Pineville News

You don't have to be a local to figure out quickly that the tectonic plates are shifting under the city of Pineville.

"Let me introduce you to the future," Dan Burden says as he launches into the gospel of 21st Century street design.

Folks braved the heat Saturday to honor accomplishments in the African-American community and remind people to continue to move forward.

Central Louisiana Technical Community College will have plenty of willing partners as it searches for a site for its showpiece campus.

The Reverend Barry Hoekstra of First United Methodist Church in Alexandria and the Reverend Gray Pearson of First Baptist Church in Port Allen officiated the ceremony.

He is a member of Boy Scout Troop 21. Alexandrian elected: Mrs. David T. Gildart was elected president of the Louisiana Federation of Business and Professional Women.

Celebrating the date when the last slaves in America were freed is a tradition a local organization is working to continue.

Within a few months, people could be able to have a glass of beer or wine with their dinner at Pineville restaurants.

Karli Walleser, a graduating senior from Pineville High School, received a $5,000 scholarship from Delta Community Credit Union, the organization announced on May 22. She was one of three to receive the scholarship and was selected based on academic achievement, community service and submission of an essay on a topic selected by the credit union.

COLEY: To Raphael and Jerica Washington of Mansura, a daughter, Trinity Nicole, 6 lbs.

A 49-year-old Pineville man is facing battery and assault charges in the wake of an incident on Cotile Lake Road in Boyce, the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office said.

A 31-year-old Pineville woman was arrested Wednesday on a charge of aggravated battery after her boyfriend sought treatment for two stab wounds, Pineville police said.

A 22-year-old Pineville man was arrested Wednesday on a charge of battery on a police officer, police said.

A Pineville police officer suffered broken bones Tuesday when a car collided with the officer's motorcycle at the intersection of La.

Mayor Jonathan Dean described the turnaround he has seen in the town of Ball to the Rotary Club of Alexandria on Tuesday.

The thought of opening a bar was a 10-year-old daydream for Pineville resident Jerry Havens.

Two brothers have been indicted on charges in connection with the 1982 homicide of 77-year-old Dan Triplett of Woodworth.

Two Louisiana inmates are facing life sentences in the kidnapping death of an Ohio businessman abducted from a hotel in Mississippi during a 2011 crime spree.

Alcohol sales are currently illegal in the central Louisiana city of Pineville, but that could change soon in the coming months.

Pineville, La. - Kisatchie National Forest will host an event from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 8, 2013, as part of National Get Outdoors Day , the fifth annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun.