Winnfield News

Parish assessors could get a 4 percent pay raise for the next four years under legislation approved Wednesday by the Louisiana Senate.

Thornton, Irma L., 68, of Bossier City, died Thursday; graveside services at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Hillcrest Memorial Park, Haughton; arrangements through Hillcrest Funeral Home, Haughton.

A Campti man and a Winnfield woman are facing charges after a stolen fuel company card was used to buy more than $13,500 in fuel in six Louisiana parishes and Texas, according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office.

Former coroner WINNFIELD - Services for former coroner Dr. James Peters, Jr. will be Wednesday.

The Senate Committee on Retirement approved a concurrent resolution Monday suspending the implementation date of a cash balance plan passed last year.

A pension plan bill that higher education leaders say is vital to their ability to attract new talent to the state cleared its second hurdle Monday.