Ridgecrest News

Work to confirm the residency of some Concordia Parish students is continuing in an effort directed by the U.S. Justice Department as part of a long-established federal desegregation order.

' The crackdown on out-of-district students in Concordia Parish is under way, and some students are being sent to other school districts.

Vidalia Mayor Hyram Copeland told the Ferriday Rotary Club last week that economic development in Vidalia during the past years has included $25 million in state and federal grants and more than $40 million in ...

The Concordia Parish School Board adopted a record $51 million budget for fiscal year 2008-2009 during its regular meeting Thursday night.

Early voting begins Saturday for the October 4th primary election which will include races for judge and district attorney in the Seventh Judicial District.

Parish government agencies and banks will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Ferriday Town Hall, Clayton Town Hall, Ridgecrest Town Hall and Vidalia City Hall will be closed Monday, as well as the Concordia Parish ...

Bond for 19-year-old Crystal M. Gordon of 114 Brook Street, Ferriday -- accused of fatality stabbing her boyfriend with a kitchen knife on Sunday -- was set at $275,000 this morning by Judge Leo Boothe in ...

MONROE Concordia Parish Sheriff's deputies are investigating the stabbing death of an unidentified man.

A 19-year-old woman remains in the Concordia Parish Jail without bond today awaiting arraignment on a charge of second degree murder, according to authorities.

Vidalia native Heather Lanius Malone has been selected as director of the Concordia Parish Economic Development District.

' Students in the Vidalia schools will see a new authority figure in the halls this fall, but she's not a teacher or principal - ' she's the school resource officer.

Defining one's identity by where you sleep at night is human nature. And most of us do it each day without giving it much thought.

A Farmerville contractor was the low bidder at $1,587,000 for Phase 2 bathroom renovation work for schools throughout the parish.

These days Vidalia Mayor Hyram Copeland has Main Street on his mind. But if you check a Vidalia map you will not find the words Main Street anywhere on it.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury agreed to call an election this fall on behalf of the Concordia Council on Aging for voters to consider a four-mill tax.

Personal matters highlighted the regular meeting of the Concordia Parish School Board Thursday night, while the board also agreed to consider for the second time this year whether to give itself a pay raise.

' Residency is once again an important issue in Concordia Parish, but this time the issue does not have to do with voter registration but with student registration.

' With the rising heat and the rising cost of living, local thieves may be tempted to bring a new meaning to the phrase "hot metal." On Thursday, Tommie Lee Jefferson, 63, 300 Sixth St., Ferriday, and Randy D. ...

Following the theft of items from a Ridgecrest residential yard Thursday afternoon, Sheriff Randy Maxwell is urging area residents to keep valuable items out of sight and locked up, and asks that everyone help ...

The annual Miss-Lou Memorial Day Parade from Vidalia to the Natchez City Cemetery will highlight Memorial Day weekend on Monday.