Jonesville News

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.

Krispy Krunchy Foods has announced the addition of five more locations to its branded chicken program in Louisiana: in Baton Rouge at the Save More No.

Troyville will rise again - sort of. The town of Jonesville lies on top of Troyville, which was once the site of a large American Indian settlement and the home to the second-largest Indian mound in North America, a mound so large that at 80-feet tall it was called the Great Mound.

THOMPSON TO FIGHT PROPOSED AG CUTS Funding for the LSU AgCenter and the state Department of Agriculture will not face steep cuts to their budgets if state Sen.

A Jonesville man has been convicted by a federal jury in Alexandria for receiving a stolen Federal Emergency Management Agency trailer.

The Catahoula Parish Relay For Life will be Friday, May 29 at Henry G Taliaferro Football Field in Jonesville.

Even with the river rising more each day, we still have many lakes to fish. Thata TMs the beauty of this area.

NATCHITOCHES - Northwestern State University will award degrees to 714 graduates at its Spring Commencement Exercises on Saturday in Prather Coliseum.

District Attorney Brad Burget announced today that Tron McCoy, who previously served as the DA's victim assistance coordinator, has been appointed a special investigator for 7th Judicial District.

JONESVILLE - Walter Book died Monday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Young's Funeral Home, Jonesville.

A Jonesville man was convicted of theft of government money and was sentenced recently to nine months in prison by U.S. District Judge Dee Drell.

Investigators have found evidence that a bird may have struck a helicopter before it crashed into a Louisiana swamp last month, killing eight people, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.

BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advises drivers of upcoming work schedules for interstate and major road projects throughout Louisiana for the Mardi Gras holiday, ...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development will soon demolish the old Black River Bridge at Jonesville and open the new bridge to four lanes.

NEW ORLEANS - The wife of a helicopter pilot who died along with seven other people in a crash in southern Louisiana this month is suing the company that made the chopper.

Demolition of the old Black River Bridge at Jonesville and the opening of four lanes on the new bridge will happen soon, according to District Engineer Administrator Ricky Moon of the Louisiana Department of ...

MAN DIES IN BLAZE TRYING TO SAVE FAMILY A Concordia Parish man died Tuesday night in a house fire on Haphazard Road while he was attempting to rescue another family member from the blaze.