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- Students 'cancan' for food bank
Students at Swartz Upper Elementary did the 'cancan' with their physical education teacher, coach Robert Mitcham.
- Leaders honor special educators
Educators and business leaders came together Wednesday at the CenturyTel Accent on Excellence breakfast to honor the contributions of faculty and administrators to the community.
- Fire guts Swartz home; no injuries
A fire gutted a Swartz house Tuesday morning, leaving the structure a total loss.
- Judge sends women to jail for ignoring summons for jury duty
Two Ouachita Parish women have learned a civics lesson the hard way. This past week the two decided to ignore their summons to show up for jury duty, and, in fact, told deputies they had better things to do.
- Ouachita schools make good men
As a Riverbend Elementary physical education teacher, I attended a workshop at Lakeshore Elementary School.
- Police jurors consider long-term sewer plan for eastern Ouachita
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury will look into developing a comprehensive sewer plan for eastern Ouachita Parish.
- 6th-graders learn dangers of drunken driving
The Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office held a special day at Swartz Upper School with the sixth-graders. D.A.R.E. Officer David Coutcher fitted each child with 'drunk goggles' and had them take a 'walk the line' ...
- Deputies: Man stole purse from church parking lot
A Swartz man was arrested by Ouachita Parish sheriff's deputies Monday on charges he stole credit cards from a lady's car while she was at church Sunday night.
- Time for 'Show and Shine'
August's 'Show and Shine' at McDonalds in Lakeshore was a success. Several car clubs participated in the monthly event.
- Mosquito battle will take to the air
The Ouachita Parish Mosquito Abatement District is working overtime to fight mounting numbers of mosquitoes caused by last week's heavy rains.
- LSMSA welcomes local students
The Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts is welcoming the 25th graduating class, which after a successful senior year will join the ranks of 3,919 LSMSA alumni.
- 7 Ouachita water systems fall under boil advisory
Seven water systems in Ouachita Parish are under boil advisories because of power outages or storm damage.
- Several Boil Orders Issued in Northeast Louisiana
Several boil orders are in effect throughout Northeast Louisiana. They include about 1900 customers in Concordia Parish of the Ferriday Water System.
- DEATHS
MAGNOLIA, Ark. - Margrette Bayles, a retired waitress for the Primary Truck Stop and Convenience Store in Columbia, died Sunday.
- Fulks - Dupree
The Rev. Charles and Kim Dupree of West Monroe, La. are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their son, David Dupree, to Andrea Fulks, daughter of Bob and Joyce Fulks of St.
- Residents fight for road safety
Residents of Aycock Road and a nearby mobile home park have been dealing with speedsters on their streets for several years but when a woman was critically injured after a speeding vehicle struck her in July ...
- DEATHS
Jack N. Abreu of West Monroe, a disc jockey, died Monday. Memorial services are 2 p.m. Thursday at Landmark Nursing home, West Monroe, under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, West Monroe.
- 'Angels' along I-20 roadside
Last Sunday we were blessed by angels, and we never got their names. We were on our way home from my parents' house in Shreveport on Interstate 20, and needless to say our tire blew out on our Suburban.
- Hegwood - DeLancy
Danielle Summer DeLancy and Jimmy Allen Hegwood III exchanged vows on Saturday June 28, 2008, at North Monroe Baptist Church.
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City DescriptionSwartz is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,247 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Swartz is located at 32°33′58″N 91°59′30″W / 32.56611, -91.99167 (32.566128, -91.991557).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 13.5 square miles (34.9 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,247 people, 1,557 households, and 1,250 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 314.7 people per square mile (121.6/km²). There were 1,642 housing units at an average density of 121.7/sq mi (47.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.10% White, 6.80% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.47% Asian, 0.78% from other races, and 0.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.62% of the population.
There were 1,557 households out of which 41.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.7% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.0% had someone living alone ... Read MoreCity Contained By:
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