Slaughter News

Women wEfof Love Conference: 10 a.m., Faith, Hope and Love Worship Center, 4055 Choctaw Drive, with Prophetess Robbin Hardy as hostess and many guest speakers.

A nine-mile spur prevents a key West Feliciana Parish industrial site from linking to the remaining 2,900 railroad miles in Louisiana - and to business beyond the state, industry leaders claim.

Flag ceremonies by the Alexander Sterling Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in East Feliciana Parish cemeteries: 9 a.m., Dawson Cemetery; and 3 p.m., Town of Jackson Cemetery, Clinton Masonic Cemetery and Redwood Cemetery, La.

Police arrested a Slaughter man Monday accused of stealing parts for a vintage Jeep that its owner was restoring, Police Chief Mike Knaps said in a news release.

The Metro Council Zoning Committee will resume debate on whether property owner Richard Preis should be forced to fix up several dilapidated rental properties he owns in historic Spanish Town at its Nov.

Time expired at the Metro Council's zoning meeting Wednesday night, leaving in limbo Spanish Town landowner Richard Preis' appeal of the Historic Preservation Commission's claim he is effectively demolishing seven rental properties in the neighborhood by neglecting them.

The East Feliciana Parish school system's Oct. 1 enrollment declined by 49 students between 2008 and this year, Superintendent Doug Beauchamp told the School Board on Tuesday.

Police arrested a woman and are looking for two men in the burglary of a judge's home, court documents show.

Anvil Attachments, Slaughter, La., has delivered an 11.25-cubic yard 8-tine scrap grapple to a customer in its home state of Louisiana.

One possible new design for Capitol Lofts, the controversial proposed apartment building on the north edge of Spanish Town, would adjust the project's footprint so that seven houses that contribute to the neighborhood's historic designation could be saved after all, according to people present at a recent meeting between developer David Slaughter ...

Spanish Town neighbors are stepping up their fight against one local land owner.

Spanish Town neighbors are stepping up their fight against one local land owner.

Developer David Slaughter has decided to "briefly delay" bringing his controversial Capitol Lofts apartment development to the Historic Preservation Commission "until further agreements may be reached," according to an email sent to various city-parish officials and activists.

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Planning Commission members are recommending approval of developer David Slaughter's request to demolish seven houses in Spanish Town to make room for his proposed Capitol Lofts apartment building.

DRAWING THE LINE: John Sykes, Spanish Town's representative on the city-parish Historic Preservation Commission, opposes Capitol Lofts, an apartment complex proposed for the end of North Sixth Street overlooking Arsenal Park.

The Foundation for Historical Louisiana board of directors said Monday it will oppose "any development in Spanish Town that is not compatible with the approved neighborhood guidelines and the historic character" of the neighborhood.

An exhibit of Charles Fryling Jr.'s photographs of the Atchafalaya Basin is on display through July at the Zachary branch library, 1900 Church St.

Developer David Slaughter says Capitol Lofts, the controversial apartment building planned for the north side of Spanish Town next to Arsenal Park, will include 67 units, including 18 one-bedrooms, 40 two-bedrooms, and nine three-bedrooms, and will be four stories.

The Southern University Board of Supervisors has chosen a top-ranking vice president as the interim president of the Southern system.