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- Claiborne armed robbery suspect is apprehended
HOMER - A man wanted for a Dec. 30 armed robbery in Claiborne Parish was arrested without incident Monday in a Webster Parish apartment, Claiborne Parish Sheriff Ken Bailey said Wednesday in a news release.
- 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.
- A giving community
The average household in Claiborne Parish makes $27,859 a year - far below the $44,334 for the nation, according to 2004 census figures.
- Wanted man from Canada captured in Homer
The alleged burglary of a Homer, Louisiana church leads to the arrest of a Canadian man on the run from a child pornography charge.
- Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008
Hadwin, Cynthia Diann, 61, of Bossier City, died Saturday; graveside services at 2 p.m. today in Old Town Cemetery, Haynesville; arrangements by Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Southside Drive, Shreveport.
- Claiborne officials concerned with anti-Obama attitudes
HOMER - The head of Claiborne Parish schools is refusing to address concerns raised by parents and community leaders who say some students have been unfairly targeted by school officials angry because Barack ...
- Friday, Dec. 12, 2008
Cooley, Jozelle, 83, of Houston and formerly of DeRidder, died Monday; services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Labby Memorial Funeral Home, DeRidder; burial in Beauregard Cemetery, DeRidder.
- Regional briefs: Event features parade, food and dancing
HOMER - Works of craftspeople from throughout the world will be on display from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and Dec.
- 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.
- Region briefs: Economic summit to draw area leaders
HOMER - The fall quarterly Board of Directors meeting and Economic Development Summit of the Coordinating and Development Corp will begin at 10 a.m. today.
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Celebration Church, where Dennis Watson is pastor, last weekend celebrated its 19th anniversary.
- 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.
- It's the Birthday of Bobby Rush
Today is the birthday of Bobby Rush. He was born November 10, 1940 in Homer, Louisiana.
- Today's sports scores
Bossier-Shreveport at Tulsa Ouachita at Huntington Neville vs. Byrd Bossier vs.
- Regional Briefs: Pills seized from car on school lot
HOMER - More than 100 prescription pills were discovered in a car parked on a Claiborne Parish school's campus during a requested drug sweep by drug-sniffing dogs, Sheriff Ken Bailey said in a news release.
- Community responds to officer's plea for clothing
A former Webster Parish sheriff's deputy who put out the call in September for donations of children's clothing for an Afghanistan orphanage is overwhelmed with the response so far.
- Region Briefs: Repeat offender in jail again
HOMER - A Claiborne Parish man was out of jail over a recent weekend only to be placed back behind bars again after authorities found him in possession of a pound of marijuana and $1,779 in cash, Claiborne ...
- $5.8 Million Project: Homer Bypass Route
Today, Governor Bobby Jindal was joined by Department of Transportation and Development Deputy Secretary Sherri LeBas and Claiborne Chamber of Commerce Vice President J.T. Taylor to break ground on the $5.8 ...
- University student struck by car on Nicholson Extension
A female University student was struck by a vehicle Wednesday morning while she walked across Nicholson Extension on a crosswalk near Patrick F. Taylor Hall.
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City DescriptionHomer is a town in and the parish seat of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,788 at the 2000 census.
The former newspsper, the Homer Iliad, was published by Arkansas native William Jasper Blackburn during Reconstruction. Blackburn also served a year in the United States House of Representatives, as the Claiborne Parish administrative judge, a post which no longer exists, and as a member of the Louisiana State Senate.
In the young adult novel "Roughnecks" by Thomas Cochran, the "Pineview Pelicans" are based on the Homer Pelicans as rivals of the "Oil Camp Roughnecks". Oil Camp is the home town of the main character, Travis Cody, and is based on the town of Haynesville Louisiana.
Homer is located at 32°47′24″N 93°3′31″W / 32.79, -93.05861 (32.789863, -93.058633).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 km²), of which, 4.6 square miles (11.9 km²) of it is land and 0.22% is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,788 people, 1,431 households, and 977 families residing in the town. The population density was 826.8 people per square mile (319.3/km²). There were 1,709 housing units at an ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- Claiborne Parish
- Louisiana
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