Alexandria News

An Alexandria police officer gave a ride to a man carrying a tool box who said he was walking to an uncle's house, but found out that the occupants of the house they drove to had no idea who the man was and that the tool box had been stolen earlier in the day, according to a release.

A resident spotted a man inside his vehicle early Thursday morning and confronted the man, who was arrested about 30 minutes later, according to Alexandria police.

A Campti man is facing charges of stealing rolls of copper from several locations, according to Louisiana State Police.

A juvenile is facing charges stemming from a vehicle burglary that happened last Wednesday in Boyce, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

You could say giving back is in Frances Davis' DNA. "My father was very active," Davis said of the late James C. Bolton.

New food mart: Damico's Food Mart began site work for a new store in the Mac Lee Shopping Center.

You don't have to be a local to figure out quickly that the tectonic plates are shifting under the city of Pineville.

An Alexandria man has been charged with unauthorized entry of a dwelling after a woman returned from walking her dog to find a man asleep inside a bedroom.

Gov. Bobby Jindal shakes hands at a rally on the Capitol steps on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Gov. Bobby Jindal says he plans to visit all 64 Louisiana parishes in the coming months, as part of a statewide tour.

Kyle Nichols hit two 2-run doubles, and Alex Bates pitched seven innings to lead the San Angelo Colts to a 9-6 victory over the Alexandria Aces Sunday night at Foster Field.

Jim Clinton got it right when he said that the Alexandria metro area is a "site-rich environment" for the college location.

We recently drove to a family event in Dallas and then stopped at Austin for two nights of the music scene on the way back.

Permit issued: Fred Guillot and Dennis Jacobs were issued a $404,550 permit by the city of Alexandria to build The Courtyard Health and Racquet Club on Jackson Street.

Central Louisiana Technical Community College will have plenty of willing partners as it searches for a site for its showpiece campus.

The Reverend Barry Hoekstra of First United Methodist Church in Alexandria and the Reverend Gray Pearson of First Baptist Church in Port Allen officiated the ceremony.

Longtime investigator Paul Scott, whose law enforcement career spanned 41 years, was remembered this week as one of the top investigators in the parish's history.

Tips that began an investigation and surveillance on a Willow Glen River Road house led to the arrests of an Alexandria man and woman who lived there on drug charges, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

A day after an Alexandria car dealership reported that a woman took one of their vehicles for a test drive and never returned, the woman was arrested after being stopped for a traffic violation, according to a release.

New Eagle Scouts: Robert Ballard and Peter Dupre, members of Boy Scout Troop 23, reached Eagle Scout rank.