Simsboro News

The village of Simsboro will receive a $134,397 housing preservation grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Sheryll Barney of Monroe, a homemaker, died Wednesday. Arrangements are incomplete under the direction of Smith Funeral Home, Monroe.

Gov. Bobby Jindal's "Louisiana Working Tour" made a stop in Lincoln Parish Friday to address the Rotary Club Ruston and present funds to Lincoln Parish officials during a ceremonial check presentation.

Several northeastern Louisiana local governments will be getting more than $13 million in federal stimulus funding for infrastructure improvements.

Van Police Officer Preston Roberts recently seized a large amount of cash following a routine traffic stop last Friday night.

The owners of WPS Industries have never given any thought of being recognized on a state level for the work their company had been doing for nearly two decades.

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's economy being somewhat sheltered from the national recession could be good and bad, the state's top economic development official says.

Now at the Masur Museum of Art is the 46th Annual Juried Exhibition of 66 entries by 58 artists from 15 states.

A joint investigation involving the Louisiana State Police and the Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforcement Team resulted in the arrest of 11 people for various narcotics charges in Lincoln Parish.

A Simsboro man is accused of sexually abusing a preteen and a teenage girl, the latter for at least the past eight years.

A Simsboro man is now behind bars after officials say he raped two girls over an eight year period.

A 40-year-old Simsboro man has been booked with two counts of aggravated rape and one count of sexual battery.