This year’s Gospel Fest is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Bayou Plaquemine Waterfront Park, next to the Plaquemine Locks.

Three Anacoco residents have been arrested after allegedly robbing Vernier’s Kwik Stop in Anacoco.

Regardless of how exactly it looked or what precisely he said, Brett Favre let Green Bay Packer GM know that he was at least considering coming back to play football. And the Packers' nightmare began.

This year’s theme for the festival is “Ties to the Isles: British and Irish Traditions in Louisiana,” highlighting the contributions made to the state by people from England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. The festival will feature music, food and Kidfest along with exhibits.

When it came time for the 56th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to prepare for its fall 2008 deployment to Iraq, the leadership of the Texas National Guard unit decided it need look no further than its neighbor to the east.

Beginning this summer and moving into the fall, staff members will be allowed to choose their schedules, as a result of higher gas prices, said Northwestern State University President Randall Webb. The new schedule may help those with longer commutes.

Rickey Johnson knows $150,000 is not adequate payback for the decades he wrongly spent in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. But he also knows it can mean a fresh start when he needs it most.

After being drafted in the 40th round by Pittsburgh a year ago, Chad Poe opted to go back to college for a second season. And that paid off as the pitcher recently inked a deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, who drafted him in the 27th round of the recent Major League Baseball Draft.

Energy, US Congressman Charles Boustany figures, is the big issue in Congress right now...

Since announcing his intentions to run for the vacated seat in the House of Representatives 4th Congressional District, Bossier City resident Jeff Thompson has picked up a head of steam for this fall’s election.

Though legislators were not able to get a raise for themselves, they did give raises to teachers, firefighters and police and were able to secure a bonus for school support personnel. In addition, the lawmakers cut taxes. 

Nearly 900 students are playing their way to greater knowledge of science, technology and math at the Iberville Parish School System's first Discovery Camp, being held at five schools around the parish.

The Louisiana National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is sponsoring a voter education and registration drive this summer to emphasize the importance of voting.

Starting this fall, Iberville Parish public school students will no longer be allowed to carrying their cell phones, gameboys, music players or other electronic devices on school campuses, the school board agreed last week.

The 20 percent price hike Dow Chemical put into effect on its products last week could cause a variety of consumer prices to rise. But, said Stacey Chiasson of Dow Louisiana Public Affairs, it should not affect employment at the Plaquemine plant.