1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (119+ words) The Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office said the man who escaped arrest in Alexandria on April 15 is back in custody. Man who escaped patrol vehicle in Alexandria back in custody Evangeline Parish detention center to open in the coming weeks Trial…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (288+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Jacobian Guillory's dreams of making the NFL seemed dashed after a torn Achilles during his senior season with LSU. "I never gave up, my relationship with God got even closer," Guillory recalled. "Being home a lot more,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (153+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - April 13 was Yom Ha Shoah, a solemn day where Jewish communities gather to remember victims of the Holocaust. Services began at the Holocaust memorial in downtown Alexandria. Afterwards, the crowd walked over to Emmanuel Baptist Church, where…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (261+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - A local program is helping former inmates rebuild their lives by finding jobs and staying on the right path. In honor of Re-Entry Month, Re-Entry Solutions is giving people a second chance. Jermaine Mitchell, who was once…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (299+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The City of Alexandria held an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 30 for D-BAT Alexandria, a new baseball and softball facility in the Central Louisiana community. D-BAT Alexandria, located at 223 John Allison Drive, is the seventh location in…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (112+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Harlem Globetrotters celebrated 100 years of family-friendly entertainment with impressive tricks and plenty of laughs during their performance in Alexandria. The basketball legends brought smiles, slam dunks and world records to the Colosseum, where Central Louisiana families…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (73+ words) SLPSO reported that the third and final inmate who escaped from the parish jail on December 3 has been recapured. Alexandria Police Department asked the public for help to locate a car believed to be. .. Alexandria State of the City Address…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (119+ words) The Alexandria City Council failed to pass a motion on Dec. 16 to overturn Mayor Jacques Roy's veto on redistricting. ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Alexandria City Council failed to pass a motion to overturn Mayor Jacques Roy's recent veto on redistricting....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (234+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Mayor Jacques Roy addressed the redistricting of city council boundaries at a mayoral briefing in City Hall on Monday, December 8. In April 2024, the council voted 4-to-3 to redistrict three council districts from the 2022 map, which expanded City…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (155+ words) ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The Alexandria City Council has voted to redistrict three of its five council districts. Council members Malcolm Larvadain, Cynthia Perry, Gary Johnson and Jules Green voted "yes," while Chuck Fowler, Lizzie Felter and Jim Villard voted "no....