Jonesboro News

Malcolm Maddox, who has more than 38 years experience in the banking industry, has joined IberiaBank as senior vice president and senior commercial relationship manager.

Fair Park Baptist Church participates in Operation Christmas Child, which gives gifts to children around the world By Hope Young * hyoung@thenewsstar.com * November 14, 2009 In 1993, Fair Park Baptist Church in West Monroe sent 30 shoe boxes of gifts to Operation Christmas Child - a project which delivers gifts to children around the world.

The Monroe-West Monroe Business and Professional Women has scheduled its next meeting at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Atrium hotel in Monroe.

CAVANAUGH LECTURE SERIES: Free, 7 p.m., in the Media Room of the Alexandria Museum of Art.

North Alexandria target neighborhood. Citizens of Alexandria are urged to attend one of the hearings.

The 256th Battalion of the Louisiana National Guard has received orders to deploy to Iraq after the first of the year.

Who Was Leroy Johnson? I visited the courthouse in Oberlin recently and noticed a large, bronze memorial plaque on one of the courthouse walls near the main entrance of the building with the inscription 'Leroy Johnson killed on Dec.

Jackson Parish in north Louisiana has a small Sheriff's Office, but it is getting big recognition for its support of its seven employees who are citizen soldiers in the National Guard and Reserves.

A Small Jackson Parish town celebrated the opening of a new medical clinic this afternoon.

Charles Cheatwood of Shreveport and Gwendolyn Cheatwood of Jonesboro are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Cynthia Cheatwood, to Mason Jones, son of Danny and Sarah Jones of West Monroe.

A Louisiana lawmaker says he's disappointed that the state's top education officials have not moved faster to implement a new high school curriculum and diploma.

NEW ORLEANS - State police delivered a report to the district attorney Tuesday on their investigation of the fatal shooting of a 73-year-old black man in northern Louisiana by white officers.

NEW ORLEANS - State police delivered a report to the district attorney Tuesday on their investigation of the fatal shooting of a 73-year-old black man in northern Louisiana by white officers.

Jonesboro Police arrested a 51-year old man Wednesday night in connection with the stabbing death of a Jonesboro woman.

One of the largest annual equine events in northeastern Louisiana began Tuesday as youth from across the state opened the 40th Annual Louisiana 4-H and FFA State Horse Show.

BATON ROUGE - While approving funding that reduced cuts to higher education and health care, state lawmakers also included $34 million to fund select projects in their districts.

Many people consider the Bible dry or difficult reading, and for this reason, it is often taken for granted.

Louisiana lawmakers already are warning us that deeper state budget cuts are ahead.

Northeastern Louisiana's most powerful legislators, committee chairs who drive much of the agenda in the state House and Senate, said the cuts made to balance the upcoming budget were mere nicks compared to what could come during the next two years.

An attempt to override Governor Bobby Jindal's rejection of $98 million in federal stimulus money to expand unemployment benefits remains stalled in the Senate Finance Committee, which delayed discussion of the proposal yesterday.