Clayton News

The cost of a stamp was 15 cents when Beverly Chalmers of Vidalia began working for the United States Post Office 30 years ago.

The two were arrested Tuesday in connection with a bogus check scam that involved fake pre-printed checks that seemed to be from the Concordia Christmas Charity Fund -- which, in fact, does not even have ...

The Ferriday Chamber of Commerce, the chief sponsor of the annual Concordia Christmas Charity Fund, has officially kicked off the 2008 campaign for the holiday fundraiser.

VIDALIA a ' Two Clayton men were arrested after allegedly robbing two men at gunpoint.

A Louisiana inmate who escaped from a courthouse jail this past weekend has been captured in Natchez.

Concordia Parish authorities are searching for an inmate who reportedly fled the parish courthouse early Saturday morning.

Vidalia Mayor Hyram Copeland told the Ferriday Rotary Club last week that economic development in Vidalia during the past years has included $25 million in state and federal grants and more than $40 million in ...

For Louisiana cotton producers, Hurricane Gustav couldn't have hit at a worse time.

A Corps of Engineer official said this morning that flooding in Concordia and throughout northeastern Louisiana from Hurricane Gustav last week was caused by one primary factor -- an historic rain event which ...

Parish government agencies and banks will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Ferriday Town Hall, Clayton Town Hall, Ridgecrest Town Hall and Vidalia City Hall will be closed Monday, as well as the Concordia Parish ...

Clayton, LA The victim in a Friday evening ATV crash in Concordia Parish has died.

The victim in a Friday evening ATV crash in Concordia Parish has died. State police say 29-year-old Adrian L. Sharp of Clayton was pronounced dead Sunday in LSU Medical Center in Shreveport.

A Clayton man was seriously injured on Friday night in an ATV accident on Louisiana 567 in Catahoula Parish.

Bobby Jindal will be in Vidalia on Thursday for a town meeting, while U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu will visit Ferriday next week.

CANDACE WILSON, a/k/a, Candace Dobbins, age 35, a resident of Baton Rouge; Louisiana; PLES DOBBINS, age 40,a resident of Clayton, Louisiana; THADRIAN JOHNSON, Age 47, a resident of Hahnville, Louisiana; MONICA ...

Vidalia native Heather Lanius Malone has been selected as director of the Concordia Parish Economic Development District.

Vidalia native Heather Lanius Malone has been selected as director of the Concordia Parish Economic Development District.

LSU'S MARY MANHEIN -- MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION Could a human skull found in Clayton six years ago be part of the remains of Joseph "JoeEd" Edwards, the Shamrock Motel porter reported missing and ...

LSU'S MARY MANHEIN -- MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION Could a human skull found in Clayton six years ago be part of the remains of Joseph "JoeEd" Edwards, the Shamrock Motel porter reported missing and ...

VIDALIA NATIVE NAMED ECONOMIC DIRECTOR Vidalia native Heather Lanius Malone has been selected as director of the Concordia Parish Economic Development District.