Catahoula Parish Sheriff Toney Edwards will face challenger Cedric Martin in the general election on Saturday, while three Police Jury runoffs are slated.

Only one Police Jury race is scheduled in Tensas Parish during the general election on Saturday.

Seven slots on the nine-member Concordia Parish Police Jury will be filled Saturday when voters go to the polls during the general election.

The Vidalia Board of Alderman during its regular meeting Tuesday night authorized Mayor Buz Craft to apply for up to $7 million in electric utility revenue bonds.

The Ferriday Town Council will decide at a special meeting on Jan. 25 whether to hire a city engineer/consultant with assistance from a former Rayville city planner/economic developer to oversee the town water system at no cost.

Early voting was brisk in Concordia Parish last week as voters prepare to elect a new clerk of court and help elect a new state representative for District 21 during the general election on Saturday.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury is expecting major savings in garbage pickup beginning in 2020 as it reviews bids from contractors submitted this week.

Three millage and tax renewal proposals will be on the Nov. 16 general election ballot in Concordia Parish.

Veterans will be honored with programs at Vidalia and Ferriday High Schools Friday and Monday.

Early votes cast through Tuesday for the Nov. 16 general election totaled 1,045, according to the Registrar of Voters office.

Although final figures have yet to be compiled, LSU AgCenter Extension Agent Dennis Burns said yields would be below average for the 2019 crop year.

Clayton aldermen sounded their concerns Tuesday on Mayor Josephine Washington’s spending habits using public funds.

Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office Deputy Walter Mackel and the law enforcement community will be honored at a morning coffee reception on Friday, Nov. 1, at the Vidalia Library.

Three millage and tax renewal proposals will be on the Nov. 16 general election ballot in Concordia Parish.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury voted Monday to ask the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) to lower a rock weir on Cocodrie Bayou that USFWS reportedly raised without permission a few years ago.

Riverland Medical Center posted a net profit of $470,885 for September it was announced during the board of director’s regular meeting Tuesday where the board adopted its 2019-20 budget.

The Louisiana State Police announced this week it is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred at 10:45 p.m. Sunday on Doty Road in Ferriday.

Vidalia Mayor Buz Craft laid out a plan Monday to borrow up to $7 million for construction of a new substation to meet future demand for electrical power.

Early voting for the Nov. 16 general election begins in 10 days.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards visited Concordia Parish on Tuesday, part of a campaign swing through northeastern Louisiana.

Glen Womack will be the next state senator for the 32nd district, Ashley Ellis is the new representative for the District 5 BESE post and Travis Johnson and Glen McGlothin are in a run-off for the District 21 House seat.

Seven runoff races for the Concordia Parish Police Jury are scheduled following Saturday’s primary election.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury discussed the hospital board, cell towers and drainage during its regular meeting Monday.

Mayor Veller Ray Carroll defeated former alderman Connie Adair by 10 votes (85 to 75) in Saturday’s primary election to keep his seat in Ridgecrest.

David Hedrick defeated three candidates Saturday to become Concordia Parish’s next sheriff, while District 21 Rep. Andy Anders and criminal investigator Phillip Webber will meet in a runoff for clerk of court.

Tensas Parish Sheriff Rickey Jones, Clerk of Court Christy Lee and Assessor Donna Randolph Ratcliff were each reelected during Saturday’s primary.

Catahoula Parish Sheriff Toney Edwards will face challenger Cedric Martin in the Nov. 16 general election.

The Ferriday Board of Aldermen will request help from the Concordia Parish Police Jury in getting grass cut in the town.

A 12-person Catahoula Parish jury found a Harrisonburg man guilty on Friday, Oct. 4, in the 2018 murder of his father.

Concordia Parish voters will go to the polls Saturday to elect police jurors as well as cast their ballots for a host of parish, district and statewide offices.

Concordia Parish voters will begin the process of electing a new sheriff, a new clerk of court and a new state representative during the primary election on Saturday, Oct. 12

The Town of Vidalia had total assets of $33.7 million through August 2019, approximately $1 million more than a year earlier.

The Washington Heights sewer project in Concordia Parish is one of the recipients of a $2.3 million total investment announced Monday by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA)

Clayton aldermen questioned Mayor Josephine Washington over spending during the town council’s regular meeting Tuesday night.

Almost 1,000 early votes had been cast by 9 a.m. this morning at the Registrar of Voters office in Vidalia with the Oct. 12 primary election only 10 days away.

The Fifth Levee District received “acreage and ad valorem taxes for flood protection totaling approximately $1.3 million,” during fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.

The USDA has approved a loan/grant totaling $999,000 for the Village of Ridgecrest, according to Mayor Veller Ray Carroll.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury passed a resolution during its regular meeting Monday night approving its annual bridge report.

Riverland Medical Center posted a profit of $277,802 for the month of August while construction continues on the new hospital on Hwy. 425.

The Concordia Parish voted during a special meeting Monday night to renew the contract of Superintendent Whest Shirley.

Early voting for the gubernatorial primary election starts Saturday, Sept. 28.

Construction of a t-hangar taxiway at the Concordia Parish Airport is expected to begin soon, according to Carl Sayers, president and chairman of the board of the airport authority.