A special sculpture is delivered to Rapides Women and Children’s Hospital. This “Tree of Life” was created by participants in the John Eskew Project.
This project at River Oaks directs developmentally disabled clients ages 17 to 35 in art projects. The instructors say it’s a healing and creative outlet for teens and young adults.
The sculpture they’ve [...]
“Tree of Life” On Display at Rapides Regional
Insurance Commissioner Reminds LA Homeowners of Katrina Rebate
State Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says the clock is ticking on 59 million dollars in rebates owed to Louisiana ratepayers. These refunds are set to expire at the end of the year.
The assessment was imposed on all policyholders starting in 2009 to pay off Katrina claims.
KLAX ABC 31 News 12/12/13
Huey Long Hospital Transforming into Urgent Care Clinics
The transformation of Huey Long Hospital into an urgent care clinic is underway. This is the first of four temporary buildings to be set up at Huey Long, which is closing. The buildings arrived in 11 separate pieces.
Eventually, the complex will include an urgent care, specialty clinic and pharmacy, all serving the Pineville side of [...]
Man Arrested in Leesville Bank Robbery
Leesville police say they’ve solved a bank robbery that happened Monday. 26-year-old Michael Lee Jones of DeRidder is charged with armed robbery of the City Savings Bank in Leesville. His bond is set at 200 thousand dollars.
Police declined to say how much, if any, money he got away with. Nobody was hurt in the hold-up.
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Home of Pineville Mayor Catches Fire
The home of Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields and his wife Rosa caught fire this morning.
Fortunately, no one was hurt, but the damage to the structure is significant, and the roof was destroyed. The house is located on North Bend Drive in the Pinehurst area of Pineville.
Firefighters responded and found the home totally engulfed. The investigation [...]
MAP Program to Provide Assistance to Drivers In Need
A new program called the Motorist Assistance Patrol, or MAP, will provide assistance to drivers in need. The MAP cars, part of a public-private partnership with State Farm will be highly visible to drivers, and can assist with basic road-side maintenance. The idea is to improve traffic flow by decreasing the congestion caused by stopped [...]
Texas Man Walks Across Country for Disabled Vets
Meet Austin Shirley. On October 9th, he started walking his dog across America. Shirley, who’s from Dallas, left Jacksonville, Florida with a goal of reaching San Diego.
He says this started as a mission of self-discovery, and it’s turned into a way to draw attention and funds to disabled veterans.
Shirley says he’s amazed at the hospitality [...]
Creative Students Create “Human Snowman”
Say hello to the creative students and faculty at Cherokee Elementary.
They enlisted about 700 students and adults in constructing what they’re calling a human snowman. Each grade level is participating in a common core activity centered on the human snowman project.
The school will also be using the picture for their Christmas card.
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Scholarship Honors Fallen Alexandria Police Officers
A check is presented this morning to a scholarship fund named for two Alexandria police officers that died in the line of duty. Jeremy Carruth and David Ezernack are the officers memorialized by the fund. The money, raised from a fitness competition, came from the police department, CrossFit South Bank and LSU Alexandria.
The scholarship is [...]
Black Friday A Success for Local Merchants
The numbers are in and, overall, sales were up for Thanksgiving weekend. ShopperTrak, a retail research firm, says store sales were up for Thursday and Friday by 2.3 percent. But for Black Friday alone, sales were down 13.2 percent, meaning more people shopped on Thanksgiving.
As for Central Louisiana, we checked in with one local merchant [...]
