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Our View: Central Louisiana has wood in its bones
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Central Louisiana has always been about wood. If he were around today, you could ask Joseph A. Bentley, the timber baron from Pennsylvania who came to Rapides Parish in 1892 and, among his other successes, built the Hotel Bentley in Alexandria and opened it in 1908. Comment?
Grant deputies find men they arrested also wanted elsewhere
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... by other agencies, according to a release. Deputies arrested James Simmons II, 49, of 680 Rob Wallace Road in Bentley, and Joshua Kerry, 35, of 52 Caster Lane in Lena, on March 1 after serving a search warrant and finding crystal meth. Kerry ran ... Comment?
Grant deputies find men they arrested also wanted elsewhere
... by other agencies, according to a release. Deputies arrested James Simmons II, 49, of 680 Rob Wallace Road in Bentley, and Joshua Kerry, 35, of 52 Caster Lane in Lena, on March 1 after serving a search warrant and finding crystal meth. Kerry ran ... Comment?
Owner hopes to re-open the Bentley by mid-summer
The Bentley, which opened in 1908, had been closed for nearly eight years before Michael Jenkins purchased it for $3.4 million last year. Comment?
Bentley man facing charges after hiding drugs in chocolate milk
A Bentley man is facing drug charges after a Grant Parish Sheriff's Office K-9 sniffed out crystal meth and a smoking pipe hidden in a bottle of chocolate milk, according to a release. Comment?
March 8, 1978 Expressway extension: Bids for extending the Pineville Expressway from Tioga to Bentley could be let as early as May, legislators were told. Comment?
Tourism picking up but Alexandria-Pineville seeks to rebuild convention business
... of our hospitality," Ellington said. Roy said that once the hotels connected to the Riverfront Center -- the Hotel Bentley and the Alexander Fulton Inn -- it can serve the LRWA's needs. He suspects "our location and hospitality will bring them ... Comment?
BP Gulf oil spill civil settlement remains elusive as trial nears
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... in 2010. So it's very important that the people of Alabama are compensated for the losses related to the oil spill." Bentley said representatives of his office attended the meetings in Washington last week, but he declined to comment on the talks. ... Comment?
BP civil settlement remains elusive as trial nears
... in 2010. So it's very important that the people of Alabama are compensated for the losses related to the oil spill." Bentley said representatives of his office attended the meetings in Washington last week, but he declined to comment on the talks. ... Comment?
... Champ Baker was elected president of the Alexandria Board of Realtors by local real estate dealers meeting at Hotel Bentley. Feb. 15, 1903 New construction: L.A. Ducote of Cottonport is purchasing lumber and material to erect dwellings on his lots ... Comment?
City Notebook: Data and desires pointing Alexandria in the same direction
... can deter others from moving to the city. Alexandria businessman Mike Jenkins, who recently bought the closed Hotel Bentley in downtown, plans to convert some of the space into 24 or so condos. Jenkins said the level of interest in those suggests ... Comment?
Alexandria landmarks make headlines in 2012
... was dealt a potentially crippling blow. Local entrepreneur and preservationist Michael Jenkins purchased the Hotel Bentley in October for $3.4 million, giving new life to a property that had been the subject of speculation and stalled plans since ... Comment?
Blizzards, tornadoes shake up U.S. on Christmas
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... were caused. "We will work on the state level to do everything we can to help communities across the state," Gov. Bentley stated. "The people of Alabama are strong. We will recover together." According to Alabama Power's Twitter site, a 9 a.m. ... Comment?
SPIED! Hottest Rides From The 2012 LA Auto Show And GREAT eBay Finds
... a great one Shown here in the all new Blue color for 2013 is the Wrangler Unlimited Sahara We attended the special Bentley LA Auto Show Party at Smashbox Studios in Hollywood getting a sneek peek of what will be at the show tomorrow. The Bentley GT3 ... Comment?