According to Sheriff Doug Anderson, deputies have arrested Demond Montel Johnson, age 20 of Simmesport, La. with the possession of approximately 4.0 lbs. of suspected marijuana. C.I.U. / Narcotics Section investigators searched Johnson’s 506 Laurel St. home late Friday afternoon after conducting an investigation of alleged drug trafficking in th... full story
12 more inducted in Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame in Mansura By Bruce Schultz, LSUAgCenter
MANSURA, La. – A dozen new inductees into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame were recognized at a ceremony at the 4-H Museum here on May 11 for their work with 4-H clubs ...
Teenager Killed In Fiery Crash
Natchitoches Parish – Late Wednesday afternoon, a crash involving two vehicles killed a teenager from Bossier City, LA.
Troopers responded to the crash around 5:10 p.m., which occurred on I-49 ...
La 361 - Avoyelles Parish - Railroad Repairs Effective immediately, La. 361, just east of U.S. 71 in the Bunkie area at the railroad crossing is closed to traffic for emergency repairs.
Work detail offender recaptured in Marksville At approximately 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, inmate, Christopher Roy, was recaptured by Marksville City Police. Roy who walked off a Marksville City work crew on Friday, May 17, was found at a re...
398 to graduate from Avoyelles area high schools this week All six high schools in Avoyelles Parish will hold graduation ceremonies this week. A total of almost 400 seniors are set to graduate.
The top graduates were not ready to be announced as of press...
Eunice teen dies from wounds in Branch shootout BRANCH – A Eunice teenager died from wounds received in a shooting Sunday evening at the Branch/Church Point highway crossroad.
According to Acadia Parish Sheriff Wayne Melancon deputies responded ...
Louisiana quartet pays heavy price for outlawing deer in Iowa RED OAK, Iowa --Four Louisiana men from Kentwood, Roseland and Ponchatoula were found guilty of poaching Iowa deer from a case that started when someone made a call to the Turn in Poachers hotline....
Gator complaints keep Morgan City offiicals busy MORGAN CITY — Alligators continue to be spotted in people’s yards and neighborhoods in Morgan City, a problem police have been dealing with for about a month, which could be due to several differen...
Multi-Agency Investigation Yields Numerous Drug Arrests in Sabine
After an approximately year-long investigation, forty-four (44) drug arrests were made today in Sabine Parish. Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations (LSP BOI), Sabine Parish Sheriff’s ...
Avoyelles are names in Rapides booking report
Avoyelles names in Rapides booking report
MARCH 13
Robinson, Jamaal Anthony of 6463 Scallan St., Mansura; two counts possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, pos...
TMS well in Mississippi has over 1000 BOE per day Good news for Tuscaloosa Shale watchers in Avoyelles. To the east of Avoyelles in Mississippi comes the results oa a highly successful well.
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation announced today, Februa...
Rosewood well now in horizontal stage
The Rosewood Plantation 21H No.1 well is now drilling horizontally and intersecting oil and gas bearing fractures. The well has reached a measured depth of 17,300 feet (5,273 metres), an advance o...
Sedranee Porter (right) and Markayla Price look at photos on their i-Pad before the Martin Luther King program in Marksville on Monday, January 21. Full coverage of Martin Luther King Day activities will be featured in the upcoming edition of The Marksville Weekly News.
Howard Joseph Moreau,of Venice family members are from Simmesport Funeral services for Howard Joseph Moreau, Sr. of Venice, LA will take place at the Methodist Protestant Church of Lettsworth on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, beginning at 11:00am with Rev. Glen Mayeux ...
Infant Terralyn Dabrielle Murray of Mansura MANSURA- Funeral services for Terralyn Dabrielle Murray will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at Escude Funeral Home, Mansura, where Fr. Martin Laird officiating. Burial will follow at ...
Deaths Elsewhere Nursing homes owner
ALEXANDRIA – Services for former Louisiana Nursing Home Association president Finley C. Matthews, Jr. are Monday. He died May 15 at age 78.
He was owner/operator of Naomi Height...