CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish on Monday rescinded its Sept. 8 call for a special election on dividing surplus money obtained from a 3-mill property tax for operating a parish health unit.
The Jackson Volunteer Fire Department purchased a 1989 Mack Grumman Pumper from the West Yadkin Volunteer Fire Department in Hamptonville, North Carolina.
While the proverbial coaching carousel swings around and around at football programs all summer, there are dozens of new faces that pop up as the new head coach of a high school football team. In this case however, East Feliciana has decided to st…
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ALEXANDRIA — An update to farmers.gov provides access to farmers and ranchers who are members of an entity, as well as people and groups with powers of attorney to conduct online business with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, a news …
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The longtime head of the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury was arrested Tuesday on felony corruption charges after authorities say he allowed an acquaintance and several others to take asphalt and other material from a parish-owned storage yard.
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Xavier Bell, the 4-H agent for East Feliciana Parish, organized a supply drive for victims of Hurricane Laura.
CLINTON — Less than four weeks before the planned opening of Barn Hill Preserve's Magnolia Ridge Adventure Park, featuring zip lines though the trees, the East Feliciana Police Jury is questioning the park's use of a private access road along the …
HAMMOND — Southeastern Louisiana University has named 1,358 students to its honors list for the summer 2020 semester.
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Southeastern Louisiana University has extended the graduation application deadline to Sept. 22 for students to apply to graduate in fall 2020.
CLINTON — Less than four weeks before the planned opening of Barn Hill Preserve's Magnolia Ridge Adventure Park, featuring zip lines though the trees, the East Feliciana Police Jury is questioning the park's use of a private access road along the …
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A grand jury indicted an East Feliciana Parish School Board member who collected a paycheck while missing nearly three-quarters of scheduled meetings since 2016, including 16 of 19 meetings last year.
State-run facilities play big role in Felicianas' coronavirus cases; president wants them identified
Cases of the novel coronavirus have nearly doubled in East Feliciana Parish since Aug. 23, while neighboring West Feliciana Parish had the second fastest growth in the Baton Rouge area over the same period, state health data show.
East Feliciana prosecutors consider criminal charges against school board member who missed meetings
An East Feliciana School Board member has missed roughly three-quarters of scheduled meetings since 2016, including 16 of 19 meetings last year.
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Sentencing for a Slaughter man who accidentally killed his girlfriend while shooting at his brother's dog in 2018 has been pushed back to Oct. 28.
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Allyson Bennett, of Lane Regional Medical Center, recently received the Nightingale Award for Clinical Nurse Educator of the Year from the Louisiana State Nurses Association, a news release said.
MANDEVILLE — Keep Louisiana Beautiful is calling for nominations of groups and individuals that go the extra mile to keep communities clean, beautiful and litter-free, a news release said.
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office reminds the business community about the phased guidance documents available online to assist in creating a safe environment to operate during the coronavirus pandemic, a news release said.
Southwest Mississippi Community College is opening a Workforce Training Center in Woodville, Mississippi, on U.S. 61, just south of the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Department.
Baylin Carmena struggled to build a steady block tower. His base wobbled and each new layer leaned before crumbling down. Robert Flowers is Baylin’s teacher, but he could easily be his grandfather. Robert Flowers helped his student start over, pla…
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LACOMBE — Northshore Technical Community College and the Northshore College Enhancement Foundation have awarded a record number of scholarships to Northshore Technical Community College students for the 2020-2021 academic year, a news release said.
East Feliciana High School graduate Lakeira Williams was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from Pelican State Credit Union.
Phillip's Masonic Lodge 238 and the Progressive Chapter 186 Order of Eastern Star are celebrating their 50-year history of helping those in need in the Clinton area and the men who founded the group.
The East Feliciana Little League raised money to help a local liver transplant patient Saturday a coed benefit softball tournament.
CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish Police Jury changed two polling locations Monday at the request of Clerk of Court David Dart, who said he is attempting to have all parish voting precinct buildings comply with guidelines for reducing the spread…
For the past decade, coach Robb Odom has been at the helm of the West Feliciana High School football program. With his time coming to an end, a lot of uncertainty has surrounded the program, but new head coach Hudson Fuller is ready for the challe…
JACKSON — In an election twice postponed by the coronavirus pandemic, Fred Allen regained the post of town marshal by a 19-vote margin.
LSU AgCenter to offer online Dining with Diabetes Classes
On July 14, Pelican State Credit Union hosted a free Virtual Community Credit Score Workshop for members and nonmembers of the credit union, a news release said.
You may have heard of goat yoga, but at Barn Hill Preserve kangaroos and peacocks roamed between yoga mats as Leslie Barnes taught a yoga class on Friday.
An Entergy scam is making its way around south Louisiana in which a caller is saying the customer hasn’t paid their bill and their power will soon be cut off.
CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish Police Jury set a 5:15 p.m. Sept. 8 public hearing on the proposed donation of the Clinton Presbyterian Church to the parish for use as the Clinton branch of the Audubon Regional Library.
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Beginning Aug. 1, properly licensed Louisiana and nonresident hunters may take outlaw quadrupeds (feral hogs, coyotes and armadillos), nutria and beaver at night on private property the entire year with the landowner’s permission, a news release said.
Pelican State Credit Union is one of five credit unions in Louisiana with the ability to offer Small Business Administration loans to help businesses keep their doors open and continue to compensate their employees during the coronavirus pandemic,…
The hunting rules and regulations for the 2020-21 season are available on the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries website, https://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/page/seasons-and-regulations.
When you do not have enough money to cover your family’s basic living expenses and pay all your creditors, you face difficult financial decisions.
The 2020 Run for the Badge 5K will be held globally as a virtual event to keep participants safe and healthy and offer more opportunities to create awareness and support for the National Law Enforcement Memorial and Museum, according to a news release.
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The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will resume in-person hunter education classes and field days soon. However, the department is encouraging all students who need hunter education certification to take the online course then sign …
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is accepting applications for deer and waterfowl lottery hunts on LDWF Wildlife Management Areas for the 2020-2021 hunting season.
Clinton Presbyterian Church will soon cease to exist as a church, but donation plans will breathe new life into the building and grounds that will become the Clinton branch of the Audubon Regional Library.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Jones, of Clinton, became the first woman elected to a judgeship in the two-parish 20th Judicial District when she edged Sidney Picou Walker by 13 votes in 2014.
The novel coronavirus has continued to spread among the patients and staff inside the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System in Jackson but at a rate far more slowly than earlier this year.
Barn Hill Preserve, the East Feliciana Parish wildlife sanctuary, mixed wine and wildlife for an inaugural event geared for adult visitors.