Colfax News

Security cameras at the Wal Mart on North Mall Drive in Alexandria captured images of two Walmart employees for allegedly taking electronic items out of the boxes and putting the gadgets in their pockets.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for parts of the Ark-La-Tex. The watch is expected to remain in effect until 9 p.m. tonight.

The H1N1 vacination clinic that had been scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Grant Parish Health Unit in Colfax has been canceled due to inclement weather.

The elderly Colfax-area man who police say shot and killed his ex-wife called family and police minutes after shooting the 81-year-old woman.

The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating the fatal shooting of a woman this morning, allegedly by her husband at a Hot Wells Road home.

Thousands crowded the downtown streets of Colfax Saturday afternoon for the 41st annual Louisiana Pecan Festival.

People searching for a good piece of pecan pie -- and a slice of pure Americana -- can make their way to Main Street in Colfax this weekend for the 41st annual Louisiana Pecan Festival.

Children planning to hit the streets Saturday for Halloween in Rapides Parish are encouraged to do so between 5 and 8 p.m. That's the official trick-or-treating time set by the cities of Alexandria and Pineville, as well as by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

Earlier today, a crash involving two vehicles killed one and injured three others.

Families and their children are invited to the Colfax Family Fun Day from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept.

''I'm almost finished with The Day Freedom Died by Charles Lane. The horror of the 1873 massacre of more than 80 black men by white supremacists in Colfax, Louisiana, is deepened by Lane's infuriating account of the U.S. government's subsequent betrayal of the Reconstruction promise of equal justice for all.''

COLFAX, La. - A Colfax police officer has been indicted in a July fatal shooting while he was on duty.

Earlier this afternoon, two vehicles collided, which left one woman dead and four other individuals injured.

A replenishment blood drive for Roger Calk will be held on Wednesday, July 22, from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., at the Grant Parish Courthouse.

State police say a two-vehicle collision in Grant Parish left a 76-year-old Colfax woman dead and injured four others.