Leesville News

Rickey Johnson knows $150,000 is not adequate payback for the decades he wrongly spent in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal released four veto letters Tuesday, including one that will keep former U.S. Rep.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake has announced plans to create 44 new community-based outpatient clinics to bring the world-class health care of the Department of Veterans ...

Leesville police officers responded to a report of reckless driving on June 22, 2008 at approximately 8:30 PM.

BATON ROUGE, La.- Legislators should be required by law to provide more details on the pet projects they add into budget bills each year, the full Legislature has decided, approving a bill that has been the ...

State Rep. Juan LaFonta, D-New Orleans, announces from the podium Saturday that the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus is opening its rolls to honorary members who are not minorities.

A woman who used to live in Louisiana and was almost five months pregnant in 1994 is testifying this Monday morning that Tyrone Delgado choked and sexually assaulted her.

In this video, you'll hear from the State Department of Transportation and Development about an intersection in Leesville where accidents keep happening.

Victor Austin says his daughter works at the Chevron station by the intersection of LA 8 and 117.

More than 3,000 soldiers of the 56th Brigade Combat Team, Texas Army National Guard, will train June 12-23 at the Joint Readiness Training Center .

On Wednesday, June 04, 2008, at 11:48 am, Louisiana State Police Troop E responded to a fatal crash involving two vehicles.

Sheriff Sam Craft reports that on June 2nd, 2008 at approximately 4:25 P.M. Vernon Parish Deputy Lando Sullivan was traveling west on Pinewood Road toward the intersection with Highway 171, which is just north ...

BATON ROUGE - The idea of naming an alcoholic beverage as an official Louisiana symbol didn't sit well with most state senators, who a few weeks ago voted down an attempt to make the Sazerac the official ...

The long holiday weekend is over and two people from Leesville died in water accidents.

Megan Ward has already completed two semesters of college at Northwestern State University, which wouldn't be a spectacular accomplishment if she wasn't just a senior in high school.

David and Marilynn Gibson of Calhoun are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Ann Gibson, to William Lynn Jaeger, son of Wannelle Jaeger and the late John Jaeger of Leesville, La. via News-Star

A 22 year old man from Georgia is dead by his own hand and there's a Central Louisiana connection to this story. via KALB-TV Alexandria

A new unit in the Louisiana Attorney General's Office created to track fugitives made its first arrest Tuesday in Vernon Parish in connection with a case in Tangipahoa Parish. via WBRZ-TV Baton Rouge

A handicapped child was left behind at Chuck E. Cheese, off of MacArthur Drive, while on a school field trip. via KALB-TV Alexandria