Calhoun News

The Calhoun Civic Club and Northern Louisiana Family Care Center is hosting a health fair and benefit walk from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Nov.

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury has begun working with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office to try to provide sandbags throughout the parish in anticipation of backwater flooding within the next week.

Flooding concerns topped the Ouachita Parish Police Jury meeting Tuesday as some residents continue to battle rising water that threatens their homes.

Chennault Aviation and Military Museum director Nell Calloway knows many U.S. veterans have never been thanked for their service to their country.

State Police early Sunday charged Crista A. Langley, 26, 455 Owens Road, Calhoun, with DWI, second offense; improper lane; and speeding.

Louisiana State Troopers early Sunday charged a Calhoun woman with DWI, first offense, improper lane use and open container.

Career Technical College has scheduled its semi-annual career fair from 1-5 p.m. Wednesday at its 2319 Louisville Ave.

Paul Ryan Johnson, 28, of 1206 Griggs Road, Calhoun, was arrested and charged with DWI-3 on Oct.

Theresa Frost of Calhoun, La. and Leon Underwood of West Monroe, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Dawn Underwood, to Eddie Bailey, son of Penny Devincent of Downsville, La.

St. Francis Regional Medical Center will return $30,000 to Living Well Foundation and the Ouachita Parish Police Jury since the hospital was unable to start a school-based health clinic in eastern Ouachita this year.

Jackie Woods of Monroe, La. and Ron Woods of North Little Rock, Ark. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittany Erin Woods, to Andrew Joseph York, son of Joe and Teresa York of Calhoun, La.

Chelsey Marie Clarke and Ryan Christopher Marshall were united in holy matrimony at 6:30 p.m. October 17 at St.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies accused a 22-year-old woman of having sex with a 16-year-old boy and sending him sexually explicit material.

Bargain hunters, garage sale shoppers and rummage warriors will want to hit the road Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the third annual Historic U.S. Hwy.

Jeffery L. Blocker, 39, of 3900 Highway 15, Calhoun was arrested and charged with domestic battery Tuesday, according to the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office.

Betty Allbritton was walking into her home in Calhoun on Friday morning when she saw the wind arrive.

Ouachita Parish Superintendent Bob Webber has announced that Calhoun and Central Elementary and West Ouachita High School are allowing students to go home because of a loss of electricity.

The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will replace six substandard bridges in the western portion of the parish with federal stimulus funding.

The Garden District Neighborhood alliance has scheduled a community forum related to the tax proposition for the V-Vehicle property tax at 6 p.m. Thursday at the main branch of the Ouachita Parish Library on North 18th Street in Monroe.

Steve Ratcliff of Bossier City, La. and Amy Lietz of Athens, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Ratcliff, to Matthew McIntosh, son of Richard and Marilyn McIntosh of Calhoun, La.