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The Delhi Charter boys and girls track team  won the Grand Prize from Powerade (Power Your School) for a video they submitted showing their needs for track equipment. 

DCS is in the process of building a track for the physical education classes which will also be used by the track team. The video had to be approximately two minutes long and show the needs for why the money would be used. Students from the DCS track team, with the help of Tonya Gwin, worked very hard to come up with just the right touch of comedy and track workouts to achieve the $10,000 prize. 

The Rayville Police Department made the following arrests for the week of Feb. 11-17.

• Lakeila Lawson, 32; 56 Magnolia Drive, Monroe; driving under suspension.

• Jalexis Ashley, 20; 603 Spruce St., Rayville; battery on a juvenile (warrant).

• Natalya Abrams Srinivasarao, 33; 214 E. Francis St., Rayville; careless operation with an accident.

• Mark Coleman, 52; 220 Russell St., Apt 43, Rayville; no driver’s license.

Sen. Francis Thompson of Delhi was presented with the 2019 Distinguished Service to North Louisiana Agriculture at the 2019 Ag Expo Awards luncheon Jan. 18 in West Monroe.

 Thompson is chairman of the Louisiana Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development, where he has served since 2008.  

Presenting Sen. Thompson with this award was Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture, Dr. Mike Strain.