The ''Avoyelles Journal'' is a free independent weekly newspaper serving
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Avoyelles (french: Paroisse des Avoyelles) is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana on the
Red River where it effectively becomes the Atchafalaya River and meets the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,07 ...
, United States. It is published on Sundays and has circulation of around 17,000. It is headquartered in
Marksville, Louisiana
Marksville is a small city in and the parish seat of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,702 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, an increase of 165 over the 2000 tabulation of 5, ...
with one branch in Bunkie, Louisiana. It began publication in 1978, founded by Randy DeCuir. In 1986 it added a Wednesday advertising edition with business news
In recent years, a website was begun to complement the newspaper: www.avoyellestoday.com. The newspaper sponsors the annual Avoyellean of the Year award which honors a local citizen who has made notable contributions to the parish of Avoyelles.
As of 1999, the paper was based in a 19th-century building, formerly the "Jules Coco Store".
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Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Newspapers published in Louisiana
Newspapers established in 1978
1978 establishments in Louisiana
Marksville, Louisiana
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