Lake Providence News

Jessica Layton Kelley and Damian Lee O'Quinn of Monroe were united in marriage at seven o'clock in the evening on Saturday, July 19, 2008, at Jesus the Good Shepherd in Monroe, La.

Area Legislators expressed mixed feelings this week after Gov. Bobby Jindal nixed some $600,000 in state appropriations that were targeted for northeastern Louisiana parishes.

The names of indicted Congressman William Jefferson and his sister, New Orleans tax assessor Betty Jefferson--both natives of Lake Providence--have surfaced in the federal case against a Louisiana legislator.

Gov. Bobby Jindal is expected to wield his veto pen today and slash money for projects in legislators' districts from the $29.9 billion state operating budget.

Two northeastern Louisiana projects, the Ouachita River and the Lake Providence Port, could benefit from earmark funding through the U.S. Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill that passed the ...

Secretary of State Jay Dardenne is announcing the museums operated by his agency will be closed Friday, July 4, through Sunday, July 6, in observance of Independence Day.

Author Cleo Scott Brown arrives in Monroe today for a tour of local library branches, bookstores and other attractions to promote the Ouachita Parish Public Library's River Reads summer reading program for ...

Don Britt, a northeastern Louisiana agricultural lender for more than three decades, will retire from Louisiana Land Bank at the end of this month.

BATON ROUGE - LSU has announced the names of students who have made the dean's list and the chancellor's honor roll for the spring 2008 semester.

This year's Adult Summer Reading Program Selection is 'Witness to the Truth,' by Cleo Scott Brown, a wonderfully written book about Brown's father, John H. Scott, and his lifelong passion for obtaining civil ...

More trouble today the family of indicted Louisiana congressman and Lake Providence native William Jefferson.

A Monroe man admits to a judge that he stabbed a homeless man, but didn't intend to kill him.

A New Orleans company that the Justice Department says received nearly $300,000 in bribes intended for Rep.

There was something noticeably absent from a news release issued by the governor's press office last week.

For nearly 40 years, U.S. Army veteran Eddie Bradford has carried with him the haunting memories of his military service during the Vietnam War.

Spruce Street Baptist Church, 504 Spruce St., will celebrate the 91st Women's Day Service at 10:45 a.m., Sunday, May 25.

Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies arrested a Lake Providence woman late Thursday for reportedly writing a fraudulent check to purchase an item.

Bond has been set at $201,000 for an inmate who escaped from the Richland Parish Detention Center, stole a deputy's personal vehicle and led police on a high-speed chase for crashing the vehicle.

“I couldn't do nothing but cry. I was scared. Didn't know what to do.”

Residents living in a Lake Providence apartment complex are spending the next few nights at a hotel, because their apartments flooded during last nights rain storm. via KNOE-TV Monroe

“We have always been proud to provide quality health care to our patients regardless of where they live, and we hope we will be able to continue doing so”

A Vicksburg, Miss. acute care hospital frequently utilized by Louisiana residents is preparing to sever services to Louisiana Medicaid patients because of what it deems insufficient reimbursement rates. via News-Star