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Quad Area Head Start hosted graduation exercises at its Clinton site on June 26 and at the Jackson site June 29.
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The East Feliciana Police Jury has rejected a proposal to uproot a more than century-old statue of a Confederate soldier from its perch in front of the parish's antebellum courthouse and move it to a cemetery.
The East Feliciana Police Jury has rejected a proposal to uproot a more than century-old statue of a Confederate soldier from its perch in front of the parish's antebellum courthouse and move it to a cemetery.
Federal and state health officials plan a broad new push to test as many as 5,000 people per day in the Baton Rouge region for the novel coronavirus after many of the gains made against this virus this spring have been lost, the governor said Wednesday.
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The East Feliciana Police Jury will decide next week whether to uproot a statue of a Confederate soldier from the courthouse following a public hearing Tuesday that saw residents split on the issue.
July 4 fireworks planned
Tulane recently announced its 2020 graduates.
SHREVEPORT — A total of 245 Centenary students have been named to the Dean's List for Spring 2020, including Kennedy Wilcher, of Clinton.
PacTec Inc., of Clinton, celebrates Micah Schilling earning his Masters of Business Administration degree with a dual concentration in finance and management from Tulane University in New Orleans, a news release said.
Centreville Academy announced its Who's Who winners for 2020.
Early voting underway
On June 12, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions.
AT&T, through its participation in the Federal Communications Commission’s Connect America Fund, has extended high-speed internet service to nearly 60,000 homes and businesses in rural parts of more than 45 parishes, a news release said.
Louisiana Tech University initiated 84 new members into the Order of the Engineer on May 15.
When marchers moved through Clinton on June 15, organizers joined the chorus of voices across the country while presenting their effort as a faith-base initiative.
Voters in East Baton Rouge and East Feliciana parishes will see several mayoral races on their ballots for the July 11 election.
Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Science and Technology, through the Department of Computer Science, is sponsoring the Lion’s Code CyberCamp, a news release said. The camp is being offered free of charge as a community service.
Pelican State Credit Union has announced the launch of its new online video series aimed at helping viewers make more informed purchasing decisions, a press release said.
Diplomas were officially conferred May 16 for the 2020 graduating class of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, a residential public high school in Natchitoches for academically advanced students.
Louisiana Tech recently announced its spring 2020 graduates. The school is planning a special commencement ceremony Aug. 15 for the spring graduates.
In order to honor its spring 2020 graduates, Southeastern Louisiana University hosted a virtual celebration May 16 in advance of the still-planned face-to-face commencement later this summer.
Brad Mazoch is one of 449 seniors to earn a degree from Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, on May 16.
Baton Rouge Community College celebrated its nearly 400 spring 2020 graduates with a virtual commencement ceremony on May 29 via the college’s Facebook page. The ceremony included many components of BRCC’s traditional graduation ceremony with mess…
Nearly 200 protesters marched through the streets of Clinton on Monday, chanting "Black Lives Matter" and ending their demonstration at the foot of the parish courthouse, where they stood in the shadow of a towering memorial erected in 1909 as a "…
A Denham Springs man was arrested following the single-vehicle crash early Monday that killed his twin brother, according to Louisiana State Police.
LSU has announced the names of the students who have made the dean’s list and president’s honor roll for the spring 2020 semester.
PacTec Inc. employees recently celebrated Graham Porter, of Clinton, for obtaining his emergency medical technician certification. The manufacturing employees celebrated with a cookie cake.
As Louisiana moves into Phase 2 of reopening, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser announced the reopening of eight of the state’s welcome centers and the state library.
East Feliciana Parish Prison bookings May 14-29:
As I write this, our region is uncertain as to what the week holds.
Centreville Academy’s Class of 2020 held commencement May 11 on the practice football field.
Postponed election set to open
East Feliciana High School announced its student award winners for the 2019-20 school year.
Audubon Regional Library's annual Summer Reading Program for the community starts June 3 and run through July 29.
Jackson Elementary School hosted a drive through celebration day for students on Friday, May 29.
CLINTON — The East Feliciana Parish Police Jury set up a committee Monday to discuss the jury’s possible participation in refurbishing a lake on state property east of Jackson.
Jackson Elementary School announced its March Students of the Month.
The results of the National Latin Exam were announced April 13. Eighteen students from the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts will receive awards for their accomplishment after the coronavirus effects have subsided.
James M. “Jimmy” Norsworthy III is running for mayor of Jackson.
OXFORD, Miss. — Mikayla Leann Gayle, of Clinton, is among the more than 5,400 candidates for graduation to be celebrated during a virtual event May 9 for the University of Mississippi.
The following people were booked into the East Feliciana Parish jail by area law enforcement agencies, including the Clinton, Jackson, Norwood, Slaughter and Wilson police departments, the East Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office and State Police, f…
Clinton residents Mikayla Leann Gayle and Margaret Richardson Savoie have been named to the spring 2020 dean's honor roll at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.
Two months ago we were gearing up for March Madness and the heat of high school baseball season. Two months ago high school seniors had spring break plans and visions of walking across a stage to collect a diploma. The novel coronavirus took that …
BATON ROUGE — On Friday, May 15, LSU honored more than 4,000 spring graduates with a virtual graduation celebration, and during the ceremony, 4,347 degrees were conferred. The virtual graduation watch party took place on the LSU Facebook page, and…
A 55-year-old man was killed in a Saturday afternoon crash when his pickup struck a tree and overturned along a highway in East Feliciana Parish, authorities said.
Two men accused of terrorizing a rural East Feliciana community were arrested in recent weeks after authorities discovered the bodies of two homicide victims — one inside a burned up mobile home and the other in a roadside ditch.
Pfc. Skylar Brunson’s yearlong journey with the National Guard has recently brought him back to the parishes surrounding greater Baton Rouge and to the East Feliciana community he calls home.
Slaughter Community Charter School Principal Clint Ebey announced each graduates name Friday as the Class of 2020 drove by the front of the school in decorated vehicles.
The East Feliciana High School Class of 2020 includes: