Tag Archives: Alexandria

Alexandria Zoological Park honors Les Whitt with statue

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The short lived River City Market | #CenLa #Louisiana

Some of you here locally may remember the short lived River City Market.

I have also had some recent inquiries into who is behind this site.

rivercitymarket

The artwork is mine.  I hope you can’t read my name.  Hehehe.

Missing Juvenile | Deion White | #Louisiana #CenLa

May 2, 2013 – The Alexandria Police is requesting the public’s assistants in locating 14-year-old Deion White, who has been missing since April 11th from his residence in the 700 block of Veterans Drive. He was last seen in the Westwood, Eastwood and Rapides Ave area.

White is 5’9” tall and weighs approximately 210 lbs. There is no foul play expected.

If you have any knowledge as to his whereabouts, please contact the Alexandria Police Department at 318-441-6442 or the APD Juvenile Division at 318-441-6416.

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Alexandria teen’s community service earns her trip to Seattle | #CenLa #Louisiana

Kaitlyn Graff
Credit: Tia Owens-Powers/towens@thetowntalk.com

A senior at Alexandria Senior High’s efforts in community service earned her a free trip to Seattle.

What started as a senior project for Kaitlyn Graff, 17, turned into a successful 5K fun run that benefited Free Wheelchair Mission.

Graff said she picked the organization to benefit from her senior project after watching a video on the charity’s website. Free Wheelchair Mission provides wheelchairs to those who cannot afford them in developing countries.

A senior project is required to graduate and must include a problem and a solution, Graff said.

“The problem is they can’t walk,” Graff said. “The solution — give them wheelchairs.”

The “how” was where the 5K came in.

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Alexandria, LA: Man facing pornography with juveniles charge

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Town Talk staff

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Matthew Bell, 44, of 5244 Edward Ave. was arrested at his residence and booked into the Rapides Parish Detention Center. He was charged with one count of pornography with juveniles, which officials say resulted from an exchange of videos via the Internet that showed underage females involved in sex acts.

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Corps. says it’s been ordered to reduce lock service

ALEXANDRIA, La., (KNOE 8 News) – At a meeting this week in Alexandria, James Ross of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the Corps has been ordered to reduce lock service under a 2007-2008 study based on a survey of commercial and recreational usage of the five Red River locks.

According to reports from Alexandria, the mandate becomes effective in February 2014, when hours will be cut back for two locks. The move is designed to cut costs.

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Pineville Police Chase Ends in Alexandria with Arrest

KALB reports a call to police  from the Pineville Walmart regarding a couple trying to steal from their store culminated into a police pursuit  across the river into Alexandria.

When  police arrived at the Walmart in Pineville the couple had already made it to their car and the driver refused to pull over when police tried to initiate a traffic stop.

Authorities tell us the chase started on the Pineville Expressway and turned south on Interstate 49 before getting off on Broadway in Alexandria. The chase also went through the downtown area, the Garden District, and onto MacArthur Drive.

Police finally arrested Vance Manuel, 41, and Martha Moore, 57, both of Alexandria, when they tried to turn in to a trailer park on North Bolton. While turning, their vehicle struck [a] Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office unit and a civilian car.

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Civil War 150th Anniversary: Red River Campaign

Alexandria, La – The Civil War, specifically the Red River Campaign, is an important part of the history of the Alexandria/Pineville area. Being a farming community, the cash crop, cotton, was in high demand. The locals wanted to protect themselves, and what was left of the land and crops, from a second Union attack, after the first attack left Alexandria burning. So began the construction of Fort Randolph and Fort Buhlow on the Pineville side of the Red River.

The Alexandria/Pineville area will remember the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War with a series of events Thursday, March 7, 2013, through Sunday, March 10, 2013.

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Arrest: Burglary of Redemption Ground Bible Church

Alexandria detectives arrested 22-year-old Freddie Lewis of Alexandria on Wednesday; he is charged him with Simple Burglary of a Religious Building.

On February 16th, APD received a report that the Redemption Ground Bible Church located in the 1400 block of Park Street was burglarized. Taken were several electronic items to include a computer. During the investigation, detectives received information that Freddie Lewis was involved.

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Scam Uncovered: Escapee Arrested on More Charges

Deputies say they’ve uncovered a scam run by Justin Sterling and a non-inmate co-worker of Alexandria. Brandon Wilkes is accused of checking out Sterling on weekends for odd jobs, but instead, deputies say, no work was done and Wilkes collected money for the transportation.

On February 15th, the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Work Release had an inmate walk off of a job sight of a private employer. 26-year-old Justin M. Sterling of Alexandria was employed as a day laborer and walked away from the job sight, but was later apprehended by RPSO and US Marshals Service on February 25th.

During the investigation, detectives uncovered a scam perpetrated by another person Sterling worked with, but did not involve the company.

24-year-old Brandon Wilkes of Alexandria and a civilian, worked with Sterling and would check Sterling out on the weekends as a drop-off laborer for odd jobs, allegedly for a fence company. However, Wilkes would drop Sterling off at other locations and then pick Sterling up later and return him to the Work Release Facility.

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