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BREAKING: Pitkin woman arrested on multiple counts of arson related to Rapides, Vernon wildfire
Forestry agents have arrested a Pitkin woman for setting multiple fires in Rapides Parish that made their way ...
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$15,000 reward offered for information in wildfire arson cases
Investigators with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s Forestry Enforcement Division have determined that many of the ...
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Kennedy announces $4.9M grant for Leesville airport
U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced a $4.9 million grant ...
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VIDEO: Benoit Motors Teacher of the Week surprise
Watch as Fairview Elementary fourth-grade ]teacher Lillian Knisely is notified she is this week’s Benoit Motors Teacher of ...
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Benoit Motors Teacher of the Week: For Lillian Knisley, love for students maternal
By Emily Burleigh Fourth-grade math and science teacher Lillian Knisely, 34, has a love for her students that ...
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9/11 anniversary: Remembering those for whom the bell tolls
By Emily Burleigh The values that guided those during the events of Sept. 11, 2001, live on through ...
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‘It is really tragic’: Wildfires wipe out income for Louisiana forest landowners
By Olivia McClure WESTPORT— In west-central Louisiana, where wildfires have ravaged thousands of acres of drought-stricken forests in ...
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Vernon Parish school lunch menus Sept.11-15
The following menus for Sept. 11-15 for Vernon Parish schools have been submitted by supervisors of food services. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Traveling Leesville exhibit returning home
By Emily Burleigh The globe-trotting exhibition “Four Artists from the Neutral Strip” is returning home to Leesville this ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Crews continue to battle Tiger Island Fire as it reaches pine plantations
By Emily Burleigh The Tiger Island Fire — located east of Merryville — is burning in pine plantations ...
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Wildfire victims may be eligible for SNAP replacements
By Emily Burleigh Families and individuals on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that have been affected by ...
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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 ...
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Broadband meeting Aug. 25 in Leesville
By Emily Burleigh Later this month, Vernon Parish residents will have the opportunity to get clarity on upcoming ...
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SW La. students named to dean’s list at Northwestern State
Seven hundred and twenty-seven undergraduate students were named to the spring 2023 dean’s list at Northwestern State University. ...
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Weather watchers monitoring disturbance in Gulf of Mexico
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring an area in the Gulf of Mexico and two other areas in ...
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Governor declares state of emergency for extreme heat
A slight bit of rest is in store for a heat-weary Southwest Louisiana as a weak cold front ...
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Vernon sheriff runs unopposed for re-election
Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft, Assessor Michael Bealer and Coroner Shawn Granger, all Republicans, ran unopposed for re-election. ...