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Avoyelles Courthouse courtrooms lighting, a/c project nears completion

As the Avoyelles Parish Courthouse prepares to turn 90 this month, minor renovations to the courtrooms are being finished. The $100,000 project isn’t as extensive as parish officials had hoped it would be when a 3rd floor renovation project was envisioned a few years ago.

Fair Craig King Hash

RAYNE - Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Centenary United Methodist Church for Fair Craig King Hash, 86, who died Thursday December 7, 2017 at Life Care Hospital in Shreveport. Interment will be in the Rayne Cemetery Inc. in Rayne. Rev.

Suspect in burglary at local ATM turns self in to EPSO

Additional information was released from the Ville Platte Police Department regarding a theft that happened at a bank on Main Street.

Ex-girlfriend of convicted killer gets probation in 2013 shooting

The ex-girlfriend of a defendant convicted of manslaughter has been sentenced to serve probation for helping to dispose of bullets from a gun she believed he used and clothes he wore in a 2013 fatal shooting in Morgan City.

Albert Fritz ‘Al’ Leckelt

Funeral Services will be held at 11a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at the Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home in Iota for Albert Fritz “Al” Leckelt Jr., 69, who passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 in Jennings surrounded by his loving family.

Lydia Bergeron Comeaux

RAYNE - Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 10:30 am in Gossen Funeral Home Chapel in Rayne, LA for Lydia Bergeron Comeaux, 96, who died Friday, December 8, 2017 at Maison de Lafayette Nursing Home in Lafayette LA.

Crowley Masonic Lodge #243 elects new officers

PHOTO SUBMITTED On Tuesday, Dec. 5, members of Crowley Masonic Lodge #243 elected new officers for 2018 and presented John Miller, a 44-year member, the Mason of the Year Award and a token gift.

Albert Fritz ‘Al’ Leckelt

Funeral Services will be held at 11a.m. Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at the Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home in Iota for Albert Fritz “Al” Leckelt Jr., 69, who passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 in Jennings surrounded by his loving family.

LFP cabins, campsites still closed

It’s been almost 15 months since the torrential rains of August 2016 flooded many parts of Acadiana. The record-breaking rainfall inundated many facilities at the Lake Fausse Pointe State Park, shutting down the popular RV campground and visitor cabins.

Abbeville City Council presents 2018 budget

As many municipalities around Louisiana continually trend toward further tightening of finances, a city’s proposed operating budget that does not cut services, does no raise taxes and provides employees with raises would have to be considered pretty favorable.