Claiborne, Louisiana

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• Reader: PSC is part of problem
  

  Like David Brown of West Monroe, whose letter was published Sunday, I wrote a letter to the governor about Entergy.

• Dark days: Savoie says university could shut down on Fridays to save money
  

  UL will likely have to slash $6.83 million from its budget as the state cuts back on higher education funding to overcome a $341 million shortfall, according to preliminary numbers from the UL System.

• Salt trucks out in force this morning
  

  Crews are putting salt and sand on bridges all over the ArkLaTex this morning. Louisiana's DOTD crews are salting bridges and overpasses in Caddo, Bossier, Red River, DeSoto, Claiborne, Bienville and Webster ...

• Coody to give reading of 'Cajun Christmas'
  

  Ruth Coody's former pupils still come up to her and try to mimic the facial expressions and voice inflections the longtime educator used when she read books to her class.

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  Celebration Church, where Dennis Watson is pastor, last weekend celebrated its 19th anniversary.

• Fishing: Northeastern Louisiana report
  

  BLACK BAYOU - Bass are fair fishing jigs in the grass. Crappie are scattered around the grass and are fair on jigs.

• School performance scores released
  

  School and district performance scores released by the Louisiana Department of Education Friday offered good and bad news for northeastern Louisiana.

• New Orleans to sign blight-fighting agreement
  

  The Nagin administration and the main redevelopment agency in New Orleans have signed a $38 million agreement to further reduce blight and spur greater investment in the city more than three years after ...

• Broad Strokes
  

  Several newly designated Cultural Districts will come to life across the Crescent City Nov.

• Students at a West Monroe School Offer Reward For Kidnapped Frog
  

  A class pet at Claiborne Elementary is kidnapped while on an outing with it's 6 year old babysitter.

• Local tourism, casinos, not yet impacted by troubled economy
  

  Despite troubles with the nation's economy, the tourism industry in Shreveport and Bossier continues to do well.

• Read
  

  'Do this. It works!' Church leaders in Louisiana on Oct. 10-11 are invited to attend Unlimited Leadership: A Conference for the Leaders of Churches under 250 at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.

• Attentive officer leads to carjacking arrest in Central City
  

  An attentive off-duty 6th District New Orleans police officer put fellow officers onto the trail of men who police believe are responsible for a rash of recent carjackings in the Central City area.

• Final player in major cocaine organization sentenced
  

  October 1, 2008 marked the ending of a major DEA investigation code named "Operation E-Z Money" which took place throughout the streets and neighborhoods of Shreveport for most of 2007.

• Garrett - Waddell
  

  Erin Leigh Waddell and Gregory Paul Garrett, of Shreveport, were united in marriage at half after six o'clock in the evening, on September 20, 2008, at the Benachi House and Gardens in New Orleans, La.

• EBRP schools open Monday
  

  All EBRP public schools expected to re-open Monday; special BESE meeting Tuesday.

• Ready with the Rebound
  

  With generators droning in the background, a manager stood in the doorway, welcoming harried customers.

• EBR Parish Schools Update
  

  The East Baton Rouge Parish School System is pleased to announce the re-opening of more schools for Friday, September 12.

• Shreveport-Bossier Hotels Almost Full
  

  Officials at the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Visitors Bureau say as of late Thursday hotels are at about 90 to 95 percent capacity.

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City Description

Claiborne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 9,830 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area. Claiborne is located at 32°31′49″N 92°11′30″W / 32.53028, -92.19167 (32.530235, -92.191796). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.1 square miles (26.3 km²), of which, 10.1 square miles (26.2 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.39%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 9,830 people, 3,759 households, and 2,823 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 972.3 people per square mile (375.4/km²). There were 3,925 housing units at an average density of 388.2/sq mi (149.9/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 97.04% White, 1.58% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.31% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.23% from other races, and 0.70% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population. There were 3,759 households out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband

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• Ouachita Parish
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