Pitkin News

Ron V. Benko, has been named director of support services at Rapides Regional Medical Center.

Bolton High School once again has made the list of best high schools in the nation, according the most recent ranking by U.S. News and World Report.

State police say an Oakdale man died and a Pitkin man was arrested as the result of a head-on collision.

LifeShare Blood Centers has scheduled several blood drives for December to help keep pace with the increasing demand of blood, One of the biggest events in the state will be held Friday -- the 9th Annual Avoyelles Parish Holiday Blood Drive.

Louisiana author Curt Iles will be signing copies of his new novel, "A Good Place" at two locations this coming weekend.

Sandy and Bentley Curry advertise their business as Curry's Christmas Tree Farm in Start, but they've transformed the place into more of an agricultural amusement park.

Everything looks good for the Christmas tree crop in Louisiana, according to Dr.

A Louisiana couple who admit bartering a bird and cash for two children will avoid prison if they testify against the alleged trafficker, court records showed.

Greg and Dawn Pitkin pose for a picture on their anniversary last year. Greg is battling ALS or Lou Gehriga s disease.

A Pitkin woman stands accused of setting fire to the home of a man charged with the murder of a DeRidder woman.

Samaritan's Purse President Franklin Graham dedicated a new chapel recently that is designed to meet the spiritual needs of guards and staff on the grounds of Louisiana's Angola Prison.

The woman accused of swapping two children for an exotic bird and some cash in Evangeline parish now faces another criminal charge in an unrelated case.

The woman accused of swapping two children for an exotic bird and some cash in Evangeline parish now faces another criminal charge in an unrelated case.

Earlier this morning, two people from Pitkin, LA were killed in a vehicle crash.

Two people from Pitkin were killed in a Vernon Parish crash. State police say a pickup truck being driven south on La.