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Meeting to protest prison sale set in Simmesport tonight
A town hall meeting to discuss the privatization of the state prison in Cottonport is set tonight. The meeting will be held in Simmesport at the Community Center at 388 Mission Drive at 6:00 p.m....
Mar 28, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Spring brings outdoor cleaning and an electric safety reminder from CLECO
PINEVILLE, La., March 22, 2011 – Spring is in the air and that could mean cleaning up outside after a cold winter. As you rake the lawn, clean off roofs and plant trees and shrubs, remember that...
Mar 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Avoyelles Charter wins District Sweepstakes award at Literary Rally in Natchitoches
Avoyelles Parish Charter School finished at the top a the 2011 Northwest Louisiana District Literary Rally, held on the campus of Northwestern State University. Avoyelles Charter School was first ...
Mar 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Former prison worker from Moreauville pleads guilty to bribery in federal penitentiary.
Derrick Stevenson, 26, of Moreauville, La., a former corrections officer at U. S. Penitentiary in Pollock, La., could be spending time on the other side of the bars. Stevenson pleaded guilty today...
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marksville men arrested for stealing crawfish traps
According to Sheriff Doug Anderson, three Marksville men were arrested by investigators relating to multiple thefts occurring in and around the Lake Pearl community, near Hessmer. The Sheriff said ...
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mayor: arrest part of "mean spirited political vendetta"
Complete text of Mayor Lemoine's press conference: "Before commencing this press conference I want to inform everyone present that upon advice of council, during or at the end of my statement I wi...
Mar 23, 2011 | 2 2 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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Text of Mayor John Lemoine press conference to be posted soon
The press conference of Mayor John Lemoine of Marksville has ended and the text will be posted on this website in a few minutes.
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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Centerpoint man involved in boating accident fatality
A boating accident that killed a Deville man last Friday, March 18, is under investigation by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officers. The accident included a man from Centerpoint. ...
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marksville Man injured after collision with train
A Marksvillle man was seriously injured after his vehicle was hit by a train in St. Landry Parish yesterday. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Craig Bordelon of Marksville was operating a 18...
Mar 23, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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State Police: probably not enough evidence to prosecute Lemoine
Avoyellestoday.com has learned that the Louisiana State Police investigated the Feb. 1 incident between Marksville Mayor John Lemoine and a police officer he reprimanded, and the file has been deli...
Mar 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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State treasurer to speak in Marksville today
State Treasurer John Kennedy is speaking in Marksville at the LSEA state convention at the Paragon. His speech is scheduled at 2:30 p.m on Wednesday, March 23. He will be talking about the budge...
Mar 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marksville Mayor voluntarily turns self in on police charges
Says he was arrested for trying to "do things right"
Mar 21, 2011 | 1 1 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
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