Cottonport, LA

By Donna Culotta90 Years AgoFrom our Oct. 31, 1936 editionsSpeer’s Shoe Shop opened in the Weekly News building in Marksville.The Cottonport FFA Chapter placed first in the vocational agricultural booths at the parish fair.At Cottonport High, Acy Marchand was elected president of the

By Donna CulottaFrom growing up in the family flower shop to becoming Houston’s premier landscape architect, Johnny Steele has kept his feet on the ground and solid AP family connections.One of his many relatives here in the parish is Sharon Lemoine Juneau of Cottonport who spoke

Raymond Laborde Correctional Center in Cottonport supported Breast Cancer Awareness Month with its annual “Fight the Fight” Boxing Night on Oct. 15, donating proceeds from the event and T-shirt sales to the Pink October Crusaders.Bunkie Senior Center members wore pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness

Funeral Mass for Gerald Mayeux of Cottonport will take place at the St. Mary’s Assumption Catholic Church of Cottonport on Monday, October 12th, 2026 beginning at 9:00am with Fr. Charlie Ray officiating. Burial will take place at the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery # 2.Chief Gerald,