Choudrant News

First NBC Bank president Ashton Ryan, Jr., rang the opening bell of the NASDAQ Global Select Market when the bank made its initial public offering on May 10, 2013.

COLUMBIA -- Marie Poelman Adams, a homemaker, died Thursday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Riser Funeral Home, Columbia.

On April 24, the dean and faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisiana at Monroe gathered with students in the Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall to honor outstanding scholarship in each department.

Three of Lincoln Parish's most beautiful and scenic gardens will be open to the public during the Jolis Jardins Garden Tour sponsored by the Ruston Garden Club.

As the encore to its first operational rollout in Houston, Choudrant, La.-based Community Trust Bank said Wednesday it has tapped long-time Houston bank executive James D'Agostino Jr.