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Thursday | Concordia Sentinel

Connected by vice: The Longs, Marcello & Concordia

BY MATTHEW BARNIDGE Concordia Parish, like the rest of Louisiana, has a long and storied gambling tradition that dates to the earliest periods of settlement.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

News-Star

Barn dance benefits Council on Aging

The Ouachita Council on Aging is hosting its first Shindig featuring the crowd-pleasing Easy Eddie and the Partyrockers at a barn dance from 7 p.m. to midnight July 25.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

Maxwell reappointed to levee board

Gov. Bobby Jindal has announced reappointments to the Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District, including Barry Maxwell of Ferriday.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

Varnado new Methodist minister

As a newly-ordained Methodist minister, Ray Varnado was looking for a town and country church in need of a pastor and in need of a spiritual uplifting.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

KLFY-TV Lafayette

Sentencing Sept. 18 in daycare fraud

Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 18 for a former daycare operator who admitted billing the state for nonexistent children and overbilling for those she did care for.

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Concordia Sentinel

Last minute wrangling restores some cuts

The 2009 regular session of the state Legislature closed last Thursday, but not without some last minute fireworks.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

Ferriday may build new water plant

Ferriday Mayor Glen McGlothin said today the town "should be pumping good water in two or three months and off the boil order," while plans are now being developed to build a new water plant at the location of the old water plant.

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Tue Jun 30, 2009

Natchez Democrat

Summer brings heat, good news

Yes, it seems too hot too early. The stifling heat has been just about all anyone can think about lately, we know.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Natchez Democrat

Mayors can rise above difficulties

A year seems like a long time to the young among us. Time is marked with birthdays and big holidays.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

Police Jury to contact Doty Road Center property owners

The Concordia Parish Police Jury agreed Monday night to contact the owners of the property on which the Doty Road Center is located in Ferriday to reach a new lease agreement or see if the owners will donate the property to the parish.

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Thu Jun 25, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

Morris investigation takes a turn

The ongoing probe of an unsolved civil rights era murder in Ferriday took an interesting turn this week.

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Natchez Democrat

Trips to Washington, D.C. to continue

"It's imperative we go to let them know what projects we're working on locally." Copeland said ongoing work in the area like the Ferriday water project, the port in Vidalia and drainage in Concordia Parish could benefit if brought before the right people in Washington.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

Natchez Democrat

Chambers have right idea

The Mississippi River crosses throughout community, but it doesna t divide us. Natchez, Vidalia and Ferriday make up one region, one community.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Natchez Democrat

Administrators agree that tutoring is key

Administrators collectively say solving the issues with after-school tutoring programs is the path to raise test scores in Concordia Parish.

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Thu Jun 18, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

Ferriday awarded $755,700 grant for sewer plant

Ferriday has been awarded a $755,700 state grant for upgrades to its sewer plant, Ferriday Mayor Glen McGlothin said today .

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Wed Jun 17, 2009

Natchez Democrat

Booklet would be development tell-all

When an industrial prospect comes knocking, Concordia Parish economic officials want to be able to point and say, "Here's what we've got." And Concordia Parish Economic Director Heather Malone and Executive Assistant Jamie Burley have been working to gather the information to do just that.

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Mon Jun 15, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

The day a dying ex-Klansman gave God his 'untold story

At Riverland Medical Center in Ferriday in the winter of 1988, Earcel Boyd Sr., 64, was near death.

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Sun Jun 14, 2009

The Daily Advertiser

Mrs. Scott Thomson

Brittany Elaine Ratcliff and Scott Pierce Thomson were united in marriage Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Ferriday, Louisiana, at 6 o'clock p.m. Officiating at the nuptial mass was Father Louis E. Sklar.

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Sat Jun 13, 2009

Concordia Sentinel

Jury handles routine business

The Concordia Parish Police Jury took care of several routine matters during its regular meeting Monday night.

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Fri Jun 12, 2009

KNOE-TV Monroe

Teenager's Body Recovered

Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office recovers the body of a 14-year-old who apparently drowned while swimming in Lake Concordia.

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