An Adoption "Wave" is scheduled from 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov.19. Staff of the Morehouse Parish Office of Community Services will be in front of their office located at 451 East Madison waving banners to thank adoptlve parents for their commitment to children and to also share contact information for those interested in foster and adoptive parenting.

The director of a state agency that grants tax credits to low-income housing developments has pledged his support for a $12 million proposal to convert the old Bastrop High School into affordable housing for senior citizens.

The Bastrop Police Department arrested a Mer Rouge man over the weekend on an attempted manslaughter charge.

Morehouse Parish residents have the opportunity to speak with FEMA employees about house damages caused by Hurricane Gustav at a Disaster Recovery Center.

The season of giving is upon us and what better to give than time raising money for the place you live.

Almost 20 years after the last students attended classes at the old Bastrop High School, a local group and a New Orleans developer are hopeful the facility will soon become a hub of activity again.

One year ago, two local barbershops were swarming with high definition cameras filming a short documentary called “NewsClips in Black and White.” That hopeful television pilot has won the Ozone Film Festival’s best documentary short award.

The past is back for Bastrop High School in a special supplement, which covers the past four school years.

The Board of Alderpersons of the City of Bastrop passed two ordinances at the regular November  meeting that will regulate and zone any sex oriented business that may operate in the city limits.

The board of alderpersons of the City of Bastrop will vote on two much-contested ordinances and a resolution to improve Morehouse Memorial Airport at the regular November meeting 6 p.m. Thursday at City Hall.

Flu shots are now available at the Morehouse Parish Health Unit. The Depaertment of Health and Hospitals is making these important shots available to people in certain high-risk groups, including children and older adults. The health unit will be giving these shots from 8 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. Nov. 13 and 14.

Morehouse General Hospital was featured in the November 2008 edition of Inside Healthcare, a national healthcare publication. The focus of the article was on CEO Cheryl Faulkenberry’s measures to reduce debt and cut back on costs after assuming office in June 2007.

Veterans and football players stopped by Eastside Elementary School Tuesday morning to read to the students.

Bastrop half a century ago was home to a nationally famous show horse named White Star, whose death in 1961 merited what may be the only front-page obituary for a horse in newspaper history.