The Kinder Council heard from hospital personnel, who outlined their plans to improve healthcare in Kinder. Organizers to improve healthcare asked the council to support their efforts. Jacqueline Costley-Reviel, CEO of Allen…
Farmer/Rancher of the Year named
The Kinder Chamber of Commerce held its annual Farmer/Rancher Appreciation Supper Tuesday, October 1, at the Kinder Community Center. Lane Manuel, center, was honored this year. He is shown with Jason Hebert,…
APPJ holds public hearings
The Allen Parish Police Jury held two public hearings at the beginning of the October meeting on Monday night. The first was for the lowering of the speed limit on Wright Road…
Danny M. Mason
July 6, 1942 – Sept. 26, 2019 OAKDALE – Funeral services for Mr. Danny M. Mason, 77, were held at 2 p.m. on Monday, September 30, 2019, in the chapel of Rush…
Raymond Lloyd Austin Sr.
June 25, 1930 – Sept. 23, 2019 KINDER – Funeral services for Mr. Raymond Lloyd Austin Sr., 89, of Beaumont, Texas, were held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, September 28, 2019, in…
Delmer Peter Sonnier
Sept. 9, 1925 – Sept. 26, 2019 OBERLIN – A Mass of Christian burial for Mr. Delmer Peter Sonnier, 94, of Oberlin, was celebrated at 10 a.m on Monday, September 30, 2019,…
Thurman Brooks Messer
Oct. 5, 1932 – Sept. 24, 2019 OAKDALE Funeral services for Mr. Thurman Brooks Messer, 86, were held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2019, in Oakdale Church of Christ, with…
Pedestrian killed near Oberlin
An Oakdale man was struck and killed near the Koasati Pines Golf Course, which is part of the Coushatta Casino Resort, early Saturday morning, September 28. Oberlin Police Chief Grady Haynes said…
Four way stop signs installed
For a few weeks, signs have notified drivers passing through Spot’s Corner, the intersection where U.S. 190 and state Highway 26 meet between Baile and Elton, that a four-way stop sign was…
James Henry
Feb. 11, 1927 – Sept. 9, 2019 KINDER – Funeral services for James Henry, 82, will be held Thursday October 3, 2019, at 1 p.m. in St. Philip Neri Catholic Church. Burial…