauzat is flanked by newly elected School Board President Robin Moreau (left) and Rickey Adams at the board’s first meeting of 2020 on Jan. 14. Moreau defeated Latisha Small on a 5-4 vote of the 9-member board. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Moreau edges Small for Avoyelles School Board presidency
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 10:05am
In the Avoyelles Parish School Board’s first vote of the new year, the prospect of a “5-4” board emerged when Robin Moreau narrowly edged Latisha Small for board president.
Marksville, Moreauville police departments fill vacant SRO positions
Tue, 01/21/2020 - 9:57am
All three of the Avoyelles Parish School District’s traditional high schools still have full-time law enforcement officers on campus during the day, but there have been changes in the past few mon
Sue Johnson (center) sits with her sisters Nettie Jans (left) and Ruth Dupuy during a celebration of her 100th birthday at Bayou Rouge Baptist Church in Evergreen last Sunday (Jan. 12). Sue turned 100 on Jan. 13. Nettie, of Evergreen, is 91 and Ruth, who lives in New Iberia, is 97. {Photo courtesy of Rev. David Trimbur}
100-year-old Evergreen native remains active
Sun, 01/19/2020 - 5:00am
It was the beginning of the era known as the ‘Roaring ‘20s.” Most of the “young lions” of that era have passed away -- but not all of them.