Jonesboro News

CONCERT TO BENEFIT HAITI: 7:30 p.m., Magale Recital Hall, Northwest State University in Natchitoches.

The Town of Ferriday will look to be at its best on April 1 when the town will be judged as part of the Cleanest City Contest.

Clarence Hawkins, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development in Louisiana and former Bastrop mayor, is the speaker at the 24th annual celebration of the Dr.

Mayor Jamie E. Mayo, the city council and the city's Martin Luther King Committee invite the public to attend the city of Monroe's 31st Annual Birthday Salute to Dr.

Earlier today, a crash involving two vehicles killed a man and a woman in Winn Parish.

COLVILLE, Wash. - Milton Scot Belton died Tuesday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home, Ruston.

West Monroe police arrested a man early Sunday arrested Zachary Head, 21, of 881 Pardue Loop, Jonesboro.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for parts of the Ark-La-Tex. The watch is expected to remain in effect until 9 p.m. tonight.

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.