Vidalia News

Jury President Melvin Ferrington said funding for the work is coming through a $120,000 grant through the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.

A Concordia Parish delegation wrapped up meetings in Washington D.C. today after speaking with members of the state's Congressional delegations on a number of issues, including the four-laning of Hwy.

The Fifth District Levee Board has settled a lawsuit filed by Bancroft Enterprises over 78.56 acres at Giles Island.

Private homes, construction sites, churches, businesses and even city streets can all be targets for metal thieves, and local officials say metal thievery is a constant community problem.

A delegation from Concordia Parish is heading to Washington, D.C., to meet with federal officials and lobby for grant funding for local projects.

The Vidalia Police Department has been informed that campaign signs have been vandalized and would like to remind the public that anyone who knowingly removes, alters or defaces a campaign sign is guilty of a crime.

Louisiana High School Athletic Association member principals approved a proposal that will allow member schools to play one class above their enrollment-based classification, starting in 2013-14. "We're not moving up," said Vidalia High principal Rick Brown.

"We've set up talks with Sen. Mary Landrieu, Sen. David Vitter and Rep. Rodney Alexander," Copeland said.

Concordia Parish Sheriff Randy Maxwell received an early farewell present when he was named Concordian of the Year at the annual Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner and Celebration Thursday at the Bryant Hammett Vidalia Conference and Convention Center in Vidalia.

If you plant them, they will grow -A at least that's what Terri Morris and a group of gardeners and involved citizens hope will happen as they begin working to assemble a community garden in Vidalia.

Kyle and Melany Landreneau Vidrine of Eunice are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Amelia Louise Vidrine, to Blake Karrington Smith, son of Eric and Becky Williams Gray of Ferriday and the late Claude Rush of Vidalia.

A Vidalia woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Monday on La. Highway 3180 in Concordia Parish, west of U.S. Highway 65, State Police officials said.

Seven months have passed since the rising Mississippi River wreaked havoc on our community's nerves and threatened area property.

VIDALIA, La. -- A Vidalia man has been jailed after more than 13,000 prescription drug tablets worth an estimated $200,497 were recovered by the Concordia Parish Sheriff's Office this week.