Leave messages and prayers for Janice Joseph-Richard

 

As many of you know Janice Joseph-Richard known for basketball throughout the country is once again battling cancer.
While we can’t all call or visit our beloved Janice, we can pray for her and send her special love notes through this special page that The Light has set up. She will be able to see them [...]

Inauguration Celebration at St. Matthew Baptist Church, Boyce

Photos by Sharon Renee Fields and Sherri L. Jackson
Enjoy these photos from the Inauguration Celebration held at St. Matthew Baptist Church in Boyce. Almost 200 students from schools in Rapides Parish attended through the guidance of the Rev. Joe S. Green, who asked Superintendent Gary Jones to allow students participating an excused absence.
The day [...]

Rapides Parish students celebrate Barack Obama at special program held at St. Matthew Baptist Church

In what is anticipated as a day long event, students in Rapides Parish at the request of Dr. Joe S. Green were excused from their school classrooms to attend an educational program at St. Matthew Baptist Church.
More than 200 students, along with parents and others wanting to witness the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, came [...]

Is Mayor Jacques Roy using fuzzy math about the city’s program to help minority and women-owned businesses get city contracts

By Bill Sumrall
The Light
Controversy erupted Tuesday among Alexandria city officials over a program to help businesses owned by minorities and women.
Accusations flew between Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy and Von Jennings, workforce development director, during the City Council’s “cost sharing agreement and emerging business” committee meeting Jan. 13.
Council member Edward Larvadain III chaired the committee to [...]

Alexandria’s settlement with Cleco: “a bird in hand is worth two in bush”

By Bill Sumrall
The Light
Alexandria’s City Council agreed with Mayor Jacques Roy that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
On motion by Council members Chuck Fowler, seconded by Harry Silver, the City Council approved settling its lawsuit against Cleco in a 5-2 vote following an hour and 20 minute public hearing on [...]