Winnsboro News

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.