Minden News

Entries are still being accepted for the annual Pioneer Christmas Parade & Trade Day on Dec.

Federal officials say the total number of hate crimes rose two percent in just one year.

Michael and Margaret Walker are in a better place this year but remain grateful for Operation Stand Down.

A barbecue chicken fundraiser will be held Saturday at DeSoto Fire District 5's Central Station to benefit Christopher Ryan Curry, 3-month-old son of Michelle Garcia and Ryan Curry, who is being treated for Pompe's Disease.

By Bret H. McCormick bmccormick@thetowntalk.com 487-6346 PINEVILLE -- Veterans Day in Rapides Parish will take on a different look and feel this year on the north side of the Red River.

The first arts show in Grand Cane in April drew 32 artists and more than 400 visitors, which more than doubled the village's population.

MINDEN, LA Hundreds of people turned out Sunday afternoon at the Minden Civic Center to recognize some very special sisters in Louisiana.

MINDEN - The Webster Parish Office of Homeland Security is asking property owners who have experienced storm or flood damage to their homes or structures over the past few weeks to start reporting damages beginning Friday.

Maggie Mae Thornton Renfro already holds a distinction that has kept her on the record books for more than a year.

Several matters that crop up often at Webster Parish Convention & Visitors Commission meetings were hashed out in greater detail Tuesday when members gathered for a noon work session.

MINDEN - Dozens of roads throughout the region are closed today because of high water.

MINDEN - Webster sheriff's deputies and local Livestock Brand Commission inspectors are questioning whether a headless calf discovered earlier this month is part of a ritual killing.

Sallie Baker, Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger and a host of ghosts will be joined by hobos, freaks, zombies and aliens as Cultural Crossroads hosts "Moon Over Minden" tonight and Saturday at The Farm.

MINDEN - A weekend insurance checkpoint in Webster resulted in the arrests of two people, one on drug charges, according to information from the parish sheriff's office.

BackAlley Community Theater will present "God and Country," a program of patriotic and gospel music, at 7 p.m. Nov.

MINDEN - Recent heavy rains, broken up with some rays of sunshine, have not slowed down Webster Parish sheriff's investigators, as more than 16 people have been arrested in recent days on charges that include distribution of narcotics, felony carnal knowledge and aggravated burglary, according to a news release.

MINDEN - A new startup company broke ground Tuesday and should begin moving dirt this week for construction of a two-line resin coated proppant facility that will market its product to oil and gas operators in the Haynesville Shale and other natural gas plays across the United States.

The Shreveport Police Department needs the public's help in finding a man who has not been seen since Sept.28. Stanley Hendrick, 49, last was seen getting in a taxi about 3 p.m. that day while leaving a nursing home in the 1500 block of Glen Oak St.

Anne Elizabeth Epperson and Michael Paul Coplen are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

"The Grapes of Wrath," which is part of a 21-parish commemoration of the Great Depression, will be shown outdoors tonight at The Farm, 417 E. Union.