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By Donna Culotta 90 Years Ago From our July 11, 1936 editions Louis E. Moncla, president of the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury, appointed various committees. The Marksville mayor and the Board of Aldermen attended a meeting in the courthouse with Mr. Irion Lafargue, an engineer, who explained that many Louisiana

* Sponsor this article here⭐️ Avoyelles Pages Past By Donna Culotta 90 Years Ago From our July 4, 1936 editions A modern post office building was scheduled to be built in Bunkie. Assessor Ulysses Roy announced the Louisiana Tax Commission will review Avoyelles Parish assessments. Welcome rain gave Avoyelles relief in

1927 Memories Echo After 2026 Flood For many families in Plaucheville and Moreauville, the flood of June 2026 will be remembered for generations. Water rose across roads, yards, fields, homes, churches, businesses, gas stations and farmland during the June 18 and 19 flood event. With one official gauge near Cottonport

Avoyelles Pages Past: By Donna Culotta If you'd like your business link here, email news@avoyellestoday.com 90 Years Ago From our June 27, 1936 editions W.D. Merrick, Louis Gremillion and Leonce Lacour were elected Simmesport aldermen. Dr. Alton DeNux was a delegate to the National Democratic

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 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,