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📰 Your Ad Could Be Here Reach thousands of engaged local readers while keeping our site completely pop-up free. Premium placement = premium results. Advertise With Us → Dr. Jimmy Sawtelle, Chancellor RoyOMartin, a major timber and building products manufacturer based in Alexandria, and Central Louisiana Technical Community College (CLTCC) have renewed

📰 Your Ad Could Be Here Reach thousands of engaged local readers while keeping our site completely pop-up free. Premium placement = premium results. Advertise With Us → The American Agriculture Movement (AAM) released its Nov. 26 update, highlighting key issues affecting farmers as the year comes to a close. The update

Claire Kojis Pilgreen, an Avoyelles resident and co-owner of Griffins Antiques and Main Street Market, will appear on Wheel of Fortune Monday, Dec. 8, at 6:30 p.m. on KALB News Channel 5. Pilgreen traveled to Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California for the taping, which took

Sheriff David L. Dauzat has announced that two Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies have recently completed advanced law enforcement training and graduated from regional police academies. Deputy Dylan Cammack graduated from the St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office Regional Police Training Academy on Nov. 25. He upgraded his certification

The Town of Cottonport has begun major street improvements after securing $729,518.75 in state and federal funding. The project is focused on new overlays for: * Oak Street * Delphine Alley * Martin Luther King Drive * Choupique Street Fresh asphalt is already visible throughout the town, and residents are beginning to

Governor Jeff Landry Visits Avoyelles Parish Avoyelles Parish received a high-profile visit this week as Governor Jeff Landry made a few stops throughout the parish before speaking at State Representative Daryl Deshotel’s annual pig roast fundraiser at Lake Pearl. The governor arrived by helicopter in Hessmer early in