DeRidder News

Bonds of $90,000 have been set for each of 4 men accused of planting bombs in two churches in the DeRidder area.

Four people have been arrested in connection with what authorities said were homemade bombs left at two southwest Louisiana churches.

Fireworks will light up the night sky all over Southwest Louisiana this Fourth of July.

Among The billion-dollar forestry assistance plan announced June 17th to help pulp and paper production in Canada is short on details.

DeRidder attorney Tony Bennett has been assigned to represent Jeffrey Denby booked in the beating death of an 18 month-old boy on June 18, 2009.

The circus, a birthday party for Charles Moore and Shakespeare headline an absolutely balmy Thursday in New Orleans.

Jeffrey Denby of Deridder is now facing first degree murder charges after the 18 month old he allegedly beat, died in a Lake Charles Hospital.

Wendy Louise Mirante, of DeRidder, and Joshua Gary Bailey, of Lafayette will be united in marriage on August 22, 2009 in Lake Charles.

DERIDDER - A 24-year-old DeRidder man has been arrested in the beating of an 18-month-old child.

A 24-year-old DeRidder man has been arrested in the beating of an 18-month-old child.

Amerisafe Inc., a DeRidder, La.-based specialty writer of high hazard workers' compensation insurance, has appointed Brendan Gau as executive vice president and chief investment officer.

ULM track and field coach J.D. Malone imagines Heather Davis and Richard McKay have had some conversations recently.

Hello Gin, When I read your article about the 'graduation class of Brazosport High School of 1969,' wanting a 'recipe' for pinto beans in The Lake Charles American Press, well, being a full-blooded Cajun from Louisiana, I thought 'Recipe? For pinto beans?' A lot of my friends HATE pinto beans because that's all they had to eat as a child, pinto ...

August 7-9, 2009 will mark the first annual Turnin' 3 Productions, LLC. Barrel Race at the Beauregard Parish Covered Arena in DeRidder,LA. The barrel race will include a Friday night warm-up show and an Youth 4D and $2500 Added Open 5D on Saturday and Sunday.

Beauregard Parish joins a growing list of parishes that are trying to keep pace with what seems to be the state's fastest builders.

The Beauregard Parish sheriff said scammers are calling residents in his area to ask for donations for three deputies who were injured in a crash in Caddo Parish earlier this month.

DERIDDER, La. - A 28-year-old Merryville man accused of beating a man to death in Ragley in February 2008 has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Health care costs in the United States are out of control. Half of all personal bankruptcies stem from medical expenses and many families are left skipping out on check-ups because of the price tag.

The DeRidder City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance that increases fines for owners of dogs that run at large, addresses the issue of dangerous dogs, and asks owners to register their dogs.

Law enforcement from throughout Southwest Louisiana and even out of state came together today in DeRidder to remember a fallen comrade-- Beauregard Sheriff's Deputy Detective Robbie Beane.