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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

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

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

SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS The Avoyelles Parish School Board met in regular session on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at the School Board Office in Marksville, Louisiana, with the following members present: Rickey Adams, President; Robin Moreau, Vice President; Latisha Small; Lynn Deloach; Keith Lacombe; Jay Callegari;

The Bordelonville Fire Department has received official notice from the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL) that its fire protection rating has improved to a Class 4, following the most recent evaluation. PIAL ratings operate on a scale of 1 to 10, with Class 1 being the highest level of

Louisiana Tech University in Ruston announced students from Avoyelles who were on the Dean’s and President’s Lists for the Fall 2025 semester. To be eligible for the dean’s honor lists, a student is required to earn at least a 3.5 academic grade point average with no