Section: News

With a 6-1 vote, the Allen Parish Police Jury approved a plan that would merge the parish’s precincts and consolidate them into voting locations. Under the proposal, which was approved, on Monday,…

Henri Clay Bienvenu was born in 1941, but his story really begins over half a century earlier, around 1886, with a 12-year-old kid tacking obituary notices to telegraph poles in St. Martinville,…

The community of Oakdale lost Rita Beth Perry, 68, on October 28, 2023, after her struggle with cancer. November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, and many are bringing awareness to cancer every…

Mike Hefner addressed the November 2, meeting of the Oakdale City Council to discuss redistricting, which will need to be in place by next year. He stated every 10 years, the state…

Here’s a little history test. Do you know where No Man’s Land, also known as Louisiana’s Neutral Strip, is located? It goes right through Allen Parish, along with four other parishes –…

The Allen Parish Police Jury will meet Monday night, November 6, for its monthly meeting. There will be a public hearing to adjust precinct mergers and voting locations in the parish. The…

The State Fire Marshal (SFM) deputies continue to investigate a house fire in Oakdale that claimed the lives of a disabled woman and her friend. Around 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, October 24,…

The Ninth Annual Community Veteran’s Day Pancake Breakfast in Kinder will be this weekend, November 4, from 6 to 10 a.m. at the Grand Church in Kinder. “It’s open to everyone; open…

The Allen Parish Community Hospital (APCH) led a beautification project last week through its Community Connect Celebration. Hospital personnel joined Kinder Mayor Wayland LaFargue in planting citrus and fig trees with Chinese…

The construction on the APCH campus (Allen Parish Community Hospital) is moving quickly along. The lower photo was taken in early August, and the top photo was taken in October. Residents can…