Alexandria News

Except for the supply-tight West Coast, motorists can expect more relief at the pump heading into peak summer driving season.

Irma Ledoux Speyrer didn't start painting until her two sons were in college. But since then, she has created more than a hundred works of art.

Allen Lavalais, program assistant at the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, kneels next to a geographical marker that denotes the center of the state.

The following private schools in Central Louisiana parishes will accept vouchers: Avoyelles St.

City employees in Alexandria and Pineville will take a day off on Monday to celebrate Memorial Day.

She doesn't want to send her 6-year-old daughter to a struggling public school in St.

Northwestern State University will locate its Small Business Development Center at the incubator beginning in September, Kay Michiels, the chief operating officer for the city of Alexandria, announced on Friday.

Kevin Graves, manager of Sutherlands Home Improvement in Alexandria, said generators are among the items that qualify for the state sales-tax break this weekend.

Biofuel company Sundrop Fuels Inc. is partnering with ThyssenKrupp Uhde Corp. to build the nation's first "green gasoline" plant in Alexandria, Louisiana, late this year.

A jury of 12 and two alternates was seated Wednesday evening and witness testimony will begin today in U.S. District Court in Alexandria.

Holy Saviour Menard is participating in the Louisiana Scholarship Program next school year, despite being left off a list of participating schools released Tuesday by the Department of Education.

Longmont-based Sundrop Fuels announced on Wednesday that it and ThyssenKrupp Uhde will build the nation's first commercial "green gasoline" plant.

Five schools in Lafayette Parish will accept vouchers during the upcoming academic year to allow students at struggling public schools to attend the private institutions.

Good fellowship, good food and golf. That was the draw at the recent Baptist Golf Fellowship held the OakWing Golf Club in Alexandria.

Silver Dollar Pawn & Jewelry Center in Alexandria, Louisiana owned and operated by Jimmie DeRamus and his family, is a quirky place that collects an eclectic array of historical merchandise, with locals attempting to sell, purchase or pawn items- including livestock.

The Main location of the Rapides Parish Library , located at 411 Washington Street in Alexandria, Louisiana, will hold a kick-off party for the 2012 Summer Reading Program on Saturday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.A Face painting, craft projects, the Chick-fil-A cow, and zoo animals will be part of the fun.A Similar kick-off events will be held ... (more)

Louisiana first lady Supriya Jindal reads the book "Courderoy" to kindergarten students at Nachman Elementary.

It is, at first glance, no more impressive on the inside. Aside from the panoramic painting hanging behind the reception desk that depicts the intersection of religion and genealogy-and a large mural that illustrates how Stephen Douglas, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George W. Bush, and Mitt Romney are all descended from ... (more)

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday released an April jobs report for Louisiana that the agency acknowledged is flawed.

We were all grownups this time. At the genealogy library in Alexandria, Louisiana-housed in the town's old Carnegie library building-there were nothing but adults, along with several thousand microfilms and reference books.