Winnfield News

NEW ORLEANS - The federal Department of Health and Hospitals is giving Louisiana $411.7 million in Recovery Act grants to 24 community health centers around Louisiana.

Mr. and Mrs. David Chop of Winnfield, La. announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Haley Claire Chop, to Mr.

A mini-concert at 7 p.m. Thursday will feature participants in Piney Hills Harmony's "Real Women, Real Harmony, Real Fun" free vocal lessons.

Consumers would face just one named-storm deductible from their insurance companies each hurricane season, if Gov.

News and views from the Louisiana Capitol Wednesday, May 27, 2009 TOP OF THE NEWS Jindal backs off key bill in sex-offender crackdown Senate approves diversion of insurance refunds Dentists give Federal Trade Commission something to chew on AROUND THE CAPITOL Cost considerations Gov.

Early this morning Louisiana State Police responded to the fifth fatal crash this month in Natchitoches Parish alone.

BATON ROUGE - All games of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional will be televised on Cox Sports Television , the NCAA announced Tuesday evening.

A collection of bills that would expand the state's entertainment and software industry tax benefits cleared a Senate panel Tuesday in forms that would increase the financial costs to the state but potentially encourage more film and digital media development.

A surplus of more than $75 million left in an insurance incentive program should not be distributed to homeowners as required by law, a Senate committee decided today.

Flying largely below radar, the number of video bingo machines in Louisiana has grown by hundreds over the past five years - mostly in parishes that banned video poker more than a decade ago.

DODSON - Zed and Marsheila Smith learned a new meaning for getting tossed out of bed when an apparent tornado ripped through this village 12 miles north of Winnfield on Sunday morning.

Bob Hamm was a contradiction in terms. In person, he was a man of few words. The veteran journalist and broadcaster saved his eloquence for his readers and his audience.

The Winn Parish judge who reduced the bond of an accused child pornographer said he wasn't aware of possible allegations of child molestation -- something State Police officials said they are investigating in connection with the suspect.

The alleged Winn Parish child pornographer released on bail April 10 has been re-arrested. A warrant from Louisiana's 8th Judicial District Court issued Tuesday morning directed Winn Parish Sheriff's deputies to arrest David Cannon, who was charged in January by State Police for child pornography.

Winn Parish Coroner Randolph Williams reportedly underwent surgery over the weekend at a Shreveport hospital for an accidental gunshot wound.

ALEXANDRIA, La., March 26, 2009 - Rapides Healthcare System today announced the anticipated sale of three rural, Central Louisiana hospitals to Progressive Acute Care, L.L.C. The sale includes Avoyelles Hospital in Marksville; Oakdale Community Hospital in Oakdale; and Winn Parish Medical Center in Winnfield.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Want government assistance? Just say no to drugs. Lawmakers in at least eight states want recipients of food stamps, unemployment benefits or welfare to submit to random drug testing .

WINNFIELD -- Alfred J. Brock never got to speak to anyone in President Barack Obama's administration about his clean-energy device.

Chicot State Park was an appropriate setting for the reunion as it was built by CCC workers in the 1930's. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a public work relief program as part of the New Deal legislation ...

The men of the Pine Ridge Quartet have faced wars, illnesses and other hardships during their 61 years as a group, but through it all they kept on singing.