Arcadia, Louisiana

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Arcadia

Fair
Temperature: 47.0 °F

Humidity: 69 %
Wind Speed: 9 mph SW
Pressure: 29.84 "

Dew Point: 37 °F
Gusts: 16 mph SW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Region Briefs: Drugs seized; Arcadia woman arrested
  

  ARCADIA - A search of an Arcadia woman's house Tuesday led to her arrest and the seizure of drugs, Bienville Parish Sheriff John Ballance said.

• Christmas with the Critters
  

  PaPa Simpson's Farm of Arcadia will host its 5th annual "Christmas with the Critters" on Friday and Saturday, December 12 and 13, 2008, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. "Christmas with the Critters" will offer a ...

• Christmas Open House
  

  When: 5-8 p.m. Dec. 12-13. Where: The Biedenharn Museum and Gardens, 2006 Riverside Drive, Monroe.

• Arcadia assistant chief demoted, ordered to to anger management
  

  ARCADIA - An Arcadia assistant police chief who this month admitted to battering his estranged wife has been demoted and ordered to attend anger management classes.

• Police officer gets expedited settlement of domestic violence case
  

  The Bienville Parish district attorney's office is looking into the circumstances surrounding why an assistant police chief in Arcadia was allowed to pay a court fine the first working day after his arrest for ...

• Road inconveniences, closures announced
  

  Shreveport has announced inconvenienced streets and street closures for this week.

• Friday, Nov. 21, 2008
  

  Cato, William Sr., 88, of Gibsland, died Saturday; services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St.

• Regional briefs: Auction features artists, crafters
  

  ARCADIA - First United Methodist Church in Arcadia will have live and silent auctions featuring area artists and crafters from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday.

• Helen Jaszewski
  

  Helen M. Jaszewski, 88, of Arcadia and formerly of Dodge, died on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare-Arcadia Hospital.

• Arcadia visit ends with bounty of recipes
  

  On a crisp, sunny day in October, I had the pleasure of visiting the quaint little town of Arcadia, where I was guest speaker to the lively ladies of the Arcadia Literature Club.

• Littleexpectations relocating to Louisiana
  

  Grade 3-placed multiple stakes winner Littleexpectations, the sire of multiple Grade 2 winner King of the Roxy, is relocating for the 2009 breeding season to Robert McDowell's 519 Thoroughbreds in Arcadia, ...

• Region briefs: Library sponsors health fair, blood drive
  

  ARCADIA - The second annual Bienville Parish Library health fair and blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Main Branch, 2768 Maple St.

• Regional Briefs: Haynesville Shale financial forum planned
  

  ARCADIA - The LSU AgCenter and Arcadia-Bienville Parish Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a community forum from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday to give landowners tips on choosing a financial team to help them with ...

• Millennium Wind to stand in Louisiana
  

  Millennium Wind, the 2001 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes winner, will stand the 2009 breeding season at Robert McDowell's 519 Thoroughbreds in Arcadia, Louisiana.

• Deaths
  

  Barbara Jean Smith Akeroyd of Monroe, a retired Louisiana Downs manager, died Monday.

• Region Briefs: KCS, DOTD propose railroad crossing closure
  

  MANSFIELD - The DeSoto Parish Police Jury will vote Monday on a proposal to close a railroad crossing in Frierson.

• Region Briefs: Library sponsors health fair, blood drive
  

  ARCADIA - The second Bienville Parish Library health fair and blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at the Main Branch, 2768 Maple St.

• Region Briefs: Arcadia Literature Club meeting Friday
  

  ARCADIA - The Arcadia Literature Club is starting its year Friday with guest speaker Marilyn Monette, a Louisiana cook and food columnist for The Times.

• Jindal appoints Southern board members
  

  The Southern University Board of Supervisors is back to its full 16 members after Gov.

City Description

Arcadia is a town in and the parish seat of Bienville Parish in north Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,041 at the 2000 census. Arcadia is located at 32°33′7″N 92°55′27″W / 32.55194, -92.92417 (32.551931, -92.924233) and has an elevation of 384 feet (117.0 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.7 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,041 people, 1,071 households, and 737 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,025.6 people per square mile (395.3/km²). There were 1,231 housing units at an average density of 415.2/sq mi (160.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 37.98% White, 60.57% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.26% from other races, and 0.82% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.61% of the population. There were 1,071 households out of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.0% were married couples living together, 27.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.1% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.7% had someone living alone who

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• Bienville Parish
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