RRMC Volunteer Honored For Extraordinary Service
Rapides Regional Medical Center volunteer Lula Hale was honored at the Louisiana Time Savings Bank Volunteer Program Awards Banquet for completing 2,023 hours of volunteer service in 2011. Hale, who...
View ArticleCASA Volunteer Patricia Hebron
Patricia Hebron has been a CASA volunteer since 2011. She is a wife, mother of 2 children and grandmother of 5 children. Patricia states, “CASA has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my...
View ArticleIrene Beard, Margaret Myers & Gayla Butler
It was an emotional reunion this week as the three “Good Samaritan” Procter & Gamble employees tearfully hugged the young man they had helped rescue months earlier. “When I saw Cody walk toward...
View ArticleBrig. Gen. Clarence K.K. and Val Chinn
Brigadier General Clarence K.K. Chinn believes he and Val, his wife, have found a hometown paradise in the Louisiana bayous and byways of Fort Polk. Chinn, who became the commanding general of the...
View ArticleAppointment Makes West Point a Family Tradition
John Carson, Jr., a senior at Pineville High School, has received and accepted an appointment to United States Military Academy at West Point to begin July2, 2012. In his four years at Pineville High...
View ArticleJames Marien
When James Marien was a child growing up on a farm in Alexandria, he played at being a police officer, a fireman and a superhero; and always knew he wanted a job one day that would “make a difference.”...
View ArticleLouisiana National Guard Pins First Female General Officer
The Louisiana National Guard welcomed its first female general officer during a promotion ceremony at the Jackson Barracks Museum in New Orleans, July 27th. Col. Joanne F. Sheridan, the LANG’s...
View ArticleJerry Williams Brings Southern Soul to Cenla
Southern soul sounds now broadcast throughout Cenla Louisiana after Jerry Williams recently purchased two FM radio stations in Alexandria and changed their programming. Rhythm and blues play on the...
View ArticleGeorgia McCain
Georgia McCain, an author of 10 published books, recalls the day she felt the Lord Jesus lead her to start writing. “I was standing in the kitchen, and God asked me, ‘What is that in your hand?’”...
View ArticleLance and Leetha Harris
Louisiana State Representative Lance Harris and his wife, Leetha, hope to spark a new wave of volunteerism in Central Louisiana. The couple, residents of Alexandria, are strong proponents in “giving...
View ArticleTony Groove
In high school, Anthony Hargrove aspired to become an entertainer, and that dream has been fulfilled in his deejay persona Tony Groove, who has been hailed as Cenla’s “most popular deejay.” “I was...
View ArticleEric Pawlowski
Eric Pawlowski gets his hands dirty at work, and could not be happier about it. The Food Bank of Central Louisiana recently hired him to serve as the new Keller Enterprises director of the Good Food...
View ArticleLouisiana Justice Hall of Fame Honors Judge Harry Randow
Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections Secretary James M. LeBlanc, Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain and the Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation will recognize the...
View ArticleJoe and Michelle Williams
Business owners Joe and Michelle Williams may be just what the doctor ordered for the economically challenged neighborhood where they have opened a new Pill Box Pharmacy. After spending more than...
View ArticleMatt Ritchie Elected President of Louisiana REALTORS
Matt Ritchie is the broker/owner of Ritchie Real Estate in Alexandria, and was installed as 2014 Louisiana REALTORS President on September 19that the annual Louisiana REALTORS Fall Convention &...
View ArticleCenla Eye Surgeon Serves As Keynote Speaker To Scottish Ophthalmological Club
In asking leading eye surgeon Robert Bruce Wallace, III, MD to deliver a keynote address at their annual meeting in Stirling, Scotland, the Scottish Ophthalmological Society could not have picked a...
View ArticleThe Rev. Dr. Henry C. Blount Jr. honored as FUMCA Pastor Emeritus
First United Methodist Church Alexandria celebrated the installation of the Reverend Dr. Henry C. Blount, Jr. as Pastor Emeritus during the 11:00am service on Sunday, December 1st. A reception...
View ArticleRabbi Harley Karz-Wagman
Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman became the leader of the Congregation Gemiluth Chassodim late last summer. He came to Central Louisiana from Cheyene, Wyoming. When asked if the transition as difficult, Rabbi...
View ArticleLSUA Chancellor Dr. Daniel Howard
Dr. Daniel Howard may be new to Louisiana, but he is certainly not new to higher education. Having spent his career on college and university campuses, Howard was selected in January of this year as...
View ArticleBishop Jacob “Jake” Owensby
Even in junior high school, Jacob “Jake” Owensby felt God tugging at his heart. But the special “calling” for his life unfolded slowly. His path led him from a professor of philosophy to becoming the...
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