Harrisonburg, Louisiana

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Harrisonburg

Fair
Temperature: 52.9 °F

Humidity: 70 %
Wind Speed: 8 mph SW
Pressure: 29.91 "

Dew Point: 43 °F
Gusts: 15 mph SSW
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Furloughed rapist back in Miss. after visiting La. relatives
  

  A man convicted of rape in Mississippi - and who became the subject of a two-state controversy when he was allowed to visit his parents in Louisiana - is reportedly back in Mississippi.

• Barbour revokes convicted sex offender's furlough
  

  Gov. Haley Barbour on Friday revoked a 90-day pass that allowed a convicted sex offender to stay temporarily at his parents' home in Louisiana.

• Aplin - Cater
  

  Lynn and Paul Oxley of Monroe and James Aplin of Harrisonburg are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Staci Lynn Aplin, to Lee McCaleb Cater, son of Lissa and Roy Schneider of Jonesville and ...

• Rep. Alexander, Block High band to honor vets during Jonesville program on Nov. 11
  

  The Catahoula Parish Veterans Day program will be 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Block High School gym in Jonesville.

• Federal dollars put three patrol car, K-9 'deputy' in Catahoula Parish
  

  U.S. Rep. Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, joined USDA Rural Development Community Programs Director Richard Hoffpauir in Harrisonburg to present the keys for three new patrol vehicles to Sheriff James Kelly and to ...

• Connor Wood attorney withdraws motion for new trial
  

  The lawyer for convicted murderer Connor Wood, 17, withdrew his motion last week for a new trial and recusal of the trial judge.

• in Today's Sentinel -- Wednesday, October 8, 2008
  

  BUS DRIVER INJURED IN WRECK: 45 STUDENTS TREATED A bus driver was seriously injured and 45 public school students were taken to hospitals this morning following a two-vehicle crash in Vidalia.

• Great floods caused distress, destruction locally
  

  WATER COVERED ALL THE LAND BETWEEN NATCHEZ AND THE CATAHOULA HILLS During the late 1700s and the first 50 years of the 19th Century there were more than a dozen major floods that caused death and great hardship ...

• Parts of Enterprise, Aimwell in Catahoula still without electricity
  

  Catahoula Parish Sheriff's dispatcher Elizabeth Johnson said this morning that parts of Jonesville has had electricity restored but some parts of the Enterprise and Aimwell communities are still without ...

• Flooding forces residents from homes
  

  ' The flooding caused by the rains that accompanied Hurricane Gustav earlier this week displaced numerous people in Catahoula Parish.

• Even as a child, new Catahoula sheriff wanted to be a 'lawman'
  

  HARRISONBURG -- As a child playing cops and robbers James Kelly knew he always wanted to be a 'lawman.' Now, decades later, he sits in his office, attaining the ultimate goal and is the chief law enforcement ...

• Judge qualifiers set goals for office
  

  ' Two candidates are vying for the Seventh Judicial Court's Division "A" bench. One of them wants to modernize the courtroom, and the other wants to shuffle proceedings around so they don't take as long.

• Blood Drive slated for "Tony" Boothe
  

  A replenishment blood drive is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16 at the Catahoula Parish Courthouse in Harrisonburg for Melvin Anthony "Tony" Boothe Jr.

• Recall murmurs still echo around state
  

  A Harrisonburg man is coordinating an effort he hopes will result in the recall of northeastern Louisiana legislators who voted for a legislative pay raise that Gov.

• 4-H scholarship winners honored in Baton Rouge
  

  Winners of 4-H scholarships were among those honored during ceremonies at the LSU AgCenter's 4-H University in June in Baton Rouge.

• McGee - Griffin
  

  Mr. and Mrs. James K. McGee of Harrisonburg, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Marguerita Elizabeth, to Daniel Todd Griffin, the son of Mr.

• 1863 Civil War skirmish in Vidalia -- accounts from both sides of Mississippi
  

  In Spring 2007, we wrote about the successful Yankee expedition in early September 1863 from Natchez to capture and disarm Fort Beauregard at Harrisonburg in Catahoula Parish.

City Description

Harrisonburg is a village in and the parish seat of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 746 at the 2000 census. Fort Beauregard, which is located .a fourth of a mile outside the village, was a Confederate stronghold during the American Civil War. It successfully defended Harrisonburg from the attack of four Union gunboats on the Ouachita River. The village of Harrisonburg organized reenactments at Fort Beauregard, also known as Fort Hill, but those ceremonies ended early in the new 21st century. Harrisonburg was once a trade capital because of its location on the Ouachita River, with easy access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans. The Harrisonburg Road or the Natchez Trace ran through the area as it crossed Louisiana into Texas to connect with the El Camino Real. Harrisonburg was considered for the new site of the Louisiana state capital when the legislature decided to leave New Orleans. Harrisonburg is located at 31°46′20″N 91°49′39″W / 31.77222, -91.8275 (31.772177, -91.827403). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.7 km² (1.0 mi²). 2.4 km² (0.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (10.48%) is

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• Catahoula Parish
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