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This event takes place in Shreveport, LA with 1,500 participants in 2016, raising $40,000 for charity. In June 2016, Brookshire's purchased 25 stores formerly owned by Wal-Mart (formerly their Wal-Mart Express brand). The stores, located in Texas (20 stores) and Louisiana (five stores) were re-branded as Spring Market. [3]
Established March 17, 1883, The Alexandria Town Talk is a daily newspaper for Alexandria-Pineville and the thirteen parishes which comprise central Louisiana. The newspaper was owned by the family of the late Jane Wilson Smith and Joe D. Smith, Jr. , until March 1996, when it was sold to Central Newspapers.
Louisiana Highway 28 Business (LA 28 Bus.) runs 2.94 miles (4.73 km) in a general east–west direction in the city of Alexandria. It travels along the former alignment of mainline LA 28, which has been moved onto I-49 through the downtown area. [5] LA 28 Bus. travels along a series of undivided two-lane city streets.
The Original Goods. When Sam Walton opened the first Walmart on July 2, 1962 in Rogers, Arkansas, he wanted to give customers unparalleled bargains on a wide variety of products.
The Commercial Building in Alexandria, Louisiana, home of the Commercial Bank and Trust Company after it was built in 1915, is a historic commercial building located at the corner of Third Street and Johnston Street. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1] It is seven stories tall and was the city's first ...
In July 1989, Wellan's closed after failing to pay rent for seven months; the Alexandria Mall store was the chain's last remaining location. [10] In 1994, Beall-Ladymon was acquired by Stage Stores and renamed to Stage.
The Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan area in central Louisiana that covers two parishes – Rapides and Grant. As of the 2020 census , the MSA had a population of 152,192 (though a July 1, 2023 estimate placed the population at 148,171).
The Bennett Plantation House in Alexandria, Louisiana was built in 1854. The house and associated store building were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] [2] Their current or former location is or was east of Alexandria on Hwy 71 between Cheneyville and Bunkie. The house was moved in June 2006 to its current location. [2]