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The Annual Farmer and Rancher Appreciation Supper, hosted by the Kinder Chamber of Commerce in the fall of each year, will be Tuesday, October 5, at 6 p.m. at the Kinder Community…

An Oakdale man is facing various charges after he caused a head-on collision with a school bus on Friday, September 24. Oakdale Police Chief Chad Doyle said Lee Stalsby was driving a…

Additional arrests result in investigation into September 4, shooting Additional arrests were made last week in correlation with a shooting that occurred at an area sports bar in Oakdale earlier this month,…

During September 2021, Coushatta Casino Resort, owned and operated by the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, hosted a donation drive to benefit victims of Hurricane Ida in hardest hit Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary…

The Oberlin Council continued working toward setting guidelines for use of its community center as well as authorizing the mayor to sign contracts with DOTD and approved a resolution asking voters to…

One of Evangeline Parish’s elder statesmen, who served as state senator and as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, passed away on Monday, September 13, at the age of…

The Allen Parish School Board learned the first progress reports were scheduled to be issued on Tuesday, September 14, at its Monday meeting, but school was closed due to the weather. Superintendent…

After learning about a message recently found in a bottle  at the Calcasieu River, this writer immediately thought of Jim Croce’s memorable lyrics from “Time in a Bottle” – dealing with mortality…

Maurie Dickey captured the Jr. Miss Allen Parish 2021 title, and Peyton Warren was crowned Miss Allen Parish 2021 Saturday at the annual Miss Allen Parish pageants. Dickey, the daughter of Sidney…