Lake Providence News

Wait! Was that the doorbell? I turn the hair dryer off and wait. Ding dong! I thought so! Wrapping my wet hair back up in my bath towel, I start for the front of the house just as the hair dryer falls off the ...

Delhi coach Maurice Pollard said despite exploring options, the Bears have decided to cancel their game against Lake Providence.

June and Gene Silk of Rayville and Tommy Bridges of Lake Providence are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, April Nicole Bridges, to Christopher Ryne McDuffie, son of ...

Saturday afternoon Governor Bobby Jindal issued an order cancelling classes Tuesday and Wednesday in 30 districts.

DermaMediQ has a new location! Dr. Saidi Sowma-Fakhre has opened up her aesthetic practice on 1703 Lamy Lane.

Ouachita Christian senior defensive end Sam Wade admits the crack in his elbow last fall was painful, but not nearly as much as having to sit out virtually the entire season with the injury.

Over the past nine months, a host of civic-minded individuals developed a new program aimed at assisting school teachers, law enforcement officers and concerned citizens in dealing with children who hail from ...

Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Anderson of Monroe and Lake Providence are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Shelley Carol Anderson, to Richard Douglas Greene Jr., son of Mr.

Jessica Layton Kelley and Damian Lee O'Quinn of Monroe were united in marriage at seven o'clock in the evening on Saturday, July 19, 2008, at Jesus the Good Shepherd in Monroe, La.

Jessica Layton Kelley and Damian Lee O'Quinn of Monroe were united in marriage at seven o'clock in the evening on Saturday, July 19, 2008, at Jesus the Good Shepherd in Monroe, La.

Area Legislators expressed mixed feelings this week after Gov. Bobby Jindal nixed some $600,000 in state appropriations that were targeted for northeastern Louisiana parishes.

The names of indicted Congressman William Jefferson and his sister, New Orleans tax assessor Betty Jefferson--both natives of Lake Providence--have surfaced in the federal case against a Louisiana legislator.

Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to wield his veto pen today and slash money for projects in legislators' districts from the $29.9 billion state operating budget.

Two northeastern Louisiana projects, the Ouachita River and the Lake Providence Port, could benefit from earmark funding through the U.S. Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill that passed the ...

Secretary of State Jay Dardenne is announcing the museums operated by his agency will be closed Friday, July 4, through Sunday, July 6, in observance of Independence Day.

Author Cleo Scott Brown arrives in Monroe today for a tour of local library branches, bookstores and other attractions to promote the Ouachita Parish Public Library's River Reads summer reading program for ...

Don Britt, a northeastern Louisiana agricultural lender for more than three decades, will retire from Louisiana Land Bank at the end of this month.

BATON ROUGE - LSU has announced the names of students who have made the dean's list and the chancellor's honor roll for the spring 2008 semester.

This year's Adult Summer Reading Program Selection is 'Witness to the Truth,' by Cleo Scott Brown, a wonderfully written book about Brown's father, John H. Scott, and his lifelong passion for obtaining civil ...

More trouble today the family of indicted Louisiana congressman and Lake Providence native William Jefferson.