Vidalia News

A Vidalia man was arrested late Thursday night after he attempted to spit on a police officer and became "loud and obnoxious." Greatery D. Dotson, 31, 606 N. Spruce St., was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and attempted simple assault on a police officer.

While the charter school in Ferriday won't be sounding any class bells until 2013, the group behind the two-year project selected its top two administrative positions to begin building the program from the ground up.

A crowd of hundreds tooting horns, banging drums and walking across the Mississippi River bridge at 8 a.m. might ordinarily cause consternation, but on Memorial Day, it's an expected Miss-Lou tradition.

Vidalia High School valedictorian Miranda McMurry said her senior year of high school did not turn out as expected.

The ceremony to honor all military members who have served or are currently serving the U.S. military will be underneath the pavilion overlooking the Mississippi River at the cemetery.

When the final bell at Ridgecrest school rings today at 12:30 p.m., it will dismiss more than just students for summer vacation.

Marchers will go over the bridge to the Natchez Convention Center before moving on to the Natchez National Cemetery.

Vidalia native Greg Brooking and Bill Byrne of Natchez will represent Mississippi in the 7th Annual Governors Cup Matches at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Ms.

Routine traffic patrol by Concordia Parish Sheriff deputies near Vidalia last week resulted in the arrests of three people in two separate drug-related cases.

During my tenure, I have been blessed to see and participate in the growth and decline of this region.

With two separate unanimous votes Monday night, the Concordia Parish School board approved to close the doors to Ridgecrest school and open the same doors to a magnet school.

A truck driver was left stranded near Ferriday Friday morning after being forced into a vehicle driven by an armed man at the Mobil Station in Vidalia.

While friends and family climbed the bleachers of the Vidalia High School football stadium, the anxious graduates reminisced in the lunchroom.

After all the diplomas were handed out and tassels were moved to the left side Thursday afternoon, most graduates at Central Louisiana Technical College filed out of the multipurpose building to greet their families.

The Vidalia aldermen told local tattoo shop owners Tuesday night they just didn't feel comfortable letting the artists make a mark on the community.

Miss-Lou drivers traveling to and from Vidalia and Ferriday will be driving 10 mph slower for the next 60 days.

It was a normal day in 2008 when Johnnie Ware felt something strange as she was putting on her seat belt.