The Concordia Parish Police Jury will make its next regular meeting available to the public through Zoom, a remote conferencing service that provides live video and/or audio of meetings.

Riverland Medical Center has performed approximately 30 coronavirus tests and has three ventilators on hand, Administrator Sam Ellard said this morning (April 1).

Persons subpoenaed as potential grand jurors in Concordia and Catahoula parishes do not have to report for duty, District Attorney Brad Burget said Tuesday.

THE FIFTH District Levee Board has closed traffic on all levee roads that are not state highways. The action is due to the rising stage of the Mississippi River, which stood at 54.1 feet at Natchez on Wednesday (flood stage is 48 feet) and is expected to rise to 57 feet. The levee board cuts…

The Village of Ridgecrest’s April meeting has been postponed until further notice, Mayor Veller Ray Carroll said Monday.

WORKERS WITH Blaine Company of Natchez recently began the work of repaving streets in Vidalia. The $1.8 million project began on Apple and Peach Streets in Vidalia and will continue on to several more streets over the next several weeks. (Photo by Joey Martin)

More than 100 people have died due to the COVID-19 virus in Louisiana, according to the Department of Health (LDH). 

Business operations have been curtailed over the past few days due to the COVID-19 pandemic but up until then, sales tax collections were up, according the Concordia Parish Sales Tax Office.

(Editor’s Note: Concordia Parish Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness Tim Vanier provided the following information on the COVID 19 emergency efforts locally and statewide.)

Operations for public offices, schools, medical facilities and court have been revamped in the wake of the CO-VID 19 statewide emergency. 

THE CONCORDIA Parish Police Jury meeting room was empty during the Jury’s regular meeting Monday night. Jurors staggered their seating arrangement with some members sitting at the table and others pushing back along the wall in attempt to keep a six-foot difference. Jury Secretary-Treasurer …

COVID-19 virus cases continue to rise in Louisiana, but as of today at noon, no cases have been reported in Concordia Parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.

Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a "Safer at Home" order Sunday afternoon, directing all Louisiana residents to shelter at home and limit movements outside of their homes beyond essential needs.

Gov. John Bel Edwards will join health experts and members of his administration on Monday for a live statewide discussion on Louisiana’s response to COVID-19.

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New models show Louisiana’s COVID-19 cases could overwhelm the state’s capacity to care for those patients within seven to 10 days without more support from the federal government, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday.

Louisiana Department of Health officials recently released the following information and suggestions about social distancing.

Public operations and private lives have undergone a whirlwind of change during the past few days as efforts to fight COVID-19 have intensified by day.

As of March 17, there are no reported cases of the COVID-19 virus in Concordia Parish or any surrounding parishes including Tensas Parish, Catahoula and Avoyelles, according to the Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness

Aldermen in Ridgecrest will receive $25 each for special meetings following passage of an ordinance on the matter during their regular meeting on March 12.

The Concordia Parish Tax Sale has been set for Thursday, June 4th 10 a.m. at the courthouse in Vidalia, Room #2, which is the Police Jury courtroom.According to the Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office, registration will from 9 to 10 a.m. in the Tax Collector’s Office, Room 6.  Certified letter…

The primary and general elections originally scheduled for April and May will be postponed until late June and early July, the Secretary of State's office announced last week.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) held a public meeting at Vidalia High School on March 12 announcing new flashing yellow arrow signals in Concordia Parish.

The following is information about the Coronavirus from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At the end of the article are links for further information.

Gov. John Bel Edwards announced today a series of significant measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Louisiana, including a 50-person limit on all gatherings.

The Vidalia Board of Aldermen was updated on the town’s financial status while Mayor Buz Craft discussed sewer and street upgrades during the town’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday night.

A one-year contract with Waste Pro was approved Tuesday night after Ferriday Mayor Sherrie McMahon broke a 2-2 tie by supporting the contract.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury will hold public hearings at its April 13th meeting to discuss the establishment of ordinances to prohibit parking on the shoulders of all parish roads and to update present guidelines on culverts and permits.

BATON ROUGE--Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday disclosed the first case of coronavirus in Louisiana, a Jefferson Parish resident who was hospitalized in Orleans Parish. 

POLICE JURY Secretary-Treasurer Sandi Burley stands in front of the judges’ bench while looking over renovations to the Concordia Parish courtroom at the courthouse in Vidalia. Court has been held at Vidalia Town Hall during the past weeks due to the courtroom work. Burley said renovations w…

The Lake Bruin Recreation and Water Conservation District had a fund balance of $24,244.04 at the end of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019.