Oak Ridge News

Although he entered office promising a new and more progressive style of state government, Gov.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has asked Tammie McDaniel to resign her post as an appointed member of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education,. McDaniel said in a telephone interview Wednesday that she received an E-mail message today but has not made a decision on how to respond.

BATON ROUGE - It was not a really good legislative session for Louisiana's public schools, said Keith Guice, president of the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Mrs. Jody Lawson of West Monroe and Mr. Michael Lawson of Monroe are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jenifer Rae Lawson, to William Seth McDuffie, son of Mr.

JONESVILLE - Walter Book died Monday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Young's Funeral Home, Jonesville.

Leah Wilson Roark and Dean L Hart Jr. exchanged marriage vows at 11:30 a.m., April 18, 2009 at the home of the bride's parents in Oak Ridge, La.

For six years, Starr Homeplace in Oak Ridge has hosted monthly Community Days to encourage and support the old folkways that were normal to farm life in the days before fuel-fired machines took over - activities like hammering hot metal into horseshoes and weaving colored threads in a loom to make a piece of fabric.

Archibald prison entrepreneur Doug White doesn't consider himself a hero, even though he had only novice pilot skills when he saved his family from certain disaster Sunday.

Holley Marie Watts and Jonathan Michael Perry exchanged marriage vows on April 4, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the evening at First United Methodist Church in Monroe.

Mr. and Mrs. James Kevin Bryan of Monroe are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Holley Marie Watts, to Mr.

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved a resolution critical of a key economic proposal under consideration by Congress.

Debbie Impson of West Monroe and Barry and Lynda Telano of West Monroe are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany Ann Telano, to Justin Bradley O'Neal, son of the late Harold Dwight ...

WASHINGTON - Northeastern Louisiana residents were among the millions of Americans pouring into the nation's capital on Monday to celebrate the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama.

It's a brand new year, and with it, the library has gotten a shelf full of brand new books.