Choudrant News

Ouachita Parish deputies on Sunday morning arrested Chad Rowton, 33, of 178 Pleasant Grove Road, Choudrant.

There will be closures of eastbound and westbound lanes of Interstate 20 from exit 93 to exit 103 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Nov.

Dana Martin, 18, of Choudrant was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on Sunday on charges relating to the possession of Xanax and possession of marijuana.

The crowd at Anchor Tabernacle filled the church to its doors. It was standing-room-only. It seemed almost half of this town's 700 people attended Wednesday morning's fifth annual Veterans Day celebration sponsored by the Choudrant Restoration and Beautification Society.

A benefit auction for Jerry Moak of Rayville has been rescheduled for 5 p.m. Nov.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Avery of Choudrant, La. announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie LeAnn, to David Anthony Newbold of West Monroe.

Choudrant School District No. 6, Proposition No. 1 was approved by voters 461-342. The proposition is for a $9 million bond issue not exceeding 20 years for construction and school improvements.

Bargain hunters, garage sale shoppers and rummage warriors will want to hit the road Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the third annual Historic U.S. Hwy.

RUSTON - Louisiana Tech University's alumnus of the year will be recognized at noon Friday as part of Tech's 2009 Homecoming activities.

Louisiana Tech University's Alums of the Year will be recognized on Friday, Oct.

It is hard to beat dinner and dancing when it is Squire Creek style and that was the case recently when the Choudrant country club offered an evening featuring both.

Evening vows at North Monroe Baptist Church united in marriage Miss Adrienne Blanks Boone and Mr.

Barnard, Clayton Dale, 13, of Ringgold, died Monday; services at 11 a.m. today at Rockett Funeral Home, Ringgold; burial in Social Springs Cemetery, Ringgold.

The National Outhouse Derby competition took place this weekend in Choudrant, Louisiana.

What started as a joke among Choudrant citizens - that after the annual Day in the Park there were going to be outhouse races - could put this Lincoln Parish village on the hot fall festivals list in the very near future.

A young boy's accused sex offender is on the streets right now, and his mother is demanding answers from police and prosecutors.

Harry Russell Wood III and Pamela Allen Wood of West Monroe are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Allen Wood, to Justin Grant Barnes, son of Gary E. Patterson and Melodye Tanner Patterson of Ruston and Samuel David Barnes of Choudrant.

Gov. Bobby Jindal's "Louisiana Working Tour" made a stop in Lincoln Parish Friday to address the Rotary Club Ruston and present funds to Lincoln Parish officials during a ceremonial check presentation.

Area residents experienced a rain-soaked weekend, but things look to ease up soon, according to the National Weather Service.

There's not a day that I don't slow down to look at a roadside memorial, or shrine, located on the margin of I-20 just west of Choudrant.