Bienville News

Tulane University geographer Richard Campanella will discuss his history of New Orleans, "Bienville's Dilemma," Thursday at 6 p.m. in a free lecture at the Cabildo.

Nothing is more precious, more essential to life, than clean water. Without it, life itself will be snuffed out.

ARCADIA - The Bienville Parish sheriff's office expects to be busy in the coming weeks picking up suspected street and midlevel drug dealers identified through a parishwide undercover drug investigation that began three months ago, Sheriff John Ballance said Thursday.

MANSFIELD - The DeSoto Parish Police Jury on Monday offered its support to Energy Transfer Partners' plans to build a 42-inch, 180-mile natural gas pipeline across north Louisiana.

GIBSLAND - Like a lot of small towns, Gibsland has lost most of its once thriving downtown atmosphere.

Sweet Adelines International's Piney Hills Harmony chorus is searching for women singers from across the region.

Brass bands, a vital component of New Orleans' musical culture, will be the topic of a free lecture Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Cabildo museum on Jackson Square.

RINGGOLD - Bienville sheriff's deputies and state police seized 5.2 ounces of methamphetamine "ice" and 12 grams of powder cocaine when they searched a residence near Ringgold this morning, Bienville Parish Sheriff John Ballance said.

The National Weather Service office in Shreveport has completed its survey of damage Sunday morning by two tornadoes in Bienville Parish and a downburst in Natchitoches Parish.

Here's the latest from the NWS in Shreveport on last weekend's storms including the Dodson, LA storm which has now been deteremined to be an EF2 tornado which injured 2 people: nwsbot: SHV: 3 Se Castor [Bienville Co, LA] nws storm survey reports TORNADO at 03 May, 07:38 AM CDT -- several trees were uprooted or snapped along pumpkin center road ...

Louisiana State Police say a 60-year-old Mississippi woman died in an early Sunday morning crash on Interstate 20 in Bienville Parish.

The Monroe City Council approved introduction of an ordinance Tuesday night that will allow $3 million from the Capital Infrastructure Fund to be used to complete the Tower-Armand expansion project.

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1107 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 LAC013-119-100415- /O.CON.KSHV.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-090410T0415Z/ WEBSTER LA-BIENVILLE LA- 1107 PM CDT THU APR 9 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR BIENVILLE AND WEBSTER PARISHES... AT 1106 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ...

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 156 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 LAC013-121903- /O.CAN.KSHV.SV.W.0100.000000T0000Z-090412T1915Z/ BIENVILLE LA- 156 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BIENVILLE PARISH IS CANCELLED... THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE MOVED OUT OF BIENVILLE ...

Several parades and Easter events will compete for the attention of local families this Easter weekend.

A University of Louisiana at Monroe professor who fills the Kitty DeGree Endowed Chair in Toxicology in the College of Pharmacy is suing the university, claiming it has deprived him of his full earning capacity after suffering a stroke in March 2007.

Divers from four nearby parishes continue to search a Red River Parish bayou for a man who fell into the water from a bridge.

The first ever Louisiana RoadFood Festival takes place in the French Quarter tomorrow and Sunday.

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCHES 82/83 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 1008 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ARC061-073-091-LAC015-017-031-081-085-119-280415- /O.CAN.KSHV.TO.A.0082.000000T0000Z-090328T0700Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 82 FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ARKANSAS THIS CANCELS 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ...

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 958 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN JACKSON PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JONESBORO... NORTHERN WINN PARISH IN NORTH CENTRAL ...