Winnfield News

"There were six vestal virgins chosen by the high priest. Vestals served for 30 years: 10 as students, 10 in service, 10 as teachers." -- Wikipedia Sug Bailey, 87, of Lowell was once the youngest WAVE officer in the Navy.

Central Louisiana's road improvement needs far outweigh the available funding for the projects.

A Winn Parish jailer was arrested this week in connection with illegal activity at the jail, according to the Winn Parish Sheriff's Office.

Piney Hills Harmony Chorus has announced its local Sweet Adeline of the Year and has also elected new officers and board members.

Bravo and applause to the West Monroe High School Theater Department, under the direction of Shirley Allen Field, for defying the weather and continuing the 30-year tradition of the annual Fine Arts Audition Workshop.

The Office of Family Programs is hosting pre-deployment workshops for family members of deploying units of the Louisiana National Guard throughout October and November.

Advance sale of tickets at the offices of Cenla Broadcasting, KQID Radio at 1115 Texas Ave., Alexandria.

Feaster, Arphelia, 85, of Arcadia, died Monday; services at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Arcadia; burial in Kilgore Cemetery, Arcadia; arrangements by Paradise Funeral Home, Arcadia.

A Winnfield woman was killed and two other women were injured in a traffic accident Tuesday morning in Winn Parish.

Early this morning, a single vehicle crash killed one person and injured two others.

Winn Parish is a rural county in the timber country of north-central Louisiana. Back when the housing industry was still booming, JELD-WEN committed to building a door factory in the county seat--Winnfield...which by-the-by was the home of the infamous Huey Long .

An Oregon-based door-maker is behind schedule in its plan to open a $115 million plant in Winn Parish.

Outdoor activities planned Saturday as part of the Drake's Salt Works Saline Creek Festival might have to compete with Mother Nature, but the celebration will go on as planned.

BATON ROUGE - Public schools in Caddo, Bossier and Webster parishes are among 26 school systems receiving federal support for loans to repair classroom buildings.

A man wanted on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with Wednesday's slaying of a man outside a west Shreveport apartment complex is in custody in Winnfield.

Energy preservation and conservation will be the topic of the Mooretown Advisory Council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at Winnfield Funeral Home, 3701 Hollywood Ave.

Energy preservation and conservation will be the topic at Monday's monthly meeting of the Mooretown Advisory Council.

LifeShare Blood Centers, along with Winn Parish Medical Center and KVCL Radio, are hosting Beach Bash '09 at the Wal-Mart in Winnfield, on Tuesday, July 21 from 12 to 6 p.m. KVCL will have a live radio remote during the blood drive.

WINNFIELD - The Winn Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a Sunday evening shooting incident in Winnfield in which a woman was killed and a man was injured.

To the surprise of many, Governor Bobby Jindal vetoed HB 781, which would have created a 17-member council to battle homelessness and a "Homeless Czar" that would have insured resources in the fight against homelessness were not duplicated or wasted.