Vidalia News

The opening stages of the aesthetic lighting project on the U.S. 84 bridge across the Mississippi River have begun.

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell joined local citizens seeking access to high-speed Internet service with Internet providers Tuesday in his first Broadband Access Workshop.

Imagine for a moment, three people each trying separately to push their stalled cars.

In April 1716 a dozen signs were placed along the banks of the Mississippi warning voyagers that there was trouble on the river.

A Vidalia man has been appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission of Louisiana.

Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell will host a public meeting in Vidalia on Tuesday, November 17, to promote high-speed Internet service for rural areas of Concordia and surrounding parishes.

Vidalia has a chamber of commerce. Ferriday has a chamber of commerce. But local business leaders are asking - should there be a Concordia Parish chamber of commerce? At the Vidalia Chamber of Commerce's meeting Tuesday, members were handed a survey asking if the Vidalia and Ferriday chambers should join together to form a parish-wide chamber.

VIDALIA a ' The City of Vidalia has been awarded a $110,000 grant for its marina project, City Manager Ken Walker said at Tuesdaya TMs meeting of the board of aldermen.

Five retired FBI agents -- four who worked in Concordia and one who worked in Natchez in the 1960s -- say they are unsure who killed Ferriday shoe shop owner Frank Morris or Vidalia motel employee Joseph "JoeEd" Edwards four decades ago.

A motion by convicted murderer Francis Joseph Loncar for an evidentiary hearing was denied last week in Seventh Judicial District Court in Vidalia by Judge Leo Boothe.

Nancy Mercer of Natchez, and Catherine Cartwright of Vidalia, walk down the sidewalk during the March of Dimes event at the Vidalia Riverfront Saturday morning.

Career Technical College has scheduled its semi-annual career fair from 1-5 p.m. Wednesday at its 2319 Louisville Ave.

Mark Taylor, Paul Southerland, Bruce McCall and John Kammerdiner are on a mission from God.

Charles Colvin Dies in Tragedy Five persons perished -- including Dr. Charles Colvin of Ferriday -- early today when two light airplanes collided in mid-air at the Concordia Parish Airport.

Three Vidalia businesses will be moving in the near future to new locations. Supermarket Operations Barry Loy said the target date for the opening of the new Vidalia Market is Nov.

Three Vidalia men were charged with attempted second-degree murder following an early morning shooting Thursday on Peach Street in Vidalia.

When little ghosts and ghouls go door-to-door for trick-or-treating next week, they'll be walking streets decorated for another holiday - Christmas.

The Concordia Parish Library will present "Strike Up The Band" at 7 p.m., October 22, at Concordia Bank in Vidalia.

Several events are slated in connection with The Great Mississippi River Balloon Race this weekend.

Two Vidalia men were charged with attempted second-degree murder following an early morning shooting Thursday.