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- Teen killed in Bienville Parish crash
State police say an 18-year-old from Baton Rouge was killed in a car accident in Bienville Parish.
- Louisiana Tech student dies in Bienville parish crash
Louisiana Tech student Christian Miller, 18, of Baton Rouge, was killed in a car accident around 3 a.m. Sunday.
- Hodge plant extends shutdown
Employees at Smurfit-Stone's Hodge paper mill, already pensive about the mill's future, got another reason to worry this week when the company announced it was extending its temporary shutdown for two weeks.
- La. deficit pegged at $341M, and worse next year
Louisiana's nearly $30 billion budget must be cut by $341 million this year to stay in balance, after the state income forecasting panel shrank its revenue estimates Monday and projected the deficit.
- Read
In all, 4,084 youth learned the remedy that can cure the culture at this year's 21st annual Youth Evangelism Conference - YEC.
- Briefcase
The Monroe Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its 2008 Rambin-Silverstein Award and its 2008 Kitty Degree Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in Business.
- Tour of hospital may have violated open meetings law
A legislative tour of the storm-damaged Charity Hospital on Tuesday may have violated Louisiana's open meetings law after a group that favors renovating the building instead of constructing a new teaching ...
- Weston High School evacuated
A Jackson Parish school was evacuated this morning when administrators smelled gas in the building.
- In the Churches
8 at the tabernacle, located near Quitman. Tickets are $10, and are available by calling Tim and Gwen Fogger Present, a division of Affordable Enterprises, at 318-259-8659. Tickets are also available at Eva's ...
- $1M in grants to improve water quality
The Delta Regional Authority has given more than $1 million in federal grants to several northeastern Louisiana parishes for improving wastewater treatment facilities and access to clean water.
- Solons prep for budget deficit
A $1.3-billion budget deficit may be looming on Louisiana's horizon for the next fiscal year thanks in part to plummeting oil prices and soft sales tax revenues.
- Area towns, parishes receive water grants
Richland, Morehouse, West Carroll, Jackson, Ouachita, Evangeline, and LaSalle parishes have received federal grants for public infrastructure improvements from the Delta Regional Authority, U.S. Sen.
- Pair of Jonesboro men killed early today on Louisiana 4
Two 28-year-old Jonesboro men were killed early today in a one-vehicle crash on Louisiana 4. According to Louisiana State Police, Joshua Staples and Joshua Folden were killed after Folden lost control of a ...
- Bienville police juror accused of domestic violence
A Bienville Parish police juror was arrested early today on domestic violence charges involving his wife.
- Some lose power, but region largely unscathed by Ike
Northeastern Louisiana largely escaped Hurricane Ike's wrath, but last night's winds have left 4,000 Entergy customers without power.
- Entergy pulls linemen to restore lost power
Upward of 50,000 northeastern Louisiana homes were without electricity Monday night as Hurricane Gustav sheared a diagonal course across the state, dumping rain and wind on the region.
- Minden man wants to withdraw vehicular homicide guilty plea
Robert Andrew Cheatham, through his attorney DeVan Pardue, of Springfield, on Tuesday filed a supplemental motion to withdraw his plea to vehicular homicide that was entered in Bienville District Court.
- Briefcase
Maranatha Staffing Agency Inc. and Ramiah Travel Nurses were recently awarded the Louisiana Workman's Compensation 'Safest 70' award in recognition of their dedication to workplace safety in 2007.
- 11 arrested following fight; 2 people injured
Ouachita Parish Sheriff's deputies arrested 11 people after a street fight at 360 East Olive St.
Jonesboro Classifieds
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City DescriptionJonesboro is a town in and the parish seat of Jackson Parish in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The population was 3,914 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Jonesboro is located at 32°14′23″N 92°42′41″W / 32.23972, -92.71139 (32.239611, -92.711501). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 4.9 square miles (12.7 km²), of which, 4.8 square miles (12.6 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.82%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,914 people, 1,602 households, and 1,012 families residing in the town. The population density was 806.6 people per square mile (311.6/km²). There were 1,852 housing units at an average density of 381.7/sq mi (147.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 54.01% White, 45.02% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.03% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.43% of the population.
There were 1,602 households out of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.3% were married couples living together, 21.9% had a female householder with no ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- United States
- Jackson Parish
- Louisiana
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