Bunkie, Louisiana

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• Louisiana rice farmers look to 2009
  

  U.S. rice industry leaders met recently for the USA Rice Federation Outlook Conference with one eye on the economy and the other peering at the prospects for the 2009 crop.

• Older workers on the rise: Golden years don't always mean taking it easy
  

  What began as a break from the routine of retired life has turned into a new career for 74-year-old Jean S. Ducote.

• Lafayette woman named top older worker in state
  

  A Lafayette woman was recognized as Louisiana's Outstanding Older Worker Thursday.

• No December duck numbers
  

  BATON ROUGE - It took a perfect storm - a convergence of seemingly unrelated happenings - to keep Larry Reynolds and the State Waterfowl Study group from their appointed rounds.

• Antie-Bounds
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Antie of Carencro, LA, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Emily Antie, to Matthew Bounds, son of Mr.

• State fire marshal touts safety on tour
  

  Shreveport and Bossier City offer a model for communities that want to promote fire safety, state Fire Marshal Butch Browning Jr.

• Bunkie man dies in Thanksgiving Day trailer fire
  

  A Thanksgiving Day fire has claimed the life of a Bunkie man, according to the Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office.

• Morning accident closes Interstate 49 for hours
  

  An overturned sugarcane truck delayed southbound traffic on Interstate 49 in Opelousas for hours Tuesday.

• Student Cut in Argument Over Cell Phone
  

  A disagreement over a cell phone is believed to be the reason why a Bunkie High School student got cut during a fight on campus.

• 14 providers receive health-care grants
  

  The state Department of Health and Hospitals has awarded 14 grants up to $75,000 to health-care providers in rural and medically underserved areas.

• Bunkie High student cut at school
  

  A fight between two Bunkie High School students over a cell phone led to one being cut twice after a third man joined the melee.

• Bunkie man charged in church threat investigation
  

  A Bunkie man has been charged with terrorizing and hate crimes in connection with anti-Catholic messages that threatened St.

• Casting Call
  

  A featured film will begin shooting this month in New Orleans, Bunkie, Pineville, and Lecompte as well as other areas of Louisiana.

• Transforming young lives: Methodist home offers safe haven
  

  Bill Goforth entered the Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh, N.C., at the age of 5 and lived there nine years.

• Police Beat
  

  St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people Wednesday: Crystal D. Richardson, 33, 506 Beniot Road, Carencro, charged with disturbing the peace by fighting ...

• Police Beat
  

  St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office reported booking the following people Wednesday: James Alan Owens, 43, 114 Darjean St., Opelousas, arrested on a bench warrant from Ouachita Parish.

• Exton woman's family endure storms
  

  The former Louisiana resident, who moved to Exton in 1996, still has relatives in the hurricane zone and who were affected by both Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the recent string of storms including Gustav.

• Hurricane Gustav Relief Focuses on Kids
  

  A children's aid organization is operating special programs for kids and assisting thousands of families currently living in shelters as Hurricane Gustav hit the U.S. Gulf Coast yesterday.

• Read the story
  

  Investigator are looking into the cause of a fire in downtown Bunkie. Police say the fire appears to have started Thursday night in McNabb's Piano Shop.

City Description

Bunkie is a city in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,662 at the 2000 census. Bunkie was the birthplace of jazz drummer Zutty Singleton. Bunkie has hosted the Louisiana Corn Festival since 1987. The festival is held the second full weekend in June each year. Bunkie is located at 30°57′13″N 92°11′8″W / 30.95361, -92.18556 (30.953566, -92.185462). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km²), of which, 2.6 square miles (6.8 km²) of it is land and 0.38% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,662 people, 1,698 households, and 1,198 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,763.4 people per square mile (681.8/km²). There were 1,866 housing units at an average density of 705.8/sq mi (272.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 48.54% White, 50.26% African American, 0.04% Native American, 0.28% Asian, 0.34% from other races, and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.48% of the population. There were 1,698 households out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.4% were married couples living together, 26.6% had a

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