Marksville News

It's that time of year. The 2008 Fall Food Roundup food drive is upon us, and once again, churches across Louisiana will be joining together to help feed the children at your Louisiana Baptist Children's Home.

Seventh Judicial District voters in Concordia and Catahoula parishes will elect a judge and a new district attorney during the primary election on Saturday.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people Monday : Leonard Ray Richard, 24, 221 S. Cane St., Opelousas, charged with a drug court violation.

BATON ROUGE, La., Sept 20, 2008 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana Recovery Field Office, in Baton Rouge, La., will open up some new Blue Roof Right of Entry collection sites and close some old Blue ...

MANSFIELD - DeSoto Crime Stoppers will pay for information that leads to the arrest of whoever was involved in the home invasion of a Pelican man's residence early Tuesday morning.

Residents of six more Louisiana parishes are now eligible for financial help because of Hurricane Gustav.

On Thursday, September 11, 2008, at 6:18 am, Louisiana State Police Troop E responded to a fatal crash involving one vehicle and one pedestrian.

For the past 20 years, as popular Cajun musician Bruce Daigrepont plied his button accordion for the crowds who twirled around the dance floor at Tipitina's weekly fais do-do, his mother could always be found ...

Some 600 Entergy linemen from Arkansas were en route to West Monroe at midday Monday to help with local power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav.

Sixty-six thousand Entergy customers in northern Louisiana were without power this morning, presenting repair crews with their greatest challenge since Hurricane Katrina.

The 4-H Club, a staple in St. Tammany Parish and Louisiana, is in the middle of a year-long centennial celebration.

The 12th annual National Conservation Systems Cotton and Rice Conference is headed to Marksville, La.

Alexandria Town Talk - Alexandria,LA,USA Local lodging facilities are keeping a close eye on Hurricane Gustav in preparation of history repeating itself.

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MARKSVILLE - In order to serve as a designated evacuation shelter during the weather related situations created by the impending Hurricane Gustav, officials from Paragon Casino Resort announced that the Clay ...

Saying that Hurricane Gustav could push tidal surges of up to 13 feet into the west bank of St.

With Tropical Storm Gustav approaching, the Louisiana Department of Social Services has set up nine shelter information points along state evacuation routes.

While it's still too early to tell exactly where Gustav will make landfall, officials in St.

Three readers have stepped forward to accept the Eat Louisiana Challenge. For the rest of the week, they will be trying their best to eat only Louisiana-grown food and will be chronicling their experiences in ...

MARKSVILLE, La. - An ongoing investigation by the Avoyelles Parish Sheriff's Office and U.S. postal inspectors has led to three arrests in connection with the burglary of a Simmesport post office.