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The East Feliciana Parish School Board doesn't have enough money to pay its bills, and a board member suggested Tuesday the first place to begin budget-cutting is in the board room.

The father of Candy Edwards' child has been arrested in Baton Rouge after an altercation that left the former wife of ex-Gov. Edwin Edwards with a bleeding forehead and broken tooth.

Another former band member filed a lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors of Southern University in August accusing band officials of negligence surrounding accusations of hazing.

An East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputy and state attorney general's investigators on Friday arrested two state employees accused of striking a hospital patient Sunday.

It isn't easy being a state government budget chief these days. Ted Jackson/The Times-Picayune archive Louisiana Commissioner of Administration Angele Davis, shown, says Gov.

Radionthon/Harvest Fest: 7 a.m., WTQT 94.9, 3313 Government St., celebrating the radio station's four-year anniversary.

The Louisiana Board of Ethics approved an advisory opinion Wednesday that could have long-term ramifications on design and construction contracts for government facilities.

Benny Spann and his staff are from the government, and they are here to help taxpayers find money.

St. Landry Parish - The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office reported booking the following people: n Jamica Divon Jackson, 29, 900 La.

Residents and business owners in the Melrose Place Crime Prevention District voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to approve paying an annual fee to fight crime, according to complete but unofficial election results from the Louisiana Secretary of State's office.

Chalmette High School and Andrew Jackson Elementary School hit their growth targets last year, school performance data released Tuesday by the state Department of Education shows.

Two men have been charged with possession of $250,000 in stolen items from the Mississippi area.

Linton Road residents inconvenience will end Thursday.It was announced in the Wednesday meeting of the Bossier Parish Police Jury by highway department supervisor Ronnie Andrews, that stripping of the road would begin Thursday morning, and that it would open some...

There is a law that says police officers cannot bond anyone out of jail. There are questions surrounding an Addis police officer who allegedly did that to get his cousin, a suspect in several area pharmacy burlaries, out of jail.

The Central Economic Development Foundation is planning an Oct. 21 invitation-only event to advance growth plans for the East Baton Rouge Parish city.

A six-member West Feliciana Parish jury has convicted a 34-year-old man of molestation of a juvenile under his supervision, despite the girl's testimony that the incident never happened.

Enzo, a golden/red Basset Hound/Dachshund mix has been missing since July 27. He disappeared in Jackson, Louisiana.

A state district judge ordered a Jackson man's arrest after the man failed to appear in court for the start of his murder trial.

A state district judge ordered a Jackson man's arrest after the man failed to appear in court for the start of his murder trial on Tuesday.

Police are asking drivers to be aware of buses and children when school starts Wednesday.