Cottonport News

Our intrepid Khaki, News Reporter for Yucatan Living, who is living outside of Cottonport, LA, sends us this report: What are you sending up here??? We just went under a hurricane watch about an hour ago army helicopters are flying over now - I've got all of the vehicles away from trees and all of the car windows rolled up so let her rip.

The 2009 state convention of Affiliated Blind of Louisiana, Inc., , held October 8-11 in Lafayette celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of the opening of the ABL Training Center at 409 W. St.

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

Not many people know that current-day West Monroe got its start as two little towns, which became the most important cotton exporting ports in Louisiana outside of New Orleans.

LECOMPTE PIE FESTIVAL: Today, 8 p.m., Zydeco Dance, Sunday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Arts, crafts and food.

Three candidates in the Oct. 17 election for assessor of Pointe Coupee Parish are expected to participate in a question-and-answer session at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Although the first day at school may be daunting for many students, for six-year old Mattison Harris everything was under control.

Julie Elizabeth Johnson of Lafayette and Gregg Michael Eldridge of Jeanerette, were united in holy matrimony Friday, August 7th, 2009 during a 6:30 ceremony at St.

In a 5-4 vote, the Avoyelles Parish School Board on Tuesday appointed former Cottonport Elementary School Principal Celeste Voinche for a one-year assignment as Marksville High School's principal.

State and local prison inmates, workers who oversee them and visitors to the jails will face tougher smoking restrictions starting Aug.

Voluntary smoking cessation programs at two state correctional facilities have proven successful in the first months of implementation as the Department readies for a full ban on indoor smoking by August 15, 2009.

Former Ouachita Parish Police Jury Public Works director Frederick 'Bo' Boyte's hearing in Avoyelles Parish, where he is charged with felony theft, has been reset for Sept.

The Avoyelles Parish District Attorney's office says it's going to call former Ouachita Parish Police Jury Public Works director Frederick "Bo" Boyte back to court this month to face a felony theft charge.

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin D. Sydboten, Jr. of Lafayette are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kimberly Anne Sydboten, to Chase Stafford Riche' of Evergreen, Louisiana.