Starks News

Biddy Baby stands beside the trailer that he rode out Hurricane Rita in outside Starks, La., August 22, 2006.

Here is a list of the Christmas parades that are scheduled for this year in Southwest Louisiana: Friday, December 4 5:00 p.m. - City of Vinton Saturday, December 5 11:00 a.m. - City of DeQuincy 2:00 p.m. - City of Lake Charles 2:00 p.m. - Starks 3:00 p.m. - City of Sulphur Saturday, December 12 2:00 p.m. - City of Iowa 2:00 p.m. - Moss Bluff 4:00 ...

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Alexandria Alumnae Chapter will present Beautillion 2009 -- "A Star-Studded Red Carpet Event" at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center.

The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, 2800 Chartres St., New Orleans, will open its doors to middle- and high-school students and their parents for Open Studio Day from 10 a.m. to noon Nov.

A grandmother drowned in Village Creek trying to help 1 of her grandchildren who appeared to be in distress in the water.

Louisiana State Police say a 35-year-old Texas man was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in, ran off La.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's official budget vetoes have been announced and although he scratched out about $19 million worth of spending, only $3 million of that came from so-called "pet projects." Some critics are concerned about the $31 million worth of amendments from legislators that Jindal left in the budget.