Ball News

A check of the state Sex Offender and Child Predator Registry found 374 sex offenders registered with the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

"All in the Family" is the theme of the scenes program presented by the University of Louisiana at Monroe Opera and Musical Theater Workshop in Spyker Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

David and Jill Fallin of Delhi, La. and Chris and Kim Coenen of Shreveport, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kirsten Alyse, to Joshua Daniel Rachow, son of Danny and Brenda Rachow of Ball, La.

Annette Simoneaux, of Belle Rose, says, "When my grandson, Skyler Talbot, was about 5 or 6, his mother, Crystal, brought him to a French Mass in Pierre Part.

It was like a scene plucked out of a day in the life of the Canary Islanders who settled St.