Oak Grove News

A high school prank cost one senior more than $1,400 in restitution and fines. Skylar Bass, an 18-year-old student at Oak Grove High School, pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of criminal mischief and criminal trespassing for vandalizing the inside of the high school with syrup, mustard and dog feces.

Crowding at Oak Grove Elementary School has prompted Visalia Unified School District officials to send 26 incoming kindergartners to Manuel F. Hernandez Elementary School, frustrating some parents who had hoped to send their children to a school with a reputation for academic achievement.

Mr. and Mrs. David Chop of Winnfield, La. announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Haley Claire Chop, to Mr.

In another hot and humid day of racing at the Twin City Dragway, the action was delayed an hour to avoid the main heat of the day on Saturday.

NEW ORLEANS - Cullen and Sarah Beth Kovac, who operate and cattle ranch in Oak Grove, earned the Farm Bureau's Young Farmer and Rancher Achievement Award here Thursday night.

The Strauss Dinner Theatre is hosting the mystery "Murder at Cafe Noir" at the Cork Room at 7 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The state Bond Commission has approved more than $11 million in projects for different governing bodies in northeastern Louisiana.

The Ruston Farmers' Market hosts a Taste of Summer Festival on Saturday in the public parking lot on the corner of Louisiana Avenue and South Monroe Street in downtown Ruston.

An Oak Grove man died Saturday in a West Carroll Parish car crash. According to a news release by Louisiana State Police Troop F, 50-year-old Mitchell Dye, a passenger, died of critical injuries Saturday evening at St.

'This has been a really long year of fundraising and I am glad all of their hard work is finally coming to fruition.' These words, spoken by Oak Grove High School Drama Director Suzanne Allmon, describe the dedication her students have demonstrated over the past year.

Monty Sullivan, an Oak Grove native and one of the founding employees of Louisiana Delta Community College in 2001, was approved as the new executive vice president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College system by the system board of supervisors Wednesday.

Elizabeth Masters and Stephen Brandon, both of West Monroe, will exchange marriage vows June 6 at Christian Life Church in Monroe.

William Wild will attend Princeton University this fall $2,500 richer after being named a National Merit Scholar and receiving the rare and prestigious scholarship.

No court dates have been set for a trio of former and current Oak Grove High School students accused of vandalizing the school May 20.

Oak Grove High School will be looking for a new head baseball coach after the Lamar County School Board voted tonight not to renew Kary Bridges' contract as coach.

We spotted Tai Applewhite, 18, at Reed Green Coliseum after her graduation from Oak Grove High School.

A 16-year-old boy has night terrors after getting hit on the head by a lacrosse ball, and House immediately suspects he's a victim of sexual abuse.

Six Oak Grove High School seniors were awarded $1,000 scholarships last week during an the Oak Grove Exchange Club meeting in Hattiesburg.

A woman said she took her complaints about a speeding school bus driver to school administrators, but when nothing was done, she contacted KCTV5.

Christi Carrice-Marie Cummins and Jeffrey Ryan Bradford, both of Monroe, La., are engaged to be married at six o'clock on the evening of Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Parkview Baptist Church in Monroe.