Ark-La-Tex News

MONROE, La. (AP) — Monroe City School Board member Rodney McFarland, who serves as the district's superintendent search committee chairman, says he is pleased with the number and quality of applications received.

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State Education Superintendent John White talks about state ranking on StudentsFirst report, with special focus on Caddo-Bossier schools.

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Prior to buying the old General Motors plant in Shreveport, Elio Motors had considered another city. Pontiac, Mich. Mayor Leon Jukowski tells KEEL news that the car company scouted a facility in the city and even offered an investment incentive. However, several issues prevented the plan from bearing fruit.

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Louisiana's Economic Development Secretary highlights some positive economic projects that have come to our state in recent years.

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The 12th Night Party to kick off the Mardi Gras season was quite an event. The Krewe of Centaur parade rolls on February 9th while the Krewe of Gemini is set to roll on February 2nd. Both will begin downtown and wrap up near the duck pond on East Kings.

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NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — A 45-year-old Krotz Springs man has been killed in a traffic accident in Pointe Coupee Parish.

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It looks as though an end is in sight to the moving of roughly six million pounds of explosive propellant at Camp Minden in Webster Parish.

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Louisiana's delegation was divided as Congress agreed to a compromise to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" of middle-class tax increases and spending cuts.

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — About 11,000 homes and businesses remain without power several days after a snowstorm blasted Arkansas on Christmas Day.

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New Orleans police say a 42-year-old man was fatally shot Sunday night.

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