Routine traffic stop leads to drug arrest
A routine traffic stop led to a drug arrest for the Rayville Police Department this week.Rayville Police Chief Willie Robinson said at 9:42 p.m. Aug. 30, Officer Jamie Johnson initiated a traffic stop...
View ArticleRayville PD recovers items taken in burglary
Rayville Police Chief Willie Robinson advised Investigator Jerry Davis and Tim Colvin made an arrest for a house burglary on Aug. 29.The burglary was reported around 3 p.m. Aug. 5. The items taken were...
View ArticleRayville police make arrest in armed robbery
The Rayville Police Department has made an arrest in a recent armed robbery.Rayville Poice Chief Willie Robinson advised Investigator Jerry Davis was dispatched to Fashion World in reference to an...
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Start marks centennial with celebration
Start celebrated it’s centennial year Sept. 8 with a community-wide birthday party. Though originally planned as an outdoor event, the community “rallied together and moved it to the Start school...
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Annual legislative dove hunt draws record crowd
The 44th annual Francis Thompson Legislative Dove Hunt drew record crowds this year. The annual hunt, which is the longest running legislative hunt in the state of Louisiana, began Aug. 31 with a...
View ArticleVoter registration week set
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is joining Richland Parish Registrar of Voters Carol Morgan and other registrar across the state the week of Sept. 24-28 to host Voter Registration Week activities aimed...
View ArticlePOW/MIA service slated
The American Legion Tommie Cook Post #122 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Christian-Phillips Post #3375 will hold its Annual POW/MIA Remembrance Ceremony for Richland Parish at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 21.It will...
View ArticleInmate recaptured after search by authorities
An Richland Parish Detention Center inmate who managed to escape was recaptured the same day.Richland Parish Sheriff Gary Gilley said that at around 10 p.m. Sept. 12, Monteco K. Frost, 23, an inmate...
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Delhi fire department receives grants
The Delhi Fire Department received a total of two grants worth $ 219,572 as part of the Assistance to Firefighter Grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.The total of the first grant was...
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Riverfield Academy ready for homecoming
Riverfield Academy will host the Leake Academy Rebels for Homecoming at 7 p.m. Oct. 5.This year’s theme is “We’ve Got The Beat.” The pep rally will be Oct. 4 at the stadium.Homecoming presentation will...
View ArticleHigginbotham named ‘Top 20 under 40’ winner
Chelsea Higginbotham was honored recently as one of the regions’ “Top 20 Under 40” winners.Higginbotham was given the award for her outstanding professional and community service accomplishments Sept....
View ArticlePlans underway for next Wreaths Across America
The “Be Their Witness” ceremony for Wreaths Across America will be held Dec. 15 at the Northeast Louisiana Veterans’ Cemetery, located south of Rayville on Hwy. 425.This ceremony will honor the many...
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DCS names homecoming court
Delhi Charter School will celebrate homecoming when they take on D’Arbonne Woods at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Swamp. The homecoming court is, from left, sophomore maid Megan Holloway, freshman maid...
View ArticleRichland 4-Hers seek instructors for shooting sports
Richland Parish 4-H is looking for volunteer leaders to work with youth aged 9 to 19 as shooting sports instructors/coaches. 4-H Shooting Sports goals are teaching safe and responsible use of firearms...
View ArticleRayville man convicted on murder charge
District Attorney John M. “Mack” Lancaster announced that Monteco K. Frost has been convicted of first degree murder and sixth other charges by a Richland Parish jury.Frost was charged with the...
View ArticleRPD makes drug arrest
A case of reckless driving led the Rayville Police Department to a drug arrest recently.Rayville Police Chief Willie Robinson advised at approximately 7:23 p.m. Sept. 28, his department received a call...
View ArticleEula D. Britton alumni remember first team
The school year of 1966- 67 was a very eventful and exciting year, for the young men attending Eula D. Britton High School, Rayville. The announcement of a football team was a long-awaited dream for...
View ArticleRegistration deadline nears for fall election in Richland
The deadline to register to vote in the Nov. 6 general election is drawing near.Richland Parish residents will help decide the fate of a number of state and local items on the ballot as well as six...
View ArticleRPSO plans prayer breakfast
The Richland Parish Sheriff’s Office will host its annual Thanksgiving prayer breakfast at 8 a.m. Nov. 19 at the Rayville Civic Center and at 8 a.m. Nov. 20 at the Delhi Civic Center.All Richland...
View ArticleDarnell wins annual Aycock service award
Charles Darnell of Rayville was the winner of the Sellers Aycock Jr., Service Award for 2018 at the annual awards banquet held at the First United Methodist Church in Rayville recently.The Aycock Award...
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