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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.
People from Alexandria, Louisiana. Subcategories. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. P. Politicians from Alexandria, Louisiana (1 C, 35 ...
George Washington Bolton (1841–1931), state representative and Speaker of the Louisiana House from Alexandria; George W. Bond (1891–1974), president of Louisiana Tech University (1928–36) James Booker (1939–1983), musician; Curtis Boozman (1898–1979), state representative from Natchitoches Parish
A high school cheerleader described as a “ray of sunshine” was killed in a New Year’s car crash, her family said. Blakeleigh Weems, 17, was a senior at Walker High School in Louisiana.
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Carl Buell Close Sr. (October 17, 1907 – December 28, 1980), was a Democratic politician from Alexandria, Louisiana, who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1944 to 1947, [1] when he stepped down to become the mayor of his adopted city of Alexandria, a post he held until 1953.
He officiated at the first burial in Alexandria Memorial Gardens. Commemorating Bishop Mangun’s 70th birthday, then Mayor Ned Randolph of Alexandria declared March 11, 1989 "G. A. Mangun Day." In 2002, the Louisiana National Guard presented Mangun with a Civilian Service Medal for his service to his community and nation. [5]
The official name is the Alexandria Edward G. "Ned" Randolph Riverfront Center; in short form, the Randolph Riverfront Center. First opened in 1996 with a price tag of $17.2 million, of which $13 million was state funded, the center has more than 67,000 square feet of events space and is connected to the Hotel Bentley and the Holiday Inn Downtown.