Chloe Oliver and Madison Young are the first recipients of a new scholarship (The Kinder High School Class of 1987 Memorial Scholarship) offered exclusively to Kinder High School graduates. “These students were…
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APSB announces changes to meal delivery system
Allen Parish School Board announced on Friday, April 17, they delivered 1,040 meal kits from Preferred Foods on April 9. Due to the overwhelming orders placed by school districts APSB is no…
4-H students win photography contest
Allen Parish 4-Hers, who participated in a Photography Contest, were recognized recently on the Allen Parish 4-H Facebook™ page (https://www.facebook.com/108967393669/videos/232055634700235/) with a slide show of some fantastic photos. Winners were: Creative Selfie:…
APSB hears updates
The Allen Parish School Board met Monday, April 20, to hear updates on education plans, school improvements, food programs and other business. In his report to the board, Superintendent Kent said the…
School lunches distributed
The Allen Parish School Board distributed breakfast and lunch items to students last week. The next date for meals to be distributed is Monday, April 20. Several people volunteered to help with…
New site noted
The Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) Center for Health Services in Oberlin was scheduled to celebrate its new location in April, however it has been delayed. Despite COVID-19, the group is busy working assisting…
Governor sets elections for state
BATON ROUGE — Tuesday, April 14, at the request of the Louisiana Secretary of State, Gov. John Bel Edwards has postponed Louisiana’s elections for another few weeks because of the COVID-19 outbreak…
March sales tax collections show parishwide increase
Even though many entities saw drops in sales tax collections for the month of March 2020 Allen Parish’s collections as a whole increased 11.95 percent or $112,367.55. The parish collected $1,052,591.41 for…
Park and praise held for BOP employees in Oakdale
In a bit of encouraging news the community rallied around the employees last Friday to show their love and support. Last Friday community members along with federal employees from FCC Pollock gathered…
Reps urge BOP to take action
MADISONVILLE, La. – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent a letter to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) urging that the…