Wisner News

Longtime Franklin Parish catfish farmer Carl Haring believes the latest attempt by the federal government to regulate Vietnamese catfsh may have come too late to save the U.S. catfish industry.

NEW ORLEANS - Lansing-Louisiana will invest $12 million to build a North Louisiana Inland Rail Port in Delhi and expand its grain elevator in Wisner, Lansing vice president Brad Terral and Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain said Friday.

Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey L. Brooks will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the South Central Baptist Church Gym in Wisner.

BAGHDAD a ' "We rolled up while it was still on fire," said Spc. Ariel Lain, from Wisner, La., remembering an event still vivid in his mind from his last tour in Iraq.

Mr. and Mrs. Scotty Swillie of Vicksburg, Miss. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Stephanie Ann Swillie, to Matthew Lane Durham, son of Mr.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Young of Wisner are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Jessica Lee, to Joseph Sterling Handy, son of Mrs.

Brittney Jones had no idea that her graduation week from West Ouachita High School last week would include such a dramatic exclamation point Sunday afternoon.

Five people have been charged in connection with an alleged shooting incident April 30 that left one person wounded, according to Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office.

An administrative assistant with the Delhi Police Department has been released on bond following her Tuesday arrest on suspicion of distributing prescription drugs.

OLLA - Kristian Gauge Adams, infant son of Layton and Christina Adams, died Monday.

The annual display of more than 30,000 tulips and other spring bulbs, in its seventh year on Calhoun Road in Wisner, is right on schedule.

With a big investment in concrete and steel, agriculture and the world economy could blow right through today's recession into global prosperity, according to Bruce Scherr, chairman, Informa Economics, Inc.

Governor Bobby Jindal announced Thursday that five Local Government Assistance Program grants totaling $104,540 have been awarded to municipalities in Franklin Parish for infrastructure projects and long-term ...

Work is scheduled to begin by mid-January on rebuilding three roads in the lakefront area that suffered major damage in Hurricane Katrina.