Section: News

By early January of 2019, locals began to feel the effects of the U.S. government shutdown in Allen Parish. Almost 500 federal employees work in Oakdale and live in the parish, and…

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Chairman Roy O. Martin III of forest products company Martco LLC announced the company will invest a combined $25 million to modernize its production facilities in Louisiana….

The Oberlin Council learned at its meeting Tuesday, November 12, that construction at city hall had been completed. Employees already had started the process of moving back into the former location of…

Allen Parish voters thought Eddie Rispone might be a better leader at the state level than Governor John Bel Edwards, but they did support Kyle Ardoin, who won the vote at the…

The Allen Parish Sales Tax Collection Report for October 2019 shows a $47,889.42 drop compared to October last year. The entities that showed an increase in October were the Town of Kinder…

It was announced last weekend in accordance with celebrations for Veterans Day, the Lake Charles VA clinic would be renamed in honor of Kinder native Douglas Bernard Fournet. “It’s a much deserved…

The village council met Monday night, November 11, and adopted two ordinances it has been discussing for the past few meetings – amendment to its weight limit ordinance and a smoke free…

Last week DPS scores (District Performance Scores) in education were released, and Allen Parish schools did well. Allen Parish Superintendent Kent Reed said the parish is satisfied with the district’s 2018-19 district…

The Allen Parish School Board’s November agenda included sharing good news in the district, student accomplishments, program successes and salary supplements. The board recognized the state champion Kinder High School Forestry team…

The Kinder FFA Forestry team placed first in state competition recently. Sullivan Fontenot, Kinder’s FFA advisor, said, “We started the year at the parish forestry ranking first, second and fourth out of…