Ferriday News

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell joined local citizens seeking access to high-speed Internet service with Internet providers Tuesday in his first Broadband Access Workshop.

State Senator Francis Thompson told Ferriday Chamber of Commerce members Tuesday that Ferriday has a lot going for it with Riverland Hospital, an "excellent school system, good police and fire protection, and a sound judicial system." But he said the state and local governing bodies are having to watch their finances closely.

Ferriday High dropped a pair of games in its season-openers as the Trojans fell to Franklin Parish, while the Lady Trojans came up short against the Lady Patriots, 62-53. Ferriday's boys fell to Franklin Parish, 83-43. In the girls contest, Ferriday did not have an answer early for Lady Patriot 6-foot-2 center Latonya Whitley.

MONTEREY a ' Local law enforcement officials are searching for a Monterey man missing since Nov.

Since he was a child, Ferriday resident and former National Guard SPC Billy Simmons Sr.

Pamela Gorden, 50, of Ferriday the owner of Gordon's Daycare and Learning Center, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for defrauding the Louisiana Child Care Assistance Program out of $220.697.49, United States Attorney Donald W. Washington announced last week.

A Vidalia man has been appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Louisiana.

The Ferriday Board of Aldermen will be starting spring cleaning a little early in preparation for 2010.

Vidalia has a chamber of commerce. Ferriday has a chamber of commerce. But local business leaders are asking - should there be a Concordia Parish chamber of commerce? At the Vidalia Chamber of Commerce's meeting Tuesday, members were handed a survey asking if the Vidalia and Ferriday chambers should join together to form a parish-wide chamber.

The election for sheriff kept things interesting last week, that's for sure. But now that we have two candidates headed for a runoff, a "yes" for recreation and a few less campaign signs around town, it's time to get ready for the next big thing - holidays.

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell has never been one to bite his tongue, as a past state senator, gubernatorial candidate and now as head of the statewide regulatory agency in charge of public utilities and the oil industry for District 5, which includes Concordia Parish.

Work to prepare the Ferriday water plant to receive its new tank - and thus have the town removed from the boil-water order - has begun.

The family of a local man who has been missing for nearly two weeks is looking for any information about his whereabouts.

Five retired FBI agents -- four who worked in Concordia and one who worked in Natchez in the 1960s -- say they are unsure who killed Ferriday shoe shop owner Frank Morris or Vidalia motel employee Joseph "JoeEd" Edwards four decades ago.

District 5 Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell will schedule a meeting in Concordia Parish with all of the state's high-speed Internet providers to find out what can be done to provide high-speed connections to rural areas in the parish.

The Concordia Parish Library is hosting a book signing with author, Jake Webber, from 10 a.m. - 12 noon, Saturday, Nov.

The Concordia Waterworks District No. 1 Board of Directors has agreed -- if certain conditions are met -- to provide water to a group of Lake Concordia residents along La.

BY ELODIE PRITCHARTT It felt like the day after Christmas as attendees and hit songwriters dragged their bags and guitar cases through the lobby and out the door of The Grand Soliel.

The children at Ferriday Upper Elementary School let out mixed screams of delight and terror as the body came flying out of the vehicle window.

Charles Colvin Dies in Tragedy Five persons perished -- including Dr. Charles Colvin of Ferriday -- early today when two light airplanes collided in mid-air at the Concordia Parish Airport.