Pineville News

The forecast for Central Louisiana calls for a few showers, a light wind out of the north and the chance of visitors otherwise known as evacuees.

Cenla Advantage Partnership is offering help to International Paper's Pineville Mill workers and contractors who may be considering starting or growing their own businesses.

By Mike Hasten Louisiana Gannett News mhasten@gannett.com BATON ROUGE -- School superintendents across Louisiana want to know the details of what they stand to gain or lose by participating in the federal "Race to the Top" program that's aimed at improving weak schools.

The Louisiana Workforce Commission's Rapid Response Team will open an onsite transition center to provide services for the workers who will be laid off in December from International Paper's Pineville Mill.

Monroe Police released the name of the woman who died Friday afternoon after falling off the Lea Joyner Expressway overpass.

The surviving pilot of a fatal in-air crash that killed two people says he tried unsuccessfully to avoid the collision, according to the National Transportation Safety Board's preliminary report.

Alexandria Police officers said four people -- three men and a 15-year-old -- were in a vehicle in which crack cocaine and a stolen firearm were found.

Children planning to hit the streets Saturday for Halloween in Rapides Parish are encouraged to do so between 5 and 8 p.m. That's the official trick-or-treating time set by the cities of Alexandria and Pineville, as well as by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

The Susek Drive improvement project in Pineville will cause some traffic hassles, but an official says having a safer road will make up for them.

"A princess is what every little girl's wants to be," Felice Lavergne said as she stood in her white gown soon after waltzing with the prince.

The two men Pineville Police had issued warrants on in connection with the wreck earlier this month that killed two Pollock residents are now in police custody.

The driver in the September crash on the Cottingham Expressway that killed two people had illegal and legal drugs in his system at the time of the crash, Pineville Police said today, Oct.

Dozens of families from across Central Louisiana are touring local Head Start centers as part of the Head Start Awareness Month.

Local AARP Chapter 2764 meets monthly at KEES Park, Pineville Louisiana, and has for over 25 years.

The 12-year-old Pineville boy swept away by rushing storm water into a culvert Thursday afternoon has died.

A 12-year-old Pineville boy swept away by rushing storm water into a culvert Thursday was in critical condition at 9 a.m. today.

But tornado wreaks havoc in Jennings and Pineville boy is critically injured after being swept into storm drain Friday, October 23, 2009 Stormy weather associated with an approaching cold front caused no damage in greater New Orleans Thursday night, but strong storms produced a tornado in Jennings and rushing rainwater swept a 12-year-old boy into ...

A call to Alexandria Police about a man slumped over in a car with a needle in his arm ended with the man being arrested and charged with two drug offenses.

Louisiana Attorney General James 'Buddy' Caldwell will be speak at an Oct. 22 banquet sponsored by the Rapides Parish Democratic Executive Committee and the Rapides Parish chapter of the Federation of Democratic Women.

The 4th Judicial District will have an ad hoc judge or judges for nearly a year until an election can be held next Oct.