Leesville Daily Leader

08/29/2025

Lisa Banados will be hosting the Christian- and inspirational-based meetings every Monday at 6 p.m. starting on Sept. 8 for 12 weeks. The meetings will be held at Motion Church at 1204 S. 5th St. in Leesville.

By Ashlyn Little Leesville residents of all ages will soon have a new Life Group and Book Club to attend. Lisa Banados will be hosting the Christian- and inspirational-based meetings every Monday at 6 p.m. starting on Sept. 8 for 12 weeks. The meetings will be held at Motion Church at 1204 S. 5th St...

08/21/2025

Special to the Leesville Leader To promote art in schools, each of the 435 members of the House have chosen artwork from submissions from their constituents to decorate the tunnel that connects representatives’ offices with the U.S. Capitol. The six members of Louisiana’s House delegation recent...

08/04/2025

Due to a water outage, the Sowela Lamar Salter site in Leesville is closed today. It will reopen on Tuesday at 8 a.m. for regular business hours. All other Sowela locations remain open today, including the main campus in Lake Charles and the Jennings and Oakdale sites.

07/31/2025

By Ashlyn Little The Leesville Council has voted to purchase eight mowers from the state for the Fort Polk Vegetation Contract. The council also voted at its Monday meeting to start seeking bids to purchase a one-ton flatbed truck for the city. Councilwoman Nicole Ybarra and Mayor Rick Allen were ab...

07/31/2025

Special to the News Leader All students in Vernon Parish schools will continue to receive free breakfast and lunch during the 2025-2026 school year, thanks to the Community Eligibility Provision. The CEP is a funding option under the National School Lunch Act that allows schools to provide free meal...

07/18/2025

By Ashlyn Little Beauregard and Vernon parishes are benefiting from the donation of more than one million elastic gloves. Lisa Ryder, an outside sales representative for Fastenal, said the gloves were given by a private donor who asked Fastenal to utilize them for state government entities across Lo...

07/17/2025

By Ashlyn Little The city of Leesville will be hosting its inaugural Christmas in July Friday and Saturday at the Leesville Event Center. The event will be held 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free to this event. TrendingCouncil: Waste Management collection issu...

07/17/2025

By Ashlyn Little During the Leesville City Council meeting on Monday, Councilman Phillip Hunt thanked residents for understanding the garbage collection issue that has recently plagued the city. “Waste Management is working on it,” Hunt said. “I still see a lot of piles so please be patient wi...

06/27/2025

By Sgt. Ryan Reed | Special to the News Leader FORT POLK — More than 4,000 soldiers from the Iowa Army National Guard trained throughout June at Fort Polk, undergoing one of the Army’s most demanding combat training events in preparation for an upcoming overseas deployment. Known since the Vietn...

06/12/2025

By Ashlyn Little The Leesville Council has agreed to proceed with the construction of a splash pad at the city’s recreational complex with an initial deposit in the amount of $31,244.21. The complex will not be closed during the progress. Bids will go out for advertisement to fence in two baseball...

06/11/2025

Seven Army bases whose names were changed in 2023 because they honored Confederate leaders are all reverting back to their original names. Among them is Fort Johnson, which will be renamed Fort Polk in honor of Silver Star recipient Gen. James H. Polk for gallantry in World War II. Fort Polk was cha...