Melissa Gregory

Rapides Parish residents can sign up for free cancer screenings on two days in mid-September through the Cenla Medication Access Program.

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating the death of a man that it calls a homicide.

A Glenmora man died early Tuesday after hitting the rear of a sports utility vehicle on U.S. Highway 165 in Allen Parish, Louisiana State Police report.

A Simmesport woman is in a Rapides Parish jail after allegedly forcing her way inside a home, firing a gun and carjacking two drivers, police report.

A Pollock man was convicted last month on multiple charges stemming from a 2021 incident in which he broke into the home of a law enforcement officer he had threatened and was shot.

Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to hit somewhere along the Texas or Louisiana coast Wednesday evening, and it's already changing some plans in Rapides Parish.

A 13-year-old student has been arrested on a charge of terrorizing after a threat of a shooting at Grant Junior High School, according to the Grant Parish Sheriff's Office.

A Texas man died Thursday when his car hit the back of an 18-wheeler on Interstate 49 near Woodworth, according to Louisiana State Police.

A man walked into his own business Friday evening in Alexandria, shot three relatives and then killed himself, according to police.

A 12-year-old girl and a 26-year-old man died from gunshot wounds in Alexandria within 12 hours a block away from each other, according to police.