Commerce and Business Organizations: 802 3rd St, Alexandria, LA 71301-8339 Phone : 318-442-6671 Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce PO Box 992, Alexandria, LA 71309 Phone : (318) 442-6671
Roosevelt Johnson is getting closer to accomplishing one of his major goals. Johnson, the vice president on the Alexandria City Council who has an extensive television background after working at KALB for 26 years, would like to see the city's government-access Channel 4 receive an upgrade.
The Alexandria Zoo will undergo a $3.5 million renovation and expansion, and it will do so under the leadership of Lee Ann Whitt, who was named today as the zoo's director.
Neurosurgeon Ravish Patwardhan will address Honors Program students at Louisiana State University at Alexandria at 11 a.m. today in Coughlin Hall auditorium on campus.
A Thibodaux man travelling on the interstate through Alexandria was seriously injured early Thursday morning after hitting a tractor-trailer. David Satterthwaite, 58, of Thibodaux, was taken to Rapides Regional Medical Center and is listed in serious condition after the wreck around 2:25 a.m. on Interstate 49 where it intersects with U.S. 71 north.