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Christmas came to Patterson on Sunday, first with the first Four Legged Friends Walk for dogs, and then wtih the annual Christmas Parade, shown at left and below.

A 13-year-old Patterson boy died Saturday after apparently sustaining a gunshot wound to the head Friday night in what authorities say may have been an accidental shooting.

A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist tranquilized a bear spotted in Bayou Vista last week on Middle Road.