Jonesville News

The Catahoula Parish Police Jury has issued a proclamation which reads that "recognizes the work of the Catahoula Historical Society & Museum Society to enhance tourism by having a reenactment of said feud in Jonesville, Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, we do hereby declare Saturday, November 7th, as the JONES LIDDELL FEUD DAY." The event is slated for ...

Catahoula Parish Veterans Day Program will be November 11 at 9:40 a.m. at Block High School Gym.

Friday morning a Harrisonburg man was killed and his mother injured after the truck he was driving collided into another pickup.

If you think archaeology is a closed subject, as fixed as the Bird Mound that hovers above Bayou Macon, talk awhile with "Butch." Dr.

Yesterday afternoon, a single vehicle crash claimed the life of a young man. Troopers responded to the crash around 3:15 pm, which occurred on LA Hwy 124 at Brooks Road.

BASTROP -- Margaret Lauranoff Castleberry, a homemaker, died Saturday. Services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bonita Road Baptist Church, Bastrop.

Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Clyde Holloway has scheduled office hours in Central Louisiana.

Gov. Bobby Jindal presented at $2.8 million check for disaster recovery and hazard mitigation during a Town Hall meeting in Jonesville Monday.

Gov. Bobby Jindal will present checks for local projects during a visit to Concordia Parish on Thursday.

Jonesville resident Cindy Sanders and Jena resident Jimmy Dean laugh at one of Louisiana Gov.

Louisiana seniors looking to get fresh vegetables from roadside stands and farmers markets have an opportunity to receive $20 in vouchers to do just that.

You had to admire their pluck. From the moment Cliff Dodge, 66, and his grandson, Robert Brown, lowered their pirogue into the Ouachita River at the Forsythe Boat Dock, you had to place your doubts aside and simply believe the two were more brave than foolhardy.

ALEXANDRIA - The Louisiana Probation and Parole baseball cap is far from the only hat in senior agent Murphy Rachal's office.

Road closure: Intersection of Wainwright in Alexandria. Date of completion: 3 p.m., Monday, July 27.

Nearly a week into their downriver journey, Cliff Dodge and his grandson Robert Brown, found themselves nearing Jonesville on Sunday.

Out with old, in with the new. Residents of this small Catahoula Parish town witnessed the end of an era Friday when the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development demolished a portion of the Black River Bridge, a swing bridge built in the early 1930s.

He's become a pro in a very dangerous sport. Now he's making sure kids in Southwest Louisiana know the right way to ride a bull.

Cook Baptist: Faith Journey to Rogers, Arkansas to do light construction, painting, cleaning, planting, meal preparation set for July 9 - 12; Mike Holloway, pastor.

Once the old Black River Bridge at Jonesville is demolished in an explosion later this month, archaeologists will have another opportunity to learn more about the Native Americans who built the 82-foot high Great Mound an estimated 1,400 years ago.

June was a tough month to catch fish on the area lakes. Extremely dry weather with air temperatures topping out in the upper 90s raised surface water temps into the upper 80s.