Ethel News

A man who was paralyzed from the chest down in a car wreck 15 years ago was killed late Thursday in a traffic crash on Interstate 110 near Airline Highway.

Last yeara s tree stands in front of Memorial Tower. The University will purchase this year's Candlelight Celebration "Giving Tree" from a local vendor for the first time since the celebration began in 1995, said Nancy Little, University public affairs coordinator.

Ole Miss baseball coach Mike Bianco got a taste of army training Thursday. Bianco was invited to take part in a rappelling exercise being held by the military science classes.

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.

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.

Ronnie Anderson, 61, of Ethel, was re-elected Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation president Sunday during the organization's 87th annual meeting, according to a news release.

A local cemetery that's under investigation by the state attorney general's office is getting a major overhaul.

A passing car on a dark stretch of LA 955 struck a 53-year-old Ethel man last night shortly before 9:00 p.m. Felton B. Whitfield was walking westbound on LA 955 in the westbound lane near the center-line when he was struck by a 2007 Mercedes, being driven by Joseph Washington .

An Ethel man walking on La. 955 Sunday night was killed after being struck by a car, Louisiana State Police said Monday.