Ridgecrest News

The 2009 regular session of the state Legislature closed last Thursday, but not without some last minute fireworks.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury took care of several routine matters during its regular meeting Monday night.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury is seeking a state disposal permit to remove and burn piles of limbs and debris left in the aftermath of Sunday's storm, which included high wind and hail.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury could follow Adams County's lead and opt in for the Code Red weather alert system.

Rep. Andy Anders has prefiled a bill -- HB 184 -- which adds the president of the Police Jury as a member of the Concordia Economic and Industrial Development Board.

RIDGECREST a ' Two teen brothers found themselves in different worlds following a Monday shooting, one hospitalized and the other in custody.

The Concordia Parish School Board remains financially sound while other school systems struggle to make ends meet.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury agreed Monday night to seek additional quotes for a new roof on the old courthouse in Vidalia and delayed action on whether to pull out of a lease on the Doty Road Center in ...

One day in the 1960s, a military fighter jet on maneuvers rocketed over the Concordia sky faster than the speed of sound -- 767-plus miles per hour.

MAN DIES IN BLAZE TRYING TO SAVE FAMILY A Concordia Parish man died Tuesday night in a house fire on Haphazard Road while he was attempting to rescue another family member from the blaze.

'THE FIERY CROSS' -- KKK PROPAGANDA SHEET -- MADE SCANDALOUS ACCUSATIONS The son of a deceased Concordia Parish Ku Klux Klan leader said his father believed in 1964 that one of two groups of people was ...

The two were arrested Tuesday in connection with a bogus check scam that involved fake pre-printed checks that seemed to be from the Concordia Christmas Charity Fund -- which, in fact, does not even have ...

Two local teens were arrested in connection with seven local burglaries Wednesday.

A Vidalia man driving a dually pickup collided with a horse on Hwy. 84 between Ferriday and Vidalia Tuesday morning, totaling the truck and killing the animal.