Coushatta News

COUSHATTA, La. - The federal Energy Department has issued a $245 million conditional loan guarantee to a company planning to build an activated carbon manufacturing plant near Coushatta.

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The Coushatta-Red River Chamber of Commerce and the town of Coushatta are partnering to bring "A Country Christmas" to the area starting with Thursday's parade and fireworks.

Don W. Veatch Sr., who grew up during the Great Depression, remembers a time when the family's groceries were purchased on credit from the next year's cotton crop.

COUSHATTA - Louisiana's attorney general says a state judge has asked it to drop a criminal investigation of a state trooper accused of roughing up the judge after a traffic stop in July.

Following is the status of selected area waterways in the wake of storms that brought two tornadoes and heavy rain Thursday and more rain Friday, setting a new October record for precipitation.

You could hardly hear the auctioneers over the excited rumble of the crowd and the occasional bellow of animals Wednesday in the livestock barn at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport.

The Louisiana Baptist Convention Executive Board tackled a full agenda at its annual fall meeting on Sept.

CASTOR &#151 An open house will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the new Castor Branch Library, 1955 Highway 507.

A man was killed late Thursday in a single-vehicle accident in Red River Parish southeast of Coushatta.

This week it was New Jersey. A couple of weeks ago it was Virginia. No doubt Gov.

Northwestern State University's Office of Electronic and Continuing Education has partnered with ed2go to offer hundreds of instructor-facilitated, noncredit courses, including Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts.

COUSHATTA - Gov. Bobby Jindal awarded grants totaling $135,712 to Red River Parish communities when he stopped in Coushatta at noon today for his Louisiana Working Tour.

ROBELINE - The Adai Caddo Indian Nation's annual powwow, which was slated for Saturday, has been canceled due to the weather.

'Two Gentlemen from Louisiana,' an exhibit of the papers of former Sens. J. Bennett Johnston and John Breaux, opened with a chat between the two on the bygone practice of civility in political life.

Rising water has forced the closure of Red River public boat launch ramps operated by the Red River Waterway Commission.

A Lafayette City-Parish Councilman pushing for GPS tracking of all Lafayette Consolidated Government vehicles.

A man convicted more than a year ago in the 2006 burning death of a 5-year-old boy has been formally sentenced to death.

The death sentence formally was finally handed down today for a child killer convicted more than a year ago.

24 at Retama Park in his initial start. The colt won the five-furlong race by 4 3/4 lengths in :58.85. He races for breeder/trainer Shawn Davis in partnership with John J. Smith.