Columbia News

KNOE 8 News has learned that an 86-year old Columbia woman died over the weekend.

Grayson and Clarks police officers today were looking for eight people on drug charges.

SHREVEPORT, LA There's bad news for Louisiana daycares. According to a new report, the state comes in next to last when it comes to the quality of child care agencies.

The accident happened around 5:30 in the afternoon yesterday on LA Highway 133. State troopers say 69-year-old Marguerite Hatten from Columbia stopped her van on the side of the road and backed up to help another driver.

A Caldwell Parish woman died Sunday following a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana 133 in Caldwell Parish late Sunday afternoon.

A formal charge of second-degree murder was filed Friday against a man accused of killing his girlfriend's 11-month-old baby in September.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. The Coast Guard closed 111 miles of the Ouachita River from mile marker 221 near the Louisiana and Arkansas border to mile marker 110 near Columbia, La., to all recreational and commercial traffic due to extreme high water and strong current conditions.

The swollen Ouachita River has topped 47 feet, but the rate of its rise has slowed and the levee system remains intact.

The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and The Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority are closely monitoring river stages in the Ouachita River Basin.

Thursday morning, The Ouachita Parish Police Jury declared the parish under a State of Emergency.

The Tensas Levee District says it is time to fix problems along the Ouachita River levee in Caldwell Parish, or troubles lie ahead.

Tensas Basin Levee District board members took emergency action Tuesday to stabilize a caving bank on the Ouachita River in Columbia to avert a possible levee failure if the water continues to rise.

Diana Mae Watson Spain, 66, of Graham died Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, at Graham Regional Medical Center.

For 35 years, Denny Taylor has given northeastern Louisiana his all as an entertainer.

Having the Corps of Engineers work on your levees is no guarantee they'll hold. Just ask around New Orleans.

The Tensas Basin Levee District will continue to pursue legislation to protect its levees - including those along the Ouachita River - from federal decertification, executive director John Stringer told The News-Star editorial board Wednesday.

ULM history professor Dr. Terry Jones will speak from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 on topics to include how to identify Civil War artifacts.

The 54th Louisiana Art and Folk Festival is Oct. 10 in downtown Columbia. The work of artists in stained glass, pottery, paintings and other original artworks will be on display in the Art District.

Sheryll Barney of Monroe, a homemaker, died Wednesday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Monroe.

Ouachita Parish deputies on Monday arrested David Butler, 34, of 167 Hooter Road, Monroe.