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updated: Mon Jul 07, 2008 01:26 am

Winnsboro News

Local news for Winnsboro, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

3 hrs ago | News-Star

Prep football: Coach says MPSA is stealing players away from Franklin Parish High

Franklin Parish coach Barry Sebren was worried enough about the state of his offensive line after spring practice concluded.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

News-Star

West Winnsboro gets loan for water system upgrade

A Franklin Parish water system has been awarded a $500,000 loan from the state Department of Health and Hospitals to make upgrades to the system.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Sat Jun 28, 2008

News-Star

Around campus

The following students were not included on a list of Louisiana Tech's spring quarter president's and dean's honor lists.

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Related Topix: Gilbert, LA, Wisner, LA, Downsville, LA

Thu Jun 26, 2008

News-Star

Local appropriations list

The following are the non-governmental appropriations in House Bill 1 identified by The News-Star. Some entities have more than one appropriation.

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Related Topix: Bastrop, LA, Dubach, LA, Delhi, LA, Rayville, LA

Tue Jun 24, 2008

News-Star

They all got their share of taxpayers' money

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Dog parks in Terrebonne Parish. The Hot Air Balloon Festival.

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Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro, Covington, LA, Louisiana, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives

Sat Jun 21, 2008

News-Star

DEATHS

Joseph Accardo of Monroe, a retired Monroe recreation department employee, died Sunday.

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Related Topix: Bonita, LA, Grambling, LA

Thu Jun 19, 2008

News-Star

Corn crop missing $7 bushel mark

Northeastern Louisiana farmers would love to cash in on record corn prices, but most of them will only be able to sell a small portion of their harvest for more than $7 a bushel, and even that will be eroded by ...

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Related Topix: Iowa, LA, Agriculture, Science

Tue Jun 17, 2008

News-Star

House passes slimmer raise

BATON ROUGE - Legislators said they got the message that constituents did not approve of their voting to triple their salaries.

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Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro, Vidalia, LA, Louisiana, Rayville, LA

Thu Jun 12, 2008

WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

Governor's office announces more bills which have become law

Monday, the governor's office announced several bills which were passed by the legislature and have become law without the Governor's signature in accordance with the 10-day rule after their passage.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement

Tue Jun 10, 2008

News-Star

Franklin highway reopened follow tanker accident

Louisiana 4 just east of Winnsboro has been reopened following an accident in which an 18-wheeler ran over a propane tank.

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Sun Jun 08, 2008

News-Star

Ballard - Lawrence

Kellie Elizabeth Lawrence and Adam Kyle Ballard were united in marriage Saturday, June 8, 2008 at First Baptist Church in Columbia, La.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Clarks, LA, Columbia, LA, Sterlington, LA, Baton Rouge Metro

Fri Jun 06, 2008

News-Star

Too valuable to slip away

Stories that once arrived at the National World War II Museum in torrents come back in snippets now.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, New Orleans, LA, New Orleans Metro, Ruston, LA

Wed Jun 04, 2008

4 WWL-TV

Bill moves forward in La. Legislature to kill pet projects

State senators approved a bill that would make non-governmental organizations requesting money to provide detailed information about their organization.

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Related Topix: New Orleans Metro, New Orleans, LA, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, Life, Food, Food Festival

Mon Jun 02, 2008

News-Star

Tech student designs Peach Festival poster with older style in mind

RUSTON - When Ben Boutwell graduated from high school, he thought he wanted to be a nurse.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Food Festival, Ruston, LA

Sat May 31, 2008

Thenew995fm.com

LA House Votes To Create 'New' Crime

The Louisiana House has voted to approve a proposal that provide additional punishment for violent criminals who videotape their crime and post it on the Internet.

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Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, Shreveport Metro

Thu May 29, 2008

News-Star

Youths with autism could get insurance coverage

BATON ROUGE - Parents with autistic children could get a break by getting insurance to cover expensive treatments, but it would raise everyone's health insurance costs.

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Related Topix: Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro

Mon May 26, 2008

News-Star

Memorial Day events to be held in West Monroe, Ruston, Winnsboro and Vicksburg

Here's a look at some of the area's Memorial Day activities: --The Blue Star Mothers of Northeast Louisiana will have a Memorial Day service at 2 p.m. at Kiroli Park in West Monroe.

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Related Topix: Monroe, LA, West Monroe, LA, Monroe Metro, US National Parks

Sat May 24, 2008

News-Star

Book signing: 'It's always good for veterans to get together'

WINNSBORO - It's not often that World War II veteran Elton McKeithen gets a chance to swap war stories with brothers-in-arms from Franklin Parish.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs

Thu May 22, 2008

Earth Times

Atmos Energy Announces Nonbinding Open Season For Fort Necessity Gas Storage Project

Atmos Energy Corporation today announced a nonbinding open season for services at its proposed Fort Necessity salt-dome natural gas storage project in Franklin Parish, Louisiana.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Spelunking, Energy, Fort Necessity, LA, Atmos Energy

Tue May 20, 2008

News-Star

Osborn - Walley

Ms. Ellen Hodge Osborn of Winnsboro is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Miss Kacie Maurine Osborn, to Christopher Brett Walley of Winnsboro.

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Related Topix: Monroe, LA, Monroe Metro

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