Leesville News

About 40 teachers from across the state learned about forestry during a three-day tour of Central Louisiana public lands and industries.

In the five parish area, only a handful of hospitals have fully-functioning, 24-hour staffed cath labs.

A 33-year-old Leesville man was arrested June 7 on a stalking charge, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.

Members of the 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment take part in a training excerise at Fort Polk.

Members of a southwest Louisiana softball team went to a tournament with a trailer loaded with supplies for victims of the May 20 tornado in Moore, Okla., only to find themselves threatened by another tornado.

A Leesville man is accused of being in possession of a large amount of synthetic marijuana, according to a news release from the Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft.

Advocate staff photo by ARTHUR D. LAUCK -- State Reps. John Bel Edwards, D-Amite, left, James Armes-D, Leesville center, and Sam Jones, D-Franklin, confer Sunday on the floor of the Louisiana House.

Fort Polk 's civilian employees are moving to a temporary four-day work week and face a 20 percent reduction in their pay as part of a Defense Department push to cut spending, the Leesville military base announced.

A Louisiana-based restaurant chain has agreed to pay more than $100,000 in back wages to 135 chefs and servers following a Labor Department investigation.