Jackson, Louisiana

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• Orleans Parish School Board hires Metaire company to renovate Central ...
  

  The Orleans Parish School Board voted Tuesday to hire a Metairie company to transform a shuttered Central City school into an early childhood education center that will serve the needs of children 5 years old ...

• Jackson robbery suspects set to return from Mexico
  

  Police expect to return two suspects in a Dec. 4 home-invasion robbery to East Feliciana Parish today, following their apprehension in Mexico this week, Town Marshal Fred Allen said.

• Clinton parents opposed to merging schools
  

  More than 125 patrons of Clinton's schools let the East Feliciana Parish School Board know Monday they aren't interested in a proposal to merge the parish's two high schools and two middle schools.

• Colglazier leaving Jackson
  

  The diversity of students at Seymour-Jackson Elementary School is what makes it such a special place, Principal Marti Colglazier said.

• Worker, 37, accused of assisting inmate
  

  East Feliciana Parish sheriff's deputies on Wednesday arrested an Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System employee accused of having a romantic relationship with a state prisoner who worked at the Jackson mental ...

• Murder suspect turns himself in to authorities
  

  A man wanted in connection with a murder turned himself in to police Monday night.

• College bond sales on hold
  

  BATON ROUGE -- Delays continue to keep construction projects for the state's technical and community college campuses in limbo.

• Police and Fire Briefs for Nov. 24, 2008
  

  Baton Rouge police have issued a warrant for a Baton Rouge man wanted for second-degree murder, police spokesman Lt.

• Highland Games
  

  Where else will you experience droning bagpipes, thundering drums, athletic games, Scottish dancing and music, Scottish food and of course, men in plaid skirts? The Highland Games, that's where.

• Clinton to charge for post-event cleanup
  

  The Board of Alderman unanimously voted Wednesday to start charging fees for cleaning the streets of debris and trash left behind by parades.

• BR man indicted
  

  A 29-year-old Baton Rouge man who police say is a possible suspect in the 2006 death of a toddler was indicted Wednesday in a string of arsons and frauds.

• Jackson facility honors veterans
  

  Capt. Stephen Price, right, and 1st Sgt. Louis Morrell, both with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Regiment, prepare to serve cake to the oldest Marine, David Barkley, left, and the youngest, Lance Cpl.

• Official faces battery count
  

  A member of the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury was arrested Tuesday for allegedly knocking a former girlfriend unconscious with a board.

• Man enters plea in 4 shooting deaths
  

  Trucko Stampley has entered a dual plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to first-degree murder charges in the April 2007 shooting deaths of a retired couple and an elderly woman and her ...

• John Anderson, Jr. and Melanie Kinchen
  

  Melanie Catherine Kinchen and John Charles Anderson, Jr. of Baton Rouge will exchange wedding vows on November 1, 2008 during a sunset ceremony at the Town Square at River Ranch.

• Hospital storm program numbers challenged
  

  All but two of 100 patients seeking mental health care at East Louisiana State Hospital in Jackson under a federal program designed to help victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were ineligible for the ...

• Area briefs for Oct. 23, 2008
  

  My Sister's House of the Felicianas will hold a candlelight memorial service Oct.

• Students lose Metro Council race
  

  Two University students lost their bid for seats on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Council during Saturday's election.

• One person killed and another injured in fiery crash on Hwy 19 between Baker & Zachary
  

  State police say a 22-year-old man was killed Saturday night when his car veered off the road, hit a tree, and caught fire.

City Description

Jackson is a town in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,130 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. Jackson was the location of first the College of Louisiana from 1825 until 1845 and the Methodist-affiliated Centenary College from 1845 until 1908, when it relocated to Shreveport. The town of Jackson was founded in 1815 as the Seat of Justice for Feliciana Parish before the parish was divided into East and West. The town also served as a major commercial center and as a center for education, earning it the title "Athens of the South". Legend holds that the town was originally called Bear Corners for the many wild black bears crossing nearby Thompson's Creek, and that it eventually took its name from General Andrew Jackson, who reportedly camped there with his troops on a return trip north after the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. Jackson is located at 30°52′15″N 91°12′52″W / 30.87083, -91.21444 (30.837588, -91.214436). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.574 km²), of which, 4.5 square miles (11.6 km²) of it is land and 0.224% is water. As of the

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• East Feliciana Parish
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