St. Joseph News

The following have been appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal to the West Ouachita Parish Reservoir Commission: Charles Dykes of West Monroe; Guy Frantom of Calhoun; and Roy Pierce of Calhoun.

The LSU AgCenter has scheduled its annual Northeast Research Station field day at 8 a.m. Wednesday at the station in St.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Manship Spiller, senior of New Iberia, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Leslie Clare, to Russell Young Ratcliff III, son of Mr.

Brittany Elaine Ratcliff and Scott Pierce Thomson were united in marriage Saturday, May 16, 2009, at Saint Patrick Catholic Church in Ferriday, Louisiana, at 6 o'clock p.m. Officiating at the nuptial mass was Father Louis E. Sklar.

The Greater Ouachita Port Commission has scheduled its next public meeting at noon Wednesday at the Monroe Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. and Mrs. James Edward Arceneaux Junior of St. Joseph, La. are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Rebecca Anne, to William David Weeks, son of Mr.

The LSU AgCenter's annual Northeast Research Station field day will be held June 17 at the station in St.

Ferriday Postmaster Beverly Chalmers is on a mission. Chalmers is trying to find anyone who may know something about a letter written in 1945 from Staff Sgt.

A construction worker from St. Joseph died Tuesday afternoon when a tunnel collapsed, burying him alive.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marvin Schauf of St. Joseph, La., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth Day Schauf, to Mr.

Meteorologist Don Wheeler said northeastern Louisiana is in for two more nights of rain and thunderstorms, with the greatest potential for severe weather on Friday night.

A $400,000-plus bridge project that has been delayed by hibernating black bears will finally get under way this summer.

The Town of St. Joseph will receive state funding for public works equipment and Newellton will receive $35,000 to purchase a trash truck for the maintenance department.

MC prof, student to display artwork Mississippi College adjunct professor Kent Mummert of Clinton and student Courtney Melton of St.

Edward Jones, a national investment company with offices throughout northeastern Louisiana, has been ranked No.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Keith Colvin and the late George 'Larry' Allen, of Baton Rouge are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Katherine Leigh Allen, to Christopher Cory Thompson, son of Mr.

A man has died after being ejected from his vehicle in a Tensas Parish crash. The crash occurred on LA 606 in Tensas Parish on January 22, 2009 at about 11:50 pm.

BASTROP - Mageline Barker, a homemaker, died Saturday. Services are 1 p.m. Sunday at Tennant Funeral Home, Bastrop.

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Edward Melville of St. Joseph, La., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to John Chandler Gregory, son of Mr.