Natchitoches News

NATCHITOCHES - Courtney Haynes of Baton Rouge was been crowned Miss Natchitoches City of Lights during the Miss Merry Christmas Pageant.

NATCHITOCHES - Several streets in downtown Natchitoches will be closed Friday and Saturday to accommodate the rescheduled Natchitoches Meat Pie Festival.

Two recently taken photographs have provided the newest confirmed documentation of cougars in Louisiana, and have lent some legitimacy to recent sightings in Natchez.

NATCHITOCHES - The family of a Fort Polk firefighter has been awarded more than $6 million by a Natchitoches jury, finding that the man's death Oct.

When Louisiana voters go to the polls to chose a president on Nov. 4, they will find a name on the ballot many might not expect - Ron Paul.

BATON ROUGE -- The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Department has received photographic evidence of only the second and third documented cougar sightings in the state in recent history.

GRAND CANE - The Historic Grand Cane Association will hold its Rummage in the Park fundraiser from 7 a.m. to noon Saturday in Village Park.

LOGANSPORT - A Logansport man who had been the target of a report of suspicious activity at his residence is in jail on several drug charges, authorities said.

NATCHITOCHES - Huntington had a simple but effective game plan Friday night against Natchitoches Central - get the ball in the hands of Jarett Fobbs.

A New Orleans area lawmaker who suggested the state should consider paying poor women to undergo sterilization as a way to shrink welfare rolls has lost his position as vice chairman of the House health care ...

HOMER - A driver stopped for having a nonfunctioning tail lamp on his vehicle and another who was speeding ended up behind bars on drug charges, Claiborne Parish Sheriff Ken Bailey said in news releases.

NATCHITOCHES - Northwestern State University's fall enrollment is 9,111, according to Registrar Lillie Frazier Bell.

Concrete work continues today on Front Street in Natchitoches, which is being rebuilt.

The Richland Parish School System will conduct districtwide parent-teacher conferences.

Fire this morning destroyed the landmark south Natchitoches Parish home of the late author Kate Chopin.

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COUSHATTA - A cell on death row in Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is awaiting Terrance Carter.

A fugitive wanted by the Natchitoches Parish Sheriffs Office is now back behind bars.

A former Bossier City doctor, his wife, four of his employees and two other people face federal prescription and insurance fraud charges after a year-long investigation.