Author: Minden Press-Herald
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Rev. Robert Whitaker: Progress made in race relations
He is a pastor, a counselor, a husband, father and grandfather. He is a teacher and retired military – and he is a black man. The Rev. Robert Whitaker, born in 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, is not a native of Minden, but he and his wife, Mary, made their home in Minden in 1992 with…
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PHOTO GALLERY: Mardi Gras at Minden Montessori
Students of Minden’s Montessori school and their “escorts” line up for the annual Mardi Gras parade Tuesday morning. In addition to the bike riders, many students drove decorated electric vehicles over the parade route which ran across Germantown Road to Harper Elementary, where the school’s kindergartners and first graders lined the drive to catch beads…
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Sally Dianne McFarland
Sally Dianne McFarland, beloved mother, sister and friend to many, went home to be with the Lord on the morning of Feb. 10, 2015. Dianne was born in Minden Sept. 16,1950, to Audrey and Beulah White. Dianne was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Freda Sikes; and her husband, Ted McFarland. Dianne graduated…
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Bettye Rhea Ponder
Bettye Rhea Ponder, 80, went to be with our Heavenly Father Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. Services were at noon Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, at Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel in Bossier City. Officiating the service was Bro. Jeff Harper assisted by the Rev. Clarence Chism. Interment followed at Lane Memorial Cemetery in Sibley. The family received…
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February 10, 2015 e-Paper
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Roma Italian Bistro brings Italian flare to downtown Minden
Nothing fancy, just great Italian food. That’s what Roma Italian Bistro owners Florenc Leshnja and Festim Raka hope to bring to Minden with the eatery’s opening Tuesday, Feb. 10. The restaurant is the third Louisiana location for the pair that recently moved to Minden. The owners say patrons can expect fresh Italian food made to…
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State order gives hope against open burn
Members of the public and the Louisiana Senate Environmental Quality committee were given hope the open tray burn method of disposal for nearly 19 million pounds of M6 propellant at Camp Minden will not move forward if a safe, alternative method is chosen. Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis, adjutant general of the Louisiana Army National Guard,…
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Texas couple arrested on drug charges
A disturbance at a local motel last week led Minden police officers to a Texas couple who are now guests at the parish prison facing a variety of drug charges, Minden Chief of Police Steve Cropper said. “The two individuals were arrested after Officers Brandon Curry, Clint Smith and Sgt. Chris McClaran received permission to…
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WPSB asks BESE for talks on PARCC
The Webster Parish School Board passed a resolution Monday asking the Board of Elementary Education and Secondary Education to call a special meeting to discuss the issue of parents opting their children out of the Partnership Assessment Ready for College and Career testing. The resolution also asks that school districts which have parents opting their…
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Monday afternoon crash leaves two with injuries
Two persons reportedly were injured Monday shortly before 3:30 p.m.in a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Lee and Carolina streets. Witnesses to the crash reportedly told investigators a Chevrolet HHR traveling east on Carolina ran a stop sign at Lee St. and struck a northbound Cadillac Escalade in the driver’s side. Officers said the SUV on…