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What is closed, what is open in Avoyelles for Issac
Issac is expected to be over the Avoyelles area Wednesday.  Here is a list of what is closed, and open. If your business would like to be added to this list, email it to newsonline@avoyelles.com ...
Aug 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Conservation Weekly Drilling Report

Aug 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pryme Energy Limited request trading hault
Pryme Enery Limited (PVM) recently began requesting trading haults of ordinary shares pending the announcement of a funding partnership for the company's Turner Bayou project. The hault began on T...
Aug 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jena Man Killed In Catahoula Parish Crash
Early this morning, a single vehicle crash killed a man from Jena, LA. Troopers responded to the crash around 4:30 a.m., which occurred on LA Hwy 126 at Fish Fin Road. The crash involved a 2003 Ch...
Aug 17, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Young Man Killed In Catahoula Parish ATV Crash
Early yesterday morning, a crash involving an ATV killed a man from Clayton, LA. Troopers responded to the crash around 2:10 a.m., which occurred on Prince Road in Catahoula Parish. The crash inv...
Aug 16, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ville Platte teen killed in single vehicle crash
ST. LANDRY PARISH- Early this morning, troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single vehicle crash on LA Highway 363 near LA Highway 748 which claimed the life of a 19...
Aug 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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‘Swampeater’ owners say machine is effective on hydrilla
South Louisiana may have its “swamp people” but Avoyelles has its own “swamp weed eaters.” A new aquatic harvesting machine may be the answer to the problem of hydrilla growth in Spring Bayou a...
Aug 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Volunteers needed by Red Cross to survey services available in Avoyelles
Volunteers are sought from Avoyelles and other cenla areas with surveys of homeless services in their respective parishes. An orientation will be held Wednesday, Sept. 12 at the Central Louisiana...
Aug 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Monterey Teen Killed In Concordia Parish Crash
Early this morning, a single vehicle crash killed a young woman from Monterey, LA. Troopers responded to the crash around 2:10 a.m., which occurred on LA Hwy 129 south of LA Hwy 907. The crash...
Aug 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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HEAT ADVISORY AGAIN IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
Thought it was hot yesterday? The forecast for Avoyelles calls for even a little warmer today with temps to near 100, with high humidity bringing heat index to near 110: HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FR...
Jul 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has Issued a Heat Advisory, Which is in effect Until 7pm CST this Evening for Avoyelles Parish . * Temperature, Temperatures this Afternoon in the Mid ...
Jul 29, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Entergy Is Ready for the 2012 Hurricane Season in Louisiana Customers are urged to make their personal storm plans
BATON ROUGE, La. – With the 2012 hurricane season officially under way, Entergy employees across Louisiana are ready to safely and quickly restore power should a major storm threaten Louisiana. E...
Jun 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Desegregation community meeting set February 27 in Bunkie
A community meeting will be held for all Avoyelles Parish public school students, parents and concerned citizens on Wednesday, February 27 from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. at the Christian Baptist Church, l...
Feb 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marksville couple honored again as longest married in Louisiana, perhaps United States
Norman and Norma Burmah of Marksville may be couple who have been married the longest in the United States. Married May 13, 1924, they were already married five years when the Great Depression of ...
Feb 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Female Avoyelles Parish inmate recaptured after she escaped from Simmesport facility
Avoyelles Parish Escapee Captured in Grant Parish Avoyelles escapee, Veronica Ann Dubois, was captured Tuesday evening near Colfax, La. by the U.S. Marshall Service Fugitive Apprehension Task Forc...
Feb 11, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lundi Gras celebration set Feb. 11 as fundraiser for Moncla Theater at Bailey's on the Square
In the spirit of carnival season, The Moncla Theater will host a Lundi Gras celebration on Monday February 11, full of fun, food and music as Krewes past and present come together at Bailey’s on t...
Feb 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bunkie man killed in crash
Bunkie man killed in Avoyelles Parish crash MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) - Louisiana State Police say a Bunkie, La., man was killed Saturday in a single vehicle crash on Louisiana Highway 29. State pol...
Feb 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Still some Mardi Gras events in Avoyelles
Last Mardi Gras events of parish begin Thursday The Mardi Gras season is in full swing and the last events for Avoyelles Parish have been scheduled. Events in Cottonport, Plaucheville, Simmesport ...
Feb 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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The search is on for Avoyellean 2012
The Avoyelles Journal continues its search for Avoyellean of the Year 2012. Each year, nominations are sought from you, our readers, to honor good people in Avoyelles for their countless and unse...
Jan 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORN TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING IN AVOYELLES
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles has Issued a Wind Advisory, Which is in effect from 9am this Morning to 6pm CST this Evening. * Timing, 9am CST to 6pm CST. * winds, Northwest 20 to 25 ...
Jan 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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LIVE MODELING FOR A GOOD CAUSE...
A fund-raiser for Faith House in Lafayette, a facility that supports and provides housing for Avoyelles Parish domestic abuse victims, is set to begin. For a $10 fee, donors can model clothing a...
Jan 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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2013 Avoyelles Junior Livestock show set January 18, 19
The 2013 Avoyelles Parish Junior Livestock Show will be held at the Avoyelles Livestock Barn, located on Fair Street in Marksville, January 18-19. This will be an exciting weekend that combines th...
Jan 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITION ADVISORY DUE TO POSSIBLE ICE
The Department of Transportation and Development District 08 Office in Alexandria advises that the forecasted weather conditions over the next 48 hours may result in the accumulation of ice on some...
Jan 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Weather Update
The sporadic rain we have over our entire region could turn into a mix of rain and sleet, or freezing rain later tonight, primarily in Tyler, northern Jasper, and northern Newton counties in southe...
Jan 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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