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Grant bringing new life to historic National Hotel
By Emily Burleigh With the help of a $55,000 grant, Leesville Main Street is becoming a historic business ...
Local
VIDEO: Benoit Motors Teacher of the Week surprise
Watch as W.T. Henning Elementary fifth-grader teacher Leslie Mire McFarland is notified she is this week’s Benoit Motors ...
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Benoit Motors Teacher of the Week: Leslie McFarland ‘blessed to be a small part of a child’s journey’
By Emily Burleigh Leslie Mire McFarland, 47, emulates the teacher who inspired her to become an educator. She ...
Local
Traveling Leesville exhibit returning home
By Emily Burleigh The globe-trotting exhibition “Four Artists from the Neutral Strip” is returning home to Leesville this ...
Local
UPDATE: Tiger Island Fire 65 percent contained
By Emily Burleigh Firefighters with the Southern Area Red incident Management team are still working to extinguish four ...
Local
Investigators: Tiger Island Fire started ‘intentionally’ in secluded area of forested property
By Emily Burleigh The Tiger Island Fire was caused by arson, said state officials have confirmed. The Louisiana ...
Local
Sheriff: ‘Situation better, but we are not out of the woods yet’
Voluntary evacuations remain in place for the Junction community, north of Merryville, as firefighters spent their Labor Day ...
News
La. Guard aviation assets drop over 1 million gallons of water to combat persistent wildfires
Special to the News Leader NEW ORLEANS – Since Louisiana National Guard aviation assets began water-drop missions on August ...
Local
Fort Johnson honors National Airborne Day
By Keith Morrow / Fort Johnson Air Officer Aug. 16 may be just another day to some, but to a ...
Local
BREAKING: Governor visits Vernon Parish, thanks first responders for ‘heroic work’
Gov. John Bel Edwards conducted a flyover of wildfire damage in Sabine and Vernon parishes Saturday afternoon, thanking ...
SportsPlus
Grizzlies vs. Pelicans Tickets Available – Friday, Jan. 24
The Memphis Grizzlies (24-14) are home in Southwest Division play versus the New Orleans Pelicans (8-31) on Friday,…
Wild Card Round Anytime Touchdown Scorers: Best Bets and Odds
Think Derrick Henry (-180) gets into the end zone in Week 1? Or do you have another name…
How to Watch Top 25 Women’s College Basketball Games – Saturday, January 11
There are seven games on the college basketball schedule on Saturday that feature a ranked squad. That includes…
Best Bets for NCAA Basketball Picks Against the Spread for Saturday, January 11
The San Diego State Aztecs and New Mexico Lobos square off for one of many compelling matchups on…
How to Watch Top 25 College Basketball Games – Saturday, January 11
Ranked squads are on the Saturday college basketball schedule for 16 games, including the Alabama Crimson Tide taking…