Simsboro News

A Kansas City Southern rail crossing at Louisiana 563 near Simsboro will be closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday in Simsboro.

SIMSBORO - A U.S. Department of Agriculture ruling should preserve Flakeboard's Lincoln Parish particleboard plant and its 125 jobs, company officials said today.

A Lincoln Parish particleboard manufacturer employing 125 people is in jeopardy because of a federal incentive plan that could as much as double the cost of its raw product.

John Thomas Hayden, 42, of Simsboro was arrested Thursday morning on a domestic abuse battery charge.

The village of Simsboro will receive a $134,397 housing preservation grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Sheryll Barney of Monroe, a homemaker, died Wednesday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Monroe.

Gov. Bobby Jindal's "Louisiana Working Tour" made a stop in Lincoln Parish Friday to address the Rotary Club Ruston and present funds to Lincoln Parish officials during a ceremonial check presentation.

Several northeastern Louisiana local governments will be getting more than $13 million in federal stimulus funding for infrastructure improvements.

Van Police Officer Preston Roberts recently seized a large amount of cash following a routine traffic stop last Friday night.