Arcadia News

Weight limit on Natchitoches Parish bridge Updated: Truckers used to crossing the Red River at the Natchitoches Parish town of Grand Ecore will have to detour about 30 miles north to Coushatta until the ...

ARCADIA - A Northwestern State University English professor is posting bail this morning following her arrest Wednesday on drug charges.

Man acquitted of shooting death of Arcadia man Updated: A jury in Arcadia has acquitted a man of a murder charge alleging that he shot another man and stuffed his body in a freezer.

ARCADIA - The Bienville Parish Police Jury's new Jurors Empowering Teens program takes off June 30.

ARCADIA - Testimony is under way this week in Arcadia in the second-degree murder trial of an Arcadia man accused of shooting another man and stuffing his body into a freezer.

NEAR ARCADIA -- For the second time in a week, Driskill Mountain, the state's highest peak, will get a visitor.

Sterlington police stopped an Arcadia man for driving drunk. He was charged with six other offenses including urinating in the police car.

Kourtney Roberson, a 6-9 forward from Arcadia, La., said he has orally committed to Texas A&M. Roberson is the half-brother of former A&M standout Bernard King, the school's all-time leading scorer.

Story by Katrina Webber ARCADIA, LA - A crackdown on unlicensed and uninsured drivers in Bienville Parish had some surprising results for law enforcement officers Monday.

' Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker had evaded police capture between spring 1932 and May 1934 while robbing banks, filling stations, dry-cleaners, and grocery stores in ten states and killing at least a dozen ...

Chris Bowman of Jonesboro this week will formally announce his candidacy for District Attorney in the 2nd Judicial District of Louisiana.

“There's not enough electrical capacity”

ARCADIA - The Bienville Parish Courthouse will get an electrical upgrade in the coming weeks. via The Shreveport Times

“This year's design challenge will be extended to adults as well as children and the creativity won't be limited by sewing skills.”

ARCADIA - A Castor woman wanted in three parishes for issuing worthless checks and in Texas on fraud and theft charges was arrested Thursday at her mother's residence in Bienville Parish, Sheriff John Ballance ... via The Shreveport Times

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell will visit three area parishes Monday, March 31, to Tuesday, April 1, to answer questions from local residents about their utilities. via News-Star

People say Downtown is the most transit dense area in the city. And if you need proof, Monday's St. via LAist

ARCADIA - Newly organized Oct. 1, the Bienville Parish Multijurisdictional Task Force wasted little time searching for illegal drug activity. via The Shreveport Times

Tuesday's Games West Ouachita at Carroll Ouachita at Ruston Green Oaks at Richwood OCS at Arcadia West Monroe at Natchitoches Central Franklin Parish at Neville Rayville at Wossman Sterlington at Farmerville ... via News-Star

“I plan to keep working in some capacity in education”

ARCADIA - Bienville Parish school Superintendent William Britt will retire June 27, ending an almost 40-year education career spent solely in the parish. via News-Star

“I started making jewelry about five years ago”

When Bernadine Hayes comes into a room in her wheelchair she brings happiness and joy to everyone there. via McKinney Courier-Gazette

Thursday night basketball scores Girls Lake Providence 59, Tensas Parish 51 Boys Lake Providence 61, Tensas Parish 58 Today West Ouachita at Ruston Friday Bastrop at Ouachita Carroll at West Ouachita ... via News-Star