Music trail honors Rayville blues duo with marker, concert
The Louisiana Blues Trail unveiled a marker commemorating local Delta Blues duo Po’ Henry and Tookie Saturday at Rayville’s gazebo on US Highway 425.
The Louisiana Blues Trail unveiled a marker commemorating local Delta Blues duo Po’ Henry and Tookie Saturday at Rayville’s gazebo on US Highway 425.
An MQ-9 Reaper Pilot explains what the crew members are doing in the Ground Control Station to Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, Texas Adjutant General, Jan. 24, 2019, at Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base. Gen. Norris visited the 147th to learn about the Wing and what capabilities they can provide to the State of Texas and the Nation.
AUSTIN, Texas – Del hi native Major General Tracy R. Norris, the 52nd Adjutant General of Texas, retired after 36 years of service in a ceremony May 13 at Camp Mabry.
Maj. Gen. Norris commanded over 24,000 troops through numerous natural disasters, deployments, and state emergency responses all in support of her motto “Texans serving Texas.”
“Every time we turned around the Texas Guard was making history, doing things we hadn’t done; and I truly believe that there is no organization that could have done what we did,” said Norris.
The Rayville Rosenwald/Eula D. Britton School Reunion will be held on June 17-19.
We are very excited to inform you this year Juneteenth is a featured part of our celebration.
Another very important part of our school reunion celebration is the unveiling and dedication of our Rayville Rosenwald/Eula D. Britton Historical Marker and Legacy Brick Monument.
Rayville voters elected a new police chief over the weekend.
Markus Turner defeated incumbent police chief Willie Robinson with 59 percent of the vote.
Turner received 424 votes to Robinson’s 296.
Turnout for the election was 30.5 percent.
Turner, 48, is a 1992 graduate of Rayville High School who began his law enforcement career with the Rayville Police Department in 2004 and graduated from North Delta Training Academy to become a certified police officer.
Rayville voters will go the polls Saturday to elect a police chief.
Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The only item on the April 30 ballot will be a runoff election between incumbent police chief Willie Robinson and Markus Turner.
In the March 26 primary, Turner garnered 49 percent of the ballots with 364 votes while Robinson had 39 percent with 287 votes. Barbara Carroll received 93 votes for 13 percent.
603 Louisa Street
Rayville, LA 71269
Phone: (318) 728-6467
Fax: (318) 728-5991