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❤️ Know an Elderly Neighbor Who Needs Help Reporting Flood Damage? Read This.

❤️ Know an Elderly Neighbor Who Needs Help Reporting Flood Damage? Read This.

Do you know someone affected by the recent flooding who needs help reporting their damage? Many elderly residents, disabled individuals, and others may not have access to technology or may not feel comfortable using websites and online forms. Avoyelles Today is organizing volunteers to help these residents complete their damage

Oakwold Plantation in Evergreen is more about people than a fine old home

Oakwold Plantation in Evergreen is more about people than a fine old home

By Donna Culotta As you enter Evergreen from the Bunkie side, if you look to the left you’ll see an old home surrounded by old trees. It seems they go together, old houses and old trees. It’s Oakwold Planation and it serenely sits back from the road and

Avoyelles Past Pages

Avoyelles Past Pages

By Donna Culotta 90 Years Ago From our June 20, 1936 editions Pearl Miles left for a centennial exposition in Old mexico. The Eileen Didier Dance Studio presented a summer revue at the Bailey Theater in Marksville. Sheriff Vic Saucier advised the public not to give business to liquor mechants

Father’s Day gifts were hard to pick in 1985

Father’s Day gifts were hard to pick in 1985

Father’s Day gifts were hard to pick in 1985 To submit any Avoyelles Parish history from the past, email photos, information and contact information to news@avoyellestoday.com or come by the newspaper office at 208 N. Washington St. in Marksville. A look back at the Sunday, June 16,

Early voting underway for U.S. Senate runoffs- see sample ballot here!

Early voting underway for U.S. Senate runoffs- see sample ballot here!

Scroll to see a sample ballot! Four candidates are in a run off for U.S. Senator in Louisiana, with both the Democratic and Republican parties drawing contested races. Registered Democrats must choose between the two Democratic candidates, registered Republicans must choose between the two Republican candidates. Early voting begins

💙 FLOOD RELIEF FOR AVOYELLES PARISH- HELP & GET HELP HERE!

💙 FLOOD RELIEF FOR AVOYELLES PARISH- HELP & GET HELP HERE!

Building A Better Avoyelles is now accepting donations to help families impacted by the recent devastating flooding in Avoyelles Parish. 100% of all donations will go directly to flood victims in Avoyelles Parish in the form of assistance while they are displaced from their homes and working to recover from

Wanted man taken into custody in Marksville

Wanted man taken into custody in Marksville

A wanted fugitive was taken into custody in Marksville following a foot pursuit involving several law enforcement agencies, according to the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office. On Monday, June 15, Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office Crime Suppression agents, along with Louisiana Probation and Parole, assisted the Marksville Police Department in