Clinton News

When a 2-year-old girl told a day-care center manager Thursday that "something was hurting her foot," the manager found a small bag of marijuana stuffed into the child's shoe, Police Chief Mike Knaps said.

The East Feliciana Parish School Board doesn't have enough money to pay its bills, and a board member suggested Tuesday the first place to begin budget-cutting is in the board room.

Women wEfof Love Conference: 10 a.m., Faith, Hope and Love Worship Center, 4055 Choctaw Drive, with Prophetess Robbin Hardy as hostess and many guest speakers.

Radionthon/Harvest Fest: 7 a.m., WTQT 94.9, 3313 Government St., celebrating the radio station's four-year anniversary.

Flag ceremonies by the Alexander Sterling Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in East Feliciana Parish cemeteries: 9 a.m., Dawson Cemetery; and 3 p.m., Town of Jackson Cemetery, Clinton Masonic Cemetery and Redwood Cemetery, La.

East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies on Monday arrested a suspect accused of passing a counterfeit $100 bill last week.

The East Feliciana Parish School Board denied a request Tuesday to allow St. Helena Parish middle school students to transfer to Clinton schools.

East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies arrested two men Tuesday in the burning of a truck that had been reported stolen.

A state district judge ordered a Jackson man's arrest after the man failed to appear in court for the start of his murder trial on Tuesday.

The East Feliciana Police Jury decided Tuesday to call for additional projects on which to spend the full $3 million in Hurricane Gustav recovery funds the parish is due from the federal government.

If you really want to know how hot it is, don't check the heat index. Ask a football player.

A $3 million investment to build modular houses in Clinton and employ 150 people might not come to fruition.

Stephen Moyer worked with dialect coach Elizabeth Himelstein to craft his accent for "True Blood," a more formal take on the slang-y, slippery accents employed by some of the other characters.

Artist George Rodrigue has painted his blue dog in portraits of Gov. Bobby Jindal as well as former Gov.

There's a different theory for the success of HBO's "True Blood" for every one of its 11-million-and-still-growing weekly viewers .

CLINTON - An East Feliciana Parish grand jury indicted District 2 Police Juror Edward Brooks Sr.

Artist George Rodrigue has painted his blue dog in portraits of Gov. Bobby Jindal as well as former Gov.

An East Feliciana Parish grand jury indicted three people Tuesday in connection with a July 24 fatal shooting and, in a separate case, indicted an Ethel couple on rape charges.

Government Hurricane recovery efforts spend more time and money on pets than children, a U.S. senate subcommittee on disaster planning heard Tuesday.

The crew for the HBO series "Treme" sets up to film a segment of the pilot episode in the Times-Picayune newsroom the night of April 1-2, 2009.