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- History made today in Coushatta
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- Town of Coushatta makes history
Rose Byrd made history today by becoming the first black mayor and the first female mayor of Coushatta.
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It is the smallest of the five Baptist associations that make up District Eight Baptist Convention, but Red River doesn't let its size or numbers stop it from doing its part.
- Regional Briefs: Sex offender turns self in to DeSoto authorities
MANSFIELD - A sex offender featured last week as the DeSoto Crime Stoppers felon of the week is in custody.
- Quiet for now
At 3 PM, there are NO weather warnings in effect. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 5 PM for areas generally south and east of an El Dorado to Arcadia to Coushatta to Many to Hemphill line.
- Railroad crossing closed Tuesday, Wednesday
COUSHATTA - The Union Pacific railroad crossing at the intersection of state highways 1 and 509 in Red River Parish will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Regional Briefs: Alternative Advent Fair set at church
HOMER - Works of craftspeople from throughout the world will be on display from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and Dec.
- Four Year Old Dies in Accidental Shooting
A four year old boy has died after an eleven year old relative accidentally shot him in the neck.
- 4-year-old shot, killed in Red River Parish
The Red River Parish sheriff's office says a 4-year-old was killed after an older child accidentally shot him in the neck.
- Red River Industries gets kitchen donation
COUSHATTA - Red River Industries received a $15,000 donation from EnCana Oil & Gas Inc.
- Louisiana Governor Jindal Picks More To Government
On Tuesday, Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of various government agencies: The John Kelly Grand Bayou Reservoir District Board of Commissioners serves to govern and improve the John Kelly Grand Bayou ...
- Region's economy offers mixed bag
HOMER - The business climate in northwest Louisiana has been a mixed bag during the past year with more than 2,000 jobs lost since October 2007 through business closures.
- LA Indian tribe signs friendship affirmation with Israel
The Coushatta Tribe proclaimed its friendship with Israel in a ceremony Monday marking the expected start of a relationship with the Mideast state as the Louisiana tribe seeks to extend beyond gambling ventures ...
- Coushattas welcome Israeli dignitaries
WASHINGTON The Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian illuminated the evening sky last week with a massive column of white light.... Bison baby a hit in Comanche country MERIDIAN, Okla.
- Coushattas, Israel establish ties
In the tiny southwest Louisiana town of Kinder, two nations will formally establish ties in an unusual diplomatic ceremony.
- Trinity, ACCS fall
Trinity Episcopal hosts Simpson Academy in an MPSA Class 2A first round playoff contest Friday.
- Stroller
Celebrating a birthday today: SHA'VARGO MALIK ANTONIO METCALF, 13, of Bossier City.
- Allen jail will be built near school
The fight to keep the Allen Parish jail away from the Oberlin High School failed.
- Stroller
Celebrating a birthday today: SHERRI SMITH, 45, of Coushatta. ... LAYLA SKYE BRANIM, 2, daughter of CYNTHIA and PERRY BRANIM, of Shreveport.
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City DescriptionCoushatta is a town in and the parish seat of rural Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the east bank of the Red River. The community is approximately forty-five miles south of Shreveport on U.S. Highway 71. The population, 2,299 at the 2000 census, is nearly two-thirds African American, most with long family histories in the area.
Red River Parish and the Red River valley were areas of unrest and white paramilitary activity and violence after the Civil War, and especially during the 1870s of Reconstruction. The parish had been based on cotton cultivation, dependent on the labor of enslaved African Americans who far outnumbered the whites. After the war, white planters and farmers tried to reestablish dominance over a majority of the population. With emancipation and being granted citizenship and suffrage, African Americans tried to create their own lives.
Formed in May 1874 from white militias, the White League in Louisiana was increasingly well-organized in rural areas like Red River Parish. It worked to turn out the Republican Party, as well as suppress freedmen's civil rights and voting rights. It used violence against officeholders, running some out ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- Louisiana
- Red River Parish
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