Claiborne News

The Twin City Community Band's annual patriotic concert is at 3 p.m. July 5 at Kiroli Park.

Summer construction and renovation projects at Ouachita Parish school system facilities are on schedule due to the dry weather.

Registered sex offenders who are evacuated when a hurricane threatens will be housed on the grounds of a Claiborne Parish prison.

Chic, affordable brand names at bargain prices TORONTO, May 29 /CNW/ - Where does a fashion conscious shopper go when she wants to look chic without compromise? To Dixie Outlet Mall, a bargain shoppers paradise, with over 130 retailers offering quality, brand name merchandise at affordable prices.

Sweet Adelines International's Piney Hills Harmony chorus is searching for women singers from across the region.

FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 214 PM CDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOUR STATE REGION NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20... ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073-LAZ001>006-012>014-OKZ077-TXZ096-097- 108>112-124>126-136>138-060315- ...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 607 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 LAZ001>004-010-TXZ126-138-300000- BOSSIER-CADDO-CLAIBORNE-DE SOTO-HARRISON-MARION-WEBSTER- 607 PM CDT WED APR 29 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT...EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM ...

Mr. and Mrs. T.W. Cox of West Monroe celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary March 7. A birthday party for Mr.

State Judge Marcus Clark - a Republican from West Monroe - has formally announced his candidacy for the Louisiana Supreme Court seat from northeast and central Louisiana.

The eyes of 79-year-old Yvonne Wallace Elliott fill with tears of joy as she tours the halls of the new Claiborne Elementary School and recalls happy memories of her days as a student at the school.

Amid growing questions about proposed hospital complexes for lower Mid-City, the public will have its first opportunity tonight to speak directly to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs officials about preliminary designs for its portion of the project.

HOMER - Racial profiling is one of many allegations some Homer residents have made against their Police Department.

HOMER - The Claiborne Jubilee Art Festival, set for May 8-9, is looking for volunteers to help with the annual event.

Construction on the new A.L. Smith Elementary School in Sterlington could start within a month.

Three right lanes of Interstate 10 and Interstate 610, from the 17th Street Canal to the Oaklawn Avenue overpass, will be closed Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday nights, 8 p.m.-6 a.m., for milling and paving.

Police in Homer, Louisiana were busy outside schools after someone called in a threat today.

HOMER - The FBI and U.S. Justice Department are being asked to add oversight to an ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting Friday night of an elderly Homer man by a Homer police officer.

With the ease of a mother reading to her own children, Louisiana first lady Supriya Jindal settled into her chair in the library at Riverbend Elementary in West Monroe.

More than 30 Ouachita Parish students were honored ranking at the top of their classes in the annual student of the year competition.

The Dixie Pharmacy in Colfax is a century old. The store serves coffee _ 5 cents a cup _ and soda or soft drinks from a fountain counter that dates to the turn of the 20th Century.