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Two Pineville men killed in crash
Rapides Parish- On Saturday, July 24, Louisiana State Police Troop E investigated a single vehicle crash that claimed the lives of two people on Williams Lake Road. According to investigating troo...
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Tropical Depression Bonnie continues to weaken
Tropical Depression Bonnie is breaking apart in the Gulf of Mexico and the tropical depression with winds near 30 mph could soon weaken to an area of low pressure. However, the low pressure area c...
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Oil spill moratorium
By GARLAND FORMAN As the oil spill continues to impact the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico just off the Louisiana coast, the affects are seen on television everyday for the people leaving along the c...
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Jena man critically injured in accident
Louisiana State Police Troop E investigated a singe vehicle crash on Indian Bluff Road off of LA 777 that left a Jena man in critical condition on Saturday, July 17. According to investigating tr...
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12 to join Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame in August
Alice LeJeune of Rapides Parish will be among a dozen honorees inducted into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame at a ceremony at 10 a.m. August 14 at the Louisiana 4-H Museum in Mansura. The 12 indivi...
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Bernard Caldwell
Four arrested in connection with Cottonport Meth Lab
According to Avoyelles Parish Sheriff Doug Anderson four people were arrested at 1103 Sycamore St, Cottonport, La. late Wednesday afternoon after deputies found a working clandestine methampheta...
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Four People Arrested for Insurance Fraud
Four Ville Platte Area People Arrested for Insurance Fraud Evangeline Parish- Today, the Louisiana State Police Region 2 Insurance Fraud Unit arrested four people from Evangeline Parish for insura...
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John Lemoine Inauguration video clip

Jul 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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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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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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Larry Martin
Motorcyclist Killed In Avoyelles Parish Crash
Saturday afternoon, a single vehicle crash killed a man from Big Bend. According to Louisiana State Police, troopers responded to the crash around 1:00 pm, which occurred on LA Hwy 451 in tbe Bor...
Oct 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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LDWF Agent Found Dead near old St. Francisville Ferry Landing
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. — A 47-year-old Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officer was shot and killed while investigating a night hunting complaint. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife...
Sep 30, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Northwestern State University President Randall Webb (left) and Tunica-Biloxi Tribal Chairman Earl Barbry Sr. shake hands during a ceremony to sign an agreement that will allow NSU to offer courses at the tribe's reservation in Marksville. / Photo courtesy of NSU
Northwestern State University will offer classes at new Tunica-Biloxi center
NATCHITOCHES – College classes will soon be offered in Marksville. Northwestern State University and the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana have signed a historic agreement to offer educational and p...
Sep 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Sep 26, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Sep 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 36 36 recommendations | email to a friend
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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.
Sep 19, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Sep 14, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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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...
Sep 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Candidates qualify for October 22 election
No one qualified for Simmesport police chief. The position will now be appointed
Sep 07, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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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....
Sep 05, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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