Author: Minden Press-Herald

  • February 12, 2015 e-Paper

    February 12, 2015 e-Paper

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  • NWLTC receives $83K donation from Training Consultants

    Northwest Louisiana Technical College’s Minden Campus received a surge, thanks to Training Consultants, Inc., which donated $83,000 in trainers to the school’s new industrial electricity program. Tony Shackleford, national sales manager for Training Consultants, Inc., says he is pleased to help forge this partnership with Northwest LTC. “I am looking forward to the much anticipated…

  • Webster Arrest Report: February 12

    City and parish law enforcement officers made the following arrests for the period Jan. 30 through Feb. 8. T’Keya Moore, 21, 800 block Bayou Avenue, Minden, unauthorized use of an access card. Joshua Montgomery, 21, 500 block of Weston Street, Minden, unauthorized use of an access card. Travis West, 35, 500 block Searles Street, Minden,…

  • Minden firefighters train on new fire engine

    Minden firefighters train on new fire engine

    Minden firefighters have another weapon in their arsenal and it’s one Chief Kip Mourad believes will get plenty of use. For three days this week, the department’s 15 full-time firefighters have been learning the ins and outs of their newest fire truck, one which has among its many features a 77-foot extension ladder complete with…

  • MLK Health Center offering Affordable Care Act assistance

    For anyone who still hasn’t signed up for the Affordable Care Act and needs insurance, representatives from the Martin Luther King Health Center will be available at The Rising Tide Center of the United Way Friday. From 9:30 a.m. until, representatives will answer questions and assist people signing up for the healthcare market exchange before…

  • Evangelist Nancy Jeanette Ashley Thompson

    Nancy Janette Ashley was born August 9, 1965, in Shreveport to the late Turner Ashley and Fannie Owens Ashley. She attended the Ringgold High School Complex and was a graduate of the Class of 1983. Nancy joined the Carter Chapel CME Church at an early age. In 1981, Nancy married John Taylor. To this union,…

  • Louisiana Army National Guard to seek quotes for M6 disposal

    Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis of the Louisiana Army National Guard, in a letter addressed to the EPA’s Region 6 administrator Ron Curry, says he intends to begin the contract procurement process now, even as the dialogue committee is set to meet for the first time Thursday. “I made this decision because of the rapidly deteriorating…

  • Webster Parish Sheriff Gary Sexton to receive Patriots Award

    Sheriff Gary Sexton is set to receive the Patriots Award this morning at 9:30 in a ceremony on the second floor of the Regions Bank building. He is being honored and recognized for his service to his employees and the La. National Guard.

  • February 11, 2015 e-Paper

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  • Police: Arrested man stole computer from dentist

    Police: Arrested man stole computer from dentist

    A misplaced cell phone helped lead Minden police officers to the man who allegedly paid an unauthorized visit to a local dentist’s office sometime before the clinic was open for business. Minden Chief of Police Steve Cropper said 29-year-old William Joseph Beard is being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center on two counts of simple…