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• Pineville Company Cited for Worker's Death

  July 11, 2012 10:44 AM

  PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - Federal regulators have cited a Pineville general contracting company for alleged workplace safety violations stemming from an employee's death. The Town Talk reports (http://townta.lk/NnGfsy ) that the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommended a $4,900 penalty for Migues Deloach Company. Jonathan Kyle West, a... more »

• Pineville woman faces cruelty charge

  June 4, 2012 8:13 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A Pineville woman has been arrested after her daughter was admitted into a Shreveport hospital for treatment of burns to the body. Rapides Parish sheriff's deputies tell The Town Talk Tracey Vanantwerpen was charged with second degree cruelty to a juvenile after her 2-year-old daughter was... more »

• Pineville to buy river front property

  March 15, 2012 8:45 AM

  PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - The Pineville City Council has approved a resolution allowing Mayor Clarence Fields to purchase two pieces of vacant land near the Jackson Street Bridge. The two vacant lots, one on each side of the bridge, front the Red River levee. Fields said the lots have been... more »

• Pineville man pleads guilty to burning US flags

  March 6, 2012 7:12 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A 26-year-old Pineville man has pleaded guilty to three counts of simple arson for burning U.S. flags last year in Alexandria The Town Talk reports the defendant, Ahmed Cathy Khaled, told the judge that he shouldn't have listened to the voices in his head brought on... more »

• Pineville to dip into surplus funds

  June 23, 2011 9:15 AM

  PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - Leaders in Pineville expect to once again dip into the city's savings account to cover the cost of city expenses next year, including state-mandated pension costs for fire and police personnel that are trending upward. Pineville City Council members Wednesday voted to publish the proposed 2011-12... more »

• Pineville uses surplus funds to balance budget

  June 8, 2011 10:02 AM

  PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - The city of Pineville is combatting increased pension requirements by using more than $1 million in surplus funds to balance the city's operating budget. The city's Finance Committee, which consists of the five Pineville City Council members and two citizens, met with Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields... more »

• Pineville uses surplus funds to balance budget

  June 8, 2011 9:41 AM

  PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - The city of Pineville is combatting increased pension requirements by using more than $1 million in surplus funds to balance the city's operating budget. The city's Finance Committee, which consists of the five Pineville City Council members and two citizens, met with Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields... more »

• Soccer Player With Downs Syndrome Impacts Two HS Teams

  February 9, 2011 11:33 PM

  Last weekend's soccer game turned out to be monumental for Lafayette and Pineville High Schools. But it wasn't because of the score or stakes of the game, instead it was all because of one extraordinary player. There were 15 minutes left in the game, that's when Lafayette Soccer Coach... more »

• Interviews Completed: Pineville Chief Decision Coming in Oct.

  September 20, 2010 8:01 AM

  PINEVILLE, La. (AP) - Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields has finished initial interviews with all seven candidates to become the city's next chief of police. Fields says that he completed all of the interviews on Thursday and will spend this week evaluating the candidates before likely narrowing down the field to... more »

• Pineville Woman Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud

  August 26, 2010 8:45 AM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A Pineville woman has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in a case that involved using someone else's identity to steal money by opening accounts at various banks and credit card companies. The Town Talk reports that 36-year-old Lanetta Littleton faces... more »

• Low Bid on New Twin Spans Between Alexandria and Pineville

  August 5, 2010 3:56 PM

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - The low bid for twin two-lane bridges between Alexandria and Pineville came in more than $34 million below budget. Jensen Construction Co. of Tulsa, Okla., was the apparent low bidder Wednesday, when the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development opened 16 bids to replace the 74-year-old... more »

• Operating licenses of 12 day-care centers revoked

  November 4, 2009 1:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Twelve day-care centers have lost their state operating licenses because of safety concerns, the state Department of Social Services announced Tuesday, as it wrapped up a new round of inspections. The department in September began inspections of all state-licensed day-care centers around Louisiana that previously had licenses... more »

• NTSB report about fatal air crash

  November 4, 2009 1:03 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The National Transportation Safety Board says the surviving pilot of a fatal in-air crash near Lake Buhlow (BYOO-low) told investigators he tried unsuccessfully to avoid the other plane. The NTSB's preliminary report does not say who was responsible for the crash, which killed both men... more »