Leesville Daily Leader

10/16/2025

By Alton Wallace | The Center Square Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, while citing the economic potential of carbon capture and sequestration, on Wednesday ordered a moratorium on approvals of new Class VI injection wells and mandated that state agencies and departments work together to develop procedure...

09/11/2025

“We saw some teachers in the hallways and just had a feeling something was wrong,” Casey Sullivan-Flood said. “Then there was an announcement over the intercom that if we had a parent or parents who worked in New York City that we needed to report to the guidance counselor’s office.”

By Doris Maricle Casey Sullivan-Flood, a paramedic and recruiter with Acadian Ambulance, was an eighth-grader in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, when the planes struck the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Like many, the tragic events of that day and the feelings of helplessness that followed deeply impacte...

09/11/2025

By Ashlyn Little The Leesville City Council held its regular meeting on Monday with Mayor Rick Allen and Councilwoman Nicole Ybarra absent. During the meeting, the new city’s new golf course manager, Loni Hess, was introduced. Hess has been manager of the golf course since the beginning of August....

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...