Clayton News

The Zachary Community School District improved at all grade levels except one in recent state accountability testing, the district's testing coordinators told the School Board Thursday.

Almost 18 years ago I wrote a column when my wife Kathy gave birth to our son, Jacob Timothy.

District 34 State Senator Francis Thompson said fiscal issues are in the spotlight during the present legislative session in Baton Rouge.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury is seeking a state disposal permit to remove and burn piles of limbs and debris left in the aftermath of Sunday's storm, which included high wind and hail.

LSU forensic anthropologist Mary Manhein and her team surveyed a wooded area in Clayton on Tuesday in search of human remains, but found none.

It's a long shot at best, but an LSU forensic anthropologist will lead a team of assistants and anthropology students to Clayton on Tuesday in a scientific search for Joseph "JoeEd" Edwards, missing and believed kidnapped and murdered by the Ku Klux Klan 45 years ago.

Waterproof, Clayton and Ferriday have been awarded more than $1 million in federal Community Development Block Grants and Louisiana Local Government Assistance Program funding for infrastructure projects ranging from replacing streets to improving sewer treatment facilities.

ALEXANDER PUSHING COCODRIE DRAINAGE STUDY Fifth District Congressman Rodney Alexander says he is working with the Corps of Engineers and state officials to speed up efforts to alleviate drainage problems in Concordia, particularly with the parish's major drainage channel, Bayou Cocodrie.

Rep. Andy Anders has prefiled a bill -- HB 184 -- which adds the president of the Police Jury as a member of the Concordia Economic and Industrial Development Board.

Roland Dartez of the Louisiana Police Jury Association updated the Concordia Parish Police Jury Monday night on proposed legislation for the upcoming legislative session, noting that economic issues will highlight the debates.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development will soon demolish the old Black River Bridge at Jonesville and open the new bridge to four lanes.

The cost of a stamp was 15 cents when Beverly Chalmers of Vidalia began working for the United States Post Office 30 years ago.

The two were arrested Tuesday in connection with a bogus check scam that involved fake pre-printed checks that seemed to be from the Concordia Christmas Charity Fund -- which, in fact, does not even have ...