Marksville News

A local service organization has amped up its charitable donations this year. The Esther Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star Prince Hall Affiliation of the Free Accepted Masons opted to extend its charity work beyond its traditional Food Bank donations to an organization that feeds the hungry every day in Alexandria.

One of Shreveport's newer CNG-fueled trash trucks has itself been trashed by a fire that damaged it so heavily it will now likely be used for parts.

Imagine George Clooney starring in a major motion picture as former Gov. Edwin Edwards.

The Arthritis Association debuted a new fundraiser June 26 that involved decorating gloves.

The oldest Independence Day parade in the state is tomorrow night in Marksville.

The fireworks will ring throughout the nation Friday night, and we'll have our own spectacles here in Central Louisiana.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- Northeast Florida jurors have recommended death for an escaped Louisiana inmate convicted of killing a Florida State graduate student.

One of America's iconic television game shows is coming to Cenla. Host Todd Newton will ask contestants to "come on down" and play The Price is Right Live at the Paragon Casino Resort Mari Showroom in Marksville this weekend.

June 25, 1954 Oldest voter: Andrew Phames, who will celebrate his 106th birthday Dec. 2, made a permanent registration in Avoyelles Parish this week to become what is believed to be the oldest voter in Louisiana.

The driver, Bobby Buce of West Monroe, was not injured. June 21, 1954 Congressional candidate: D.M. Riddle Jr., Marksville businessman and ex-mayor of Marksville, has announced his candidacy for Congress from the Eighth Congressional District.

Make Central Louisiana your destination this weekend. There are plenty of fun and enlightening things going on.

On an overhead projector in Judge Raul Zambrono's courtroom on Monday, accused killer Kentrell Feronti Johnson watched video of himself and two accomplices break out of prison on March 30, 2010.

June 16, 1954 Sales prices: Montgomery Ward's "June Parade of Values" advertises all regular $2.88 skirts on sale for $2.47 and men's cotton shirts, regular price $1.98, on sale for $1.67.

Moon Ducote had vanished from the sports annals for decades. He was in danger of disappearing all together like many of his peers presumably have done as well.