Hodge News

Lafayette - More than 1,300 students graduated May 17 at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette commencement.

The National Weather Service in Shreveport is investigating a possible tornado that hit Jonesboro in Jackson Parish around 11:05 p.m. Tuesday.

JONESBORO - Classes were canceled Wednesday and Thursday at Jonesboro High School after a tornado struck late Tuesday evening, damaging four classrooms in the junior high building and other parts of the school.

JACKSON PARISH SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT WAYNE ALFORD TELLS KNOE 8 NEWS THAT JONESBORO-HODGE HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED WEDNESDAY DUE TO WEATHER-RELATED DAMAGE.

Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret said that while Louisiana's overall economy has outperformed the nation during the recession, northeastern Louisiana has lagged behind the rest of the ...

Jonesboro-Hodge High School boy's basketball coach Roderick Bradford has been booked two counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile.

Jackson Parish School Superintendent Wayne Alford said Wednesday that the School Board's investigation into whether a Jonesboro-Hodge High School coach inappropriately touch a juvenile student is continuing.

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The Smurfit-Stone Container Group paper plant in Hodge, idled since Dec. 12, will stay closed until mid-January rather than opening New Year's Day as planned earlier.

Employees at Smurfit-Stone's Hodge paper mill, already pensive about the mill's future, got another reason to worry this week when the company announced it was extending its temporary shutdown for two weeks.

Instead of the wunderkind Doug Shexnayder defends in his Dec. 5 letter, what you see is definitely not what we get.