Rapides Parish Library (RPL) is excited to announce the launch of a new health initiative to empower residents to take charge of their heart health. Starting Monday, April 21, blood pressure monitor ...

The killing of a young Alexandria woman has prompted a call for a peaceful protest on Thursday. Keely Brand, 23, was found dead Sunday afternoon in the 2200 block of East Sycamore Street, which is ...

Families and friends walked April 12 from downtown Alexandria to the Family Justice Center of Central Louisiana in Pineville as part of the annual Crime Victims' Rights Walk. Once there, people spoke ...

Fredrick Dewayne Sanders, 23, was ordered to serve a 30-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the 2017 death of Huey VanDyke III. Sanders had previously received ...

Families gathered on Friday (April 11, 2025) to remember their loved ones who donated organs or tissues after their deaths.

Kent Plantation House in Alexandria hosted "Breakfast with the Bunny at Kent House" Saturday.

Two Acadian Ambulance employees from Central Louisiana, Lee Thompson and Thando Pahla, are finalists for top medic awards. Thompson, a paramedic, and Pahla, an EMT, were recognized for their ...

Warren Edwards, a 50-year-old native of Fresno, California, is out to "smash goals" one step at a time, touring all 50 states in 50 days, to prove to himself he can achieve his goal and "To show ...