Choudrant News

“I kind of promised him, 'We're going to hold your wife's hand through some of these times.' With one of those kind of guys, you don't forget your promise.”

CHOUDRANT - Doris Robinson was expecting a small lunch engagement for her 88th birthday. via News-Star

Monday Choudrant at Sterlington West Ouachita at West Monroe Tuesday Franklin Parish at Neville Natchitoches Central at West Monroe Cedar Creek at Bastrop Ruston at Ouachita Arcadia at OCS Bernice at ... via News-Star

Those traffic barriers that now decorate some closed rest stops on Interstate 20 and elsewhere send a clear message to drivers: Keep moving, buddy. via News-Star

A Choudrant man missed drunken driving charges by one-100th of a point on an electronic blood-alcohol test after law enforcement discovered he had been drinking when they responded to the scene of his one-car ... via News-Star

Who is going to reopen the rest areas on Interstate 20? People who use I-20 must travel from Mound to Choudrant for a rest stop. via News-Star

“As a biker, you would rather have more”

MONROE -- The state has decided to close lesser-used rest areas in the state. Of the 34 rest areas in the state, 23 have been permanently closed. via The Shreveport Times

Clint and Tammy Coleman of Calhoun are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Heather Coleman, to Jonathan Dickens, son of Frank and JoAnn Dickens of Ponchatoula. via News-Star

“When Barry Royals from Waggoner Engineering and Ben McGee from U.S. Geological Survey were here, they said we could not set a level that was possible to legally enforce and where would enforcement come from?”

The Lake Commission members had a very busy meeting discussing the pros and cons of the Draw down of Lake D'Arbonne for drinking water purposes.

Jack Rivers, the Lake Commission members on the Union/Lincoln Regional Water Source Initiative, was getting copies of reports from Waggoner Engineering about the quality of the Lake to be used as potable water. One finding was that 10 feet below the surface of the Lake oxygen levels are depleted. They also found iron and magnesium levels which will need treatment and low levels of fecal matter which does not requires treatment. They found that Lake water is good to be used for potable water! Read more

A Choudrant man was arrested when police found his car in a ditch at the conclusion of a car chase that began when the suspect failed to pull over after reportedly driving 68 mph in a 35 mph zone. via News-Star

“It was so well attended we had to move from our senior center to the West Monroe Convention Center a number of years ago”

Hundreds of veterans were honored Wednesday at the West Ouachita Senior Center's annual Veterans Breakfast. via News-Star

Byron Beaubouef, new as associate pastor of Unity Baptist, Pineville. B. K. Miller, new as interim pastor of First Baptist, Choudrant. via The Baptist Message

“We have been incredibly busy these past four years.”

CHOUDRANT - It was a night of gratitude for someone Louisiana Tech President Dan Reneau referred to as the state's "steel magnolia." The university hosted a night of appreciation at Squire Creek Country Club ... via News-Star

Led by senior Chase Cooper, the Nevada men's golf team finished in 13th place at the Squire Creek Intercollegiate, held Monday and Tuesday at the par-72, 7,105-yard Squire Creek Country Club in Choudrant, La. via Reno Gazette-Journal

Jennifer Renna Barrett and Adam Dale Sanderson exchanged marriage vows Oct. 6 at Fair Park Baptist Church in West Monroe. via News-Star

Hollyn Nicole Patterson and Richard Chase Breen exchanged marriage vows on October 13 at Kiroli Park Amphitheatre in West Monroe. via News-Star

I bet you missed the red spider lilies in September. Not me. I have our six-acre Choudrant property scoped out for the spiders and I was ready when these shy, furtive flowers made their appearance the third ... via News-Star

“Whenever there was an opening, somebody would call, just for that special space”

Oda 'Tuck' Roberts was leading the singing at a church outside of Choudrant when he saw a bright light. via News-Star

“We should take attendance and look at mid-semester grades for early alerts that students are falling behind”

In a unique developmental approach, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System hosted a two-day seminar Wednesday and Thursday at Squire Creek in Choudrant for all of the campus presidents ... via News-Star