ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - The West Feliciana Parish Police Jury has voted to hire an abstractor to determine if the public has a claim to property in the old town of Bayou Sara that the family of jury President Ricky Lambert says it owns. The Advocate reports the question... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - West Feliciana Parish's Economic Development Board has voted to hire an economic director, moments after the parish Police Jury approved a new resolution of authority for the board. The Advocate reports the board hired Dennis A. Manshack of Baton Rouge Monday to be the parish's... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - The West Feliciana Parish sheriff says one of three teenagers accused of stealing approximately 60 street-name signs from rural roads says he did it because he was "bored." The signs were taken over the New Year's holiday weekend from several areas of the parish. Sheriff... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - West Feliciana Parish Sheriff J. Austin Daniel says one of his correctional officers has been arrested after being accused of bringing contraband into the parish's detention center. Daniel tells The Advocate 26-year-old Glenn Ford Jr. of St. Francisville was booked at the detention center Wednesday... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - The West Feliciana Parish School Board has accepted a $160,000 federal grant for upgrading the school system's health clinic. Bridget Plauche, director of the district's Family Services Center - which includes the clinic - tells The Advocate the money will be used for much needed... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - The U.S. Department of Justice has precleared the redistricting plan for the seven-member West Feliciana Parish Police Jury. Jury Secretary Sheila Smith tells The Advocate the police jury received a letter Thursday from federal officials saying it had no objection to changes to the police... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - The West Feliciana Parish Police Jury has voted 4-3 to put off acting on a request to declare a motocross track a public nuisance because of its noise. Juror John Roach, who moved to table the matter, said he wanted to hear for himself the... more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The president of the West Feliciana Parish Police Jury is facing state ethics charges for accepting compensation from a prohibited source. The Louisiana Board of Ethics alleges Kenneth Dawson received some $12,000 from Rural Broadcasting Services while the firm had a business relationship with the... more »
ST. FRANCISVILLE, La. (AP) - The West Feliciana Parish School Board cancelled Superintendent Hollis G. Milton's two-year contract and gave him a new four-year deal to lead the school system. Although the vote during Tuesday's meeting was unanimous, some board members were critical of the way it was presented. Board... more »