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🎄💖 Join the 2025 Marksville Doll & Toy Fund for a Merry Christmas!

🎄💖 Join the 2025 Marksville Doll & Toy Fund for a Merry Christmas!

The 2025 Marksville Doll & Toy Fund is underway and is sponsored by the City of Marksville as the Margaret Michel Memorial Doll and Toy Fund. Toys and gifts to be distributed to deserving children for this Christmas will be purchased with donations made last year. The Marksville Weekly News

Bunkie Students Receive Winter Warmth from First Union Baptist Women’s Ministry! ❄️

Bunkie Students Receive Winter Warmth from First Union Baptist Women’s Ministry! ❄️

Students at Bunkie Elementary Learning Academy are all smiles after receiving warm winter hats and mittens generously donated by the First Union Baptist Church Women’s Ministry of Bunkie. The thoughtful gift arrived just in time for colder weather and was deeply appreciated by students and staff alike. Pastor Robert

Avoyelles Pages Past: A Look Back Through the Decades 📅

Avoyelles Pages Past: A Look Back Through the Decades 📅

Avoyelles Pages Past By Donna Culotta 90 Years Ago From our Dec. 14, 1935 editions Attorney A. Leonard Allen was a candidate for Eighth District Congressman Lamar Coco was a candidate for Avoyelles tax assessor and L.P. Gremillon was a candidate for judge of the Twelfth District Court The

🎄 Marksville's Cat House Dazzles for Christmas! 🐱✨

🎄 Marksville's Cat House Dazzles for Christmas! 🐱✨

Christine Robichaux of Marksville loves her cats so much she has a special cat house for them. And because she loves her herd of cats a whole lot she decorates the cat house. Like right now it's all decked out in Christmas finery with lights and anything else

🚀 Red River Bank Teams Up with Building a Better Avoyelles for 2026! 🎉

🚀 Red River Bank Teams Up with Building a Better Avoyelles for 2026! 🎉

We are delighted to announce that Red River Bank has committed to a Community Partnership with Building a Better Avoyelles for 2026. This partnership will help expand our cultural and educational outreach throughout Avoyelles Parish and strengthen the connection between local people, businesses and community institutions. Red River Bank is

🎀 Sewing Sisters Bring Joy to Foster Kids with Handmade Toy Bags 🎁

🎀 Sewing Sisters Bring Joy to Foster Kids with Handmade Toy Bags 🎁

In a heartwarming display of community spirit, the Sewing Sisters, Donna Mayeaux, Peggy Callegari, and Paula Brouillette, gathered to craft dozens of handmade sacks that will become toy bags for children in foster care. Their goal is to bring joy and comfort to young boys and girls who have often

🎉 Exciting Leadership Changes in Avoyelles Schools! 📚

🎉 Exciting Leadership Changes in Avoyelles Schools! 📚

Mid-year Administrative Moves Bring Familiar Faces and Leadership to Avoyelles Schools As the new year approaches, the Avoyelles Parish School Board announced two leadership transitions that will take effect in January 2026. Ashley Ducote has been named principal of Cottonport Elementary School, and Contina Pierite will become principal of Avoyelles