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🎨Christmas Painting Workshop

🎨Christmas Painting Workshop

Christmas Painting Workshop Coming to Moreauville The Big Bend Museum will host a festive Christmas Painting Workshop on December 13, 2025, beginning at 10:00 a.m. The event will take place at 8554 Highway 451 in Moreauville, offering families and community members a fun and creative way to celebrate

🏀 Mustangs Triumph Over Vikings 62-50! 🌟

🏀 Mustangs Triumph Over Vikings 62-50! 🌟

The Avoyelles Mustangs basketball team won over the host Avoyelles Charter Vikings, 62-50, in Monday's, Nov. 24 non-league game. The Mustangs now possess a 3-1 record. They will play next when they travel to Tioga for a non-league bout. Avoyelles will encounter an Indians team coming off a

🎁 Spread Holiday Cheer: Join the 2025 Marksville Doll & Toy Fund! 🎄

🎁 Spread Holiday Cheer: Join the 2025 Marksville Doll & Toy Fund! 🎄

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

🚨 Inmate Escape Attempt at Avoyelles Hospital Foiled! 🚔

🚨 Inmate Escape Attempt at Avoyelles Hospital Foiled! 🚔

An inmate being treated at Avoyelles Hospital briefly attempted to flee custody Monday, Dec. 8, before being quickly apprehended on hospital grounds, according to the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO). The inmate, identified as Dayton D. Johnson, 27, of Marksville, was in the custody of APSO DC-1 Corrections Personnel

Groundbreaking Held for New Avoyelles Community Education Center in Bunkie

Groundbreaking Held for New Avoyelles Community Education Center in Bunkie

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 today for the new Avoyelles Community Education Center in Bunkie. The center is part of the GUMBO 1.0 program designed to help eligible

🗞️ Avoyelles Pages Through The Decades 📅

🗞️ Avoyelles Pages Through The Decades 📅

By Donna Culotta 90 Years Ago From our Dec. 7, 1935 edition Sheriff J.J. Jeansonne and Lester L. Bordelon were named as delegates from Avoyelles Parish to attend the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in New Orleans. Avoyelles farmers were given the opportunity to buy their own farms. Clarence

🗳️ Avoyelles Voters Face Key Decision: Home Rule Charter vs Police Jury

🗳️ Avoyelles Voters Face Key Decision: Home Rule Charter vs Police Jury

By Dr. Jay Callegari This May, voters in Avoyelles Parish will face a defining choice: should we keep our current police jury system, or move to a new structure under a Home Rule Charter? Right now, Avoyelles is governed by a police jury. That means the same elected jurors both