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Thursday Oct 2 | Concordia Sentinel

Justice probing student residency

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.

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA, Monterey, LA, Jonesville, LA

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Natchez Democrat

Classes decrease due to residency

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

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Related Topix: Jonesville, LA, Monterey, LA, Education Etc., Ferriday, LA, Vidalia, LA

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

Copeland says Ferriday can share Vidalia's success

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 ...

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Related Topix: Clayton, LA, Vidalia, LA, Ferriday, LA

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

School Board adopts $51 million budget

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

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Related Topix: Vidalia, LA, Monterey, LA, Ferriday, LA

Thu Sep 18, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

Early voting starts Saturday

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

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Related Topix: Jonesville, LA, Marksville, LA, Deville, LA, Shreveport, LA, Rayville, LA

Thu Aug 28, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

Labor Day closures, patrols on tap

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 ...

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA, Clayton, LA, Vidalia, LA, Life, Holidays, Labor Day

Thu Aug 14, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

$275,000 bond set for accused in murder of Alex Promise Jr.

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 ...

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA

Tue Aug 12, 2008

KNOE-TV Monroe

Man Stabbed To Death In Concordia Parish

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

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News-Star

Ferriday woman accused of stabbing her boyfriend

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.

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Mon Jul 28, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

Vidalia native named Concordia Economic Director

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

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA, Clayton, LA, Vidalia, LA

Sat Jul 26, 2008

Natchez Democrat

Vidalia schools to get new police presence |

' 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.

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Related Topix: Vidalia, LA, Education Etc., Ferriday, LA, Monterey, LA

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Natchez Democrat

Pooling resources helps Miss-Lou

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.

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA, Vidalia, LA

Fri Jul 18, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

Barron low bidder for bathroom renovations in schools

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

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Related Topix: Vidalia, LA, Ferriday, LA

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Natchez Democrat

Main Street is running right past us

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.

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA, Clayton, LA, Vidalia, LA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

Millage to be called for CCOA

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.

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Related Topix: Clayton, LA, Vidalia, LA, Ferriday, LA, Monterey, LA

Fri Jun 20, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

School Board members pay issue back on board agenda

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.

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Related Topix: Vidalia, LA, Ferriday, LA

Sat Jun 07, 2008

Natchez Democrat

Students must prove residency

' 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.

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Related Topix: Monterey, LA, Vidalia, LA, Education Etc.

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Natchez Democrat

Metal is latest item on thieves to-do list

' 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. ...

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA, Vidalia, LA

Sat May 31, 2008

KALB-TV Alexandria

Concordia Parish Warns Residents to Beware of Yard Thefts

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 ...

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Related Topix: Ferriday, LA

Thu May 22, 2008

Concordia Sentinel

Memorial Day parade, closures told

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

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Vidalia, LA, Clayton, LA, Ferriday, LA

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