Arcadia News

BIENVILLE PARISH, LA Flash flooding has hit parts of Bienville Parish hard, and authorities urge residents there to stay off the roads.

Nobody personified the Greatest Generation in war and peace more nobly than did Murry Van Hooser of Ruston.

A Gibsland man wanted by Bienville sheriff's officials on drug charges was returned Wednesday to Bienville Parish Jail in Arcadia after being arrested in Missouri, Sheriff John Ballance said.

ARCADIA -- Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell will hold meetings next week in Arcadia and Ruston to allow residents to discuss concerns about their electricity, natural gas and other utility services.

Lucille Ball's ghost is rumored to haunt her old home. superiorpics.com With Halloween right around the corner everyone is up for a little scare.

CASTOR &#151 An open house will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the new Castor Branch Library, 1955 Highway 507.

Feaster, Arphelia, 85, of Arcadia, died Monday; services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Arcadia; burial in Kilgore Cemetery, Arcadia; arrangements by Paradise Funeral Home, Arcadia.

Entergy spokesman Ken Solley said today nearly all area customers who lost power during Friday's storms should have their power restored.

Third-grade students from Minnie Ruffin Elementary got a close-up look at a dairy farm Friday, as part of an educational field trip to Papa Simpson's Farm in Arcadia.

RUSTON - Louisiana Tech's summer quarter commencement exercises were Aug. 20. Diplomas were awarded to 274 graduates.

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Poindexter of West Monroe, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Cara LeeAnn Poindexter, to Charles Hunter Brown, son of Mr.

ARCADIA - District Judge Glenn Fallin took under advisement until Tuesday information received Thursday in a hearing on a residency complaint filed against Ringgold Mayor Stephone Taylor.

Gov. Bobby Jindal will continue his "Louisiana Working Tour" with a town hall meeting at the Bernice Club House at 704 East Fourth Street, Bernice.

ARCADIA - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Arcadia Mayor Eugene Smith to serve as an at-large member from the 4th Congressional District on the state Small Business Entrepreneurship Commission.

ARCADIA - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Arcadia Mayor Eugene Smith to serve as an at-large member from the 4th Congressional District on the state Small Business Entrepreneurship Commission.

ARCADIA - Arcadia police have few leads in their investigation of Thursday night's robbery attempt and shooting that left two people injured at an apartment complex.

ARCADIA - Arcadia police have few leads in their investigation of Thursday night's robbery attempt and shooting that left two people injured at an apartment complex.

ARCADIA - Sheriff's deputies say a Bienville Parish boy was killed in an ATV accident.

Re: story 'Strategic moves' printed July 25. This will be a great series of moves.

ICBA Independent Banker, the national magazine of the Independent Community Bankers of America, highlighted First National Bank as an "ICBA 400 Top Performer" in the magazine's annual listing of top earning community banks.