Epps News

It was one of those humid fall days in 1979 and David Connor Treen , the state's first Republican congressman in modern times, was campaigning to become the first Republican governor in modern times.

EPPS - A handful of stone knives or scrapers fashioned thousands of years ago were among items turned up Friday, the first day of a weekend "screen-a-thon" for artifacts at Poverty Point State Historic Site.

A demonstration on cooking stones will be offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 24 at Poverty Point State Historic Site near Epps in West Carroll Parish.

Open house at Sterlington High School is at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14. Johnny's Pizza's Pig Out, a fundraiser for the Sterlington High School Yearbook, is from 5-9 p.m. Sept.

In the Houston Chronicle today, Lise Olsen has a story focused on the overuse of pretrial detention for petty defendants.

Tallulah Mayor Eddie Beckwith Jr. said the planned ConAgra Lamb Weston sweet potato processing plant near Delhi will provide an economic boost that will ripple throughout the Delta.

As elected officials from throughout the state arrived here Thursday for the Louisiana Municipal Association's annual convention, they brought with them a variety of concerns.

As elected officials from throughout the state arrived here Thursday for the Louisiana Municipal Association's annual convention, they brought with them a variety of concerns.

Corsair Media Productions will present a Louisiana indie filmmaking screening/panel on Saturday, July 18, at the Big Top Three Ring Circus, located at 1638 Clio Street in New Orleans.

The Strauss Dinner Theatre is hosting the mystery "Murder at Cafe Noir" at the Cork Room at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

EPPS - Centimeter by agonizing centimeter Leah Sellers uses a miniature trowel to scrape away thousands of years of history contained in a small 2-meter-by-1-meter rectangular hole.

Archaeologists and students from Mississippi State University and the University of Louisiana at Monroe will meet up next month for a dig at the nationally famous Poverty Point State Historic Site.

Rave Motion Pictures Mall of Louisiana 15 MPAA Rating: R Critic's Rating: out of 4 stars.