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John Lemoine Inauguration video clip

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JULY 4th BOAT EXPLOSION ON OLD RIVER IN PT. COUPEE INJURES FIVE
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division agents patrolling Old River in Pointe Coupee Parish responded to a call about a boat explosion after 7 p.m. on July 4. The...
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Names of Avoyelles candidates who qualified for fall elections
Police Juror District 1 1 to be Elected Name/Address/Phone Filed Date Party/Race/Gender Richard Parks 07/09/2010 Democrat 264 Wheeler Rd., Marksville LA 71351 White 318-253-8476 Male Larry Kent S...
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Pryme Oil And Gas Completes Farmout Of Turner Bayou Chalk Project in Southeast Avoyelles
Pryme Oil and Gas (ASX: PYM) has announced the farmout of an interest in the Turner Bayou Chalk project to Nelson Energy of Shreveport, Louisiana and two other US oil and gas companies. Drilling ...
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Kellie Murphy
LSU Students Struck By Car in South Africa During World Cup Soccer Visit; Lafayette Family in Need of Assistance
BATON ROUGE – LSU students Kellie and Brian Murphy, and their sister Nicole Murphy, a student at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, were struck by a car severa...
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Avoyelles area soldiers proud of New Horizons-Haiti 2010 effort
Area Soldiers proud of New Horizons-Haiti 2010 effort Story and photos by Maj. Scott Bell, TF Kout Men PAO MANDERIN, Haiti – In partnership with the Government of Haiti, a New Horizons-Haiti 2010 ...
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Avoyelles ancestors played big role in American independence
As we celebrate July 4th this long holiday weekend, we join in the celebration of a free government. While most everyone knows the story of the Revolutionary War in which the United States affirmed...
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The Inauguration/Swearing In Ceremony for John Lemoine and his City Council (Earl Adams, Mike Gremillion, Elliot Jordan, Joyce Prier and Daniel Decuir) is going to be held Thursday at 10 a.m. Secretery-Treasurer Janet Riddle says the public is invited. Gerald Wayne Lemoine frying his famous Cinnamon Rolls and Mr. Elton Bernard will be frying cracklings. Cake and cold drinks will also be served. Lemoine, was elected in April to fill the slot of long time mayor Dr. Richard Michel who did not seek re-election. Lemoine will officially resign as a member of the Avoyelles Parish School Board the end of the day on June 30, and become the mayor of Marksville at the stroke of midnight, the morning of July 1. John, an auto parts dealer and auto mechanic, is the son of the late Alozno and Verdie Bielkewicz Lemoine. He is married to the former Nancy Baudin and together they raised their children in Marksville.
John Lemoine to be sworn in as new Marksville Mayor in Thursday ceremony
The Inauguration/Swearing In Ceremony for John Lemoine and his City Council (Earl Adams, Mike Gremillion, Elliot Jordan, Joyce Prier and Daniel Decuir) is going to be held Thursday at 10 a.m. Se...
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232 Students Earn Dean's List Honors at LSUA
Two hundred thirty-two LSU Alexandria students – 89 of whom recorded perfect 4.0 grade point averages -- earned Dean’s List honors in the spring semester, announced Teresa Seymour, executive direct...
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Memorial services for Roy Wyatt Kemp, 27, were held at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Jonesville, on April 30, 2010 at 10 a.m. Bro Craig James and Bro. Tom Rayford will be officiating the services under the direction of Young's Funeral Home, of Jonesville. Visitation was held on Thursday April 29, 2010 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Jonesville. Wyatt was born on January 21, 1983 in Ferriday to Peggy Kemp and the late Sandy Lee Kemp. He was a resident of Jonesville and a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Jonesville. Wyatt was a devoted husband, father and son but most of all he was a man who loved the Lord. Wyatt had a unique sense of humor. He loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He enjoyed spending time with his family, friends, hunting dog Ellie, and fellow crewman of the Deepwater Horizon owned by his employer, Transocean Deepwater Drilling. He was preceded in death by his father Sandy Lee Kemp, grandfather Roy Wilfred Kemp, grandfather Carlos Rabb, Sr. and grandmother Willie Mae Graves Rabb Perritt He is survived by his wife and best friend Courtney Carpenter Kemp and children Kaylee Joyce Kemp and Clara Maddison Kemp. Mother Peggy Kemp, Brother Sandon Kemp and wife Nanci, sisters, Jacqueline Duncan and husband Scott, Micalet Kemp, Grandmother Carolyn Kemp, Audrey Rabb Barbe and husband R.E., great-grandmother Lillie Mae Perritt, father and mother-in-law, Dewitt L. Carpenter and Theresa F. Carpenter, three brother-in-laws, Lee Carpenter and wife Caroline, Corbin Carpenter and Colt Carpenter, and also surviving are eight nieces and nephews Paige Marie Fitt, Joshua Gage Fitt, Elizabeth Scott Duncan, Jessica Kalyn Mount, Adam James Kemp, Jillian Wyatt Kemp, Traylyn Micalet Kemp, and Dewitt Lee Carpenter III, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Memorial donations may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and St. Judes Childrens Research Hospital. Kemp was one of eleven missing workers of the gulf oil rig explosion. For a list of co-workers see: http://www.avoyellestoday.com/content/names-those-missing-gulf-oil-well-explosion
Memorial service held in Jonesville for Roy Wyatt Kemp, 27, of Monterey, oil explosion victim
Memorial services for Roy Wyatt Kemp, 27, were held at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Jonesville, on April 30, 2010 at 10 a.m. Bro Craig James and Bro. Tom Rayford will be officiating the service...
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The eleven men who lost their lives in the Gulf oil well explosion
Names of those missing in Gulf Oil Well Explosion
These are the names of the 11 who were the missing victims of the Gulf oil well disaster, including a Eunice native and a Monterey and Georgetown resident. Five are from Louisiana, four from Missis...
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Dorothea Batiste, native of Marksville, running for Circuit Court Judge in Jefferson County, Alabama
Dorothea Batiste, native of Marksville, has announced her candidacy for Circuit Court Judge in Jefferson County, Alabama. She is a resident of Birmingham. Batiste has been practicing law in Birmin...
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Police jury eyes recycling; may drop to once a week garbage pickup in Bunkie and Marksville
Police Juror Louie Laborde at the September 13 Avoyelles Parish Police Jury meeting, said it was time for the Police Jury to begin a recycling program. Laborde suggested he be allowed to appoint a...
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17 arrested by APSO in drug sweep
The Avoyelles Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted a drug sweep in Avoyelles Parish during the early morning hours of Monday, September 19. As of Monday afternoon, a total of 17 people had been arres...
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Arlene Riche Flanders
The staff of Avoyellestoday.com is saddened to learn that Arlene Riche Flanders, long time associate editor of the Avoyelles Journal and Marksville Weekly News, has died. Services will be announced.
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Taqueisha Jackson
Search on for drug suspect who abandoned moving car with passenger in Bunkie
Avoyelles Parish sheriff's deputies are searching for the driver of a vehicle who stuck a deputy and fled a possible drug scene following a traffic stop Sunday night. Deputies were able to arres...
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Nickie Voinche
Marksville man dies in three vehicle Pointe Coupee crash
BATCHELOR — A Marksville man was killed early Saturday in a crash involving three vehicles on La. 1 at La. 972 in Pointe Coupee Parish, according to a Louisiana State Police Troop A news release. ...
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State Parks Free Admission Saturday Sept. 24
If you visit Louisiana's State Parks and Historic Sites Saturday, Sept. 24, you can take advantage of free admission. The state is celebrating the Smithsonian Magazine National Museum Day. The Of...
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Dr. L. J. Mayeux, Jr.
Dr. Mayeux, Emeric Dupuy re-elected without opposition to another term.
Qualifying ended this afternoon in Avoyelles Parish, and two parish wide officials will be returning to their seats without opposition. Dr. L. J. Mayeux, Jr. was the only candidate to qualify for...
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Candidates qualify for October 22 election
No one qualified for Simmesport police chief. The position will now be appointed
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Candidates qualify this week in Avoyelles
Candidates who wish to run for office on Oct. 28 must qualify for their seats with the Avoyelles Parish Clerk of Court this week. The Qualifying period is from Sept. 6, 7 and Sept. 8 until 5 p.m....
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Cleco restores more than 90 percent of customers affected by TS Lee
PINEVILLE, La., Sept. 5, 2011 – More than 90 percent of Cleco customers affected by Tropical Storm Lee had power restored Monday. Crews are continuing to work on the outages affecting 1,600 custo...
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WIND ADVISORY FOR AVOYELLES UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
Winds are Currently Ongoing and will Continue Through Monday. * winds, North winds of 15 to 25 MPH with Gusts to Between 30 And 35 MPH are Possible. * Impacts, High Profile Vehicles Traveling East ...
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DOTD closes part of Belledeau Road in Avoyelles due to Tropical Storm Lee Flooding; road flooding reported in Belledeau, Dupont and Goudeau
The Department of Transportation and Development District 08 Office advises that LA-114 between its Junction with LA-1188 and its Junction with LA-115, west of Hessmer in Avoyelles Parish, is being...
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