06/29/11 Bogalusa recently participated in team camps at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as part of a summer program that included league play at Picayune Memorial.
06/28/11 BOGALUSA, La. (AP) - The Bogalusa School Board has tabled the hiring of a new superintendent until Friday at the earliest. On Monday night, board President Paul Kates said the board will re-interview two candidates Wednesday evening then reconvene Friday to formally select the new superintendent.
06/27/11 There was plenty of passing, catching and running going on at the Legends All-Pro Football Camp Thursday at Lewis V. Murray Jr. Stadium.
06/23/11 MOLLY DAVIS Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. Voters will decide on this fall's ballot whether to renew a 4-cent cigarette tax, after the House and Senate overwhelmingly agreed Thursday to the tax extension. In a last-minute compromise to one of the most contentious battles of the 2011 legislative session, Gov. Bobby Jindal and lawmakers this week agreed to allow the tax extension to go forward ...
06/22/11 After surviving two elimination games and down to their final out, Sunset walked off courtesy a two-run shot to claim an 11-10 victory over Varnado and the Bogalusa Little League City Championship in the 9 and 10-year-old bracket on Thursday at Avenue U Ballpark.
06/22/11 Attempts to extend a 4-cent cigarette tax have stalled in Louisiana's Senate, with lawmakers and Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration haggling over the renewal in the final days of the session.
06/22/11 Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. -- A Westwego senator has agreed to accept the cigarette tax renewal that the House tacked onto his proposal to fund a popular college scholarship program. The compromise is expected to bring to a close one of the most contentious battles of the legislative session, all but ensuring that the bill will emerge from a conference committee with the 4-cent tax ...
06/21/11 The Louisiana House reinvigorated a proposal Monday to renew the 4-cent cigarette tax, trying to sidetrack Gov. Bobby Jindal's veto of the measure.
06/20/11 The Associated Press The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. The House has reinvigorated a proposal to extend the 4-cent cigarette tax, set to expire in 2012. A super-majority of the House and Senate backed the extension. But Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoed the measure, and the House refused to override him. On Monday, Rep. Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa, amended his tax proposal into a Jindal administration ...
06/20/11 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana House reinvigorated a proposal Monday to renew the 4-cent cigarette tax, trying to sidetrack Gov. Bobby Jindal's veto of the measure. A super-majority of the House and Senate backed the extension earlier this session. But Jindal vetoed the measure, and the House refused to override him. On Monday, Rep. Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa, amended his tax proposal ...
06/18/11 The following suspects were charged with felonies Thursday at Escambia County Jail. Names, ages and addresses were provided by the individuals. Cory James Agerton, 27, 4200 block of Scooter Lane, Milton, nonmoving traffic violation, hit-and run.
06/17/11 BOGALUSA, La. (AP) - Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says a Bogalusa man accused of shooting another man in the neck has been arrested.
06/16/11 Army Reserve Master Sgt. James J. Alexis III has been mobilized and activated at Joint Base Dix-McGuire-Lakehurst, N.J., in preparation for deployment to serve in support of either Operation New Dawn in the Iraqi Theater of Operations or Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and the Southwest Theater of Operations. The soldier is a member of the 344th Maintenance Company, Bogalusa.
06/10/11 The Bogalusa Police Department is asking the public to help it find a man wanted for attempted second degree murder after an incident that took place near the intersection of Lincoln and Church streets at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
06/09/11 Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to veto a cigarette tax renewal within days has set off a heavy lobbying scramble among lawmakers and the governor's administration, haggling over expected attempts to override him.
06/09/11 Doug Mouton / Eyewitness News BATON ROUGE, La. -- State legislators now have two weeks to come up with a solution, or more than 300 employees of the Rayburn Correctional Center in Angie could soon be out of work. The root of the problem is money. The House voted to cut $27.5 million from the Department of Corrections budget. That cut comes on top of previous cuts. "From this year to next year ...
06/08/11 Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Wednesday he signed 19 bills into law, bringing the total number of bills signed for this regular session to 21.
05/15/11 Pine senior Brittneii Flynt headlines the list of Washington Parish student-athletes recently selected to the Louisiana High School Athletic Association Academic All-State Basketball teams.
05/15/11 The nomination deadline for the 2010 Daily News Citizen of the Year in Bogalusa and the Franklinton area is Wednesday, May 18 at 5 p.m.
05/11/11 When Dr. Gerald Berenson helped organize the first Lumberjack Reunion in 1996, he never thought it would grow into what it is today. | 
