Simmesport News

A former pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Shreveport, who left the priesthood in 1972 after a career that included recognition by a pope and invitations to international events, died Sunday in the Washington, D.C. area.

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It's not free money for the Avoyelles Parish School Board, but it's the next best thing -- interest-free money.

Sabrina Nicole Lair and Ronald Dwayne Andrus, both of Opelousas will be united in marriage on October 10, 2009, at 6 p.m., at Mt.

Sabrina Nicole Lair and Ronald Dwayne Andrus, both of Opelousas will be united in marriage on October 10, 2009, at 6 p.m., at Mt.

When Tommy Maddie was on the Avoyelles Parish Police Jury nearly 20 years ago, a functioning port in the parish was a dream.

Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's deputies say a 22-year-old Simmesport man who was reportedly breaking into a wrecker service was shot by a Simmesport Police officer who was trying to arrest the man.