It’s unlawful for children to ride bicycles on the sidewalks of Vidalia and unlawful for anyone to use fireworks.

Work to improve street and drainage improvements are on tap for Ridgecrest.

Former Concordia Parish Sheriff Kenneth Hedrick, who spent 50 years in law enforcement, died Jan. 7 at the age of 72.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury adopted a $6.1 million general and special revenue fund budget for 2021 during its first meeting of the new year.

Property taxes in Concordia Parish for 2020 totaled $14,817,836.33, up $386,091.81 from the previous year.

Former Concordia Parish Clerk of Court Clyde Ray Webber has been named 2019 Concordian of the Year by the Concordia Chamber of Commerce.

Several people are weighing possible campaigns for the 5th District congressional race in light of Congressman-elect Luke Letlow's death last week.

Clayton officials are entering the fight against blighted properties in their corporate limits.

Fifth District Congressman-elect Luke Letlow, 41, died Tuesday while receiving treatment for COVID-19 at an intensive care unit in a hospital in Shreveport.

Concordia Parish soybean farmers harvested 114,349 acres in 2020 with the average yield per acre totaling 65 bushels. 

The Vidalia Beautification Committee’s annual New Year’s Eve Fireworks will be held on New Year’s Day instead.

A second defendant was convicted last week in the June 23, 2019 shooting death of 27-year-old school teacher Fredrick McCray Jr. of Clayton. 

Ferriday police made one arrest and are still seeking two more subjects in connection with the murder of Wilbert Henderson on December 12.

Riverland Medical Center Administrator Sam Ellard said this week that Riverland has received 75 COVID-19 vaccines.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury adopted two new ordinances following a public hearing Monday night.

Warrants have been signed for a Ferriday man who allegedly shot and killed another Ferriday man early Saturday morning in Ferriday.

Concordia Parish School Superintendent Whest Shirley said that due to the increasing Covid-19 cases in the parish and in schools that the last day for students this semester was Tuesday, Dec. 15, with classes scheduled to resume on Monday, Jan. 4.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury will consider a proposed 2020 fiscal year consolidated budget of $6.1 million for its general and special revenues funds following a public hearing on January 11, 2021.

The Concordia Parish School Board during its regular meeting Dec. 10 agreed to relocate water lines that stand in the way of construction of the new Monterey gym and parking lot.

Negotiations for an operator for the Vidalia port terminal are underway and the $8.7 million conveyor project is near completion.

The Village of Ridgecrest’s proposed 2021 budget includes $1.35 million in revenue and $1.26 million in expenses.

The Ferriday Town Council declined to hire Interim Police Chief Herman Curry as the permanent chief during its regular meeting Tuesday at Ferriday Hall.

The Town of Ferriday is designated to receive $1.4 million in state capital outlay funding.

More than 100 turned out on a cold day Tuesday for the Trinity Medical ribbon-cutting ceremony on the Ferriday-Vidalia Highway.

Concordia students resumed hybrid classes on Monday following the weeklong Thanksgiving holiday break.

An extension has been filed for Ridgecrest’s Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (LCDBG), Mayor Veller Ray Carroll said during the town’s Nov. 24 regular meeting.

Concordia Parish voters will go to the polls on Saturday to cast ballots in the general election for Congress and the Republican State Central Committee.