La State Championship at Jim Bowie Festival & Throwdown Sept 27-28th

VIDALIA, LA - The Concordia Chamber of Commerce has announced it Annual Jim Bowie Festival   in Vidalia, La on September 27- 28th.  The festivities begin Friday the 27th at 4:00 pm with The Harrigill Bluegrass Family; then Mr Greg Robinson, a local blues artist, at 5:30 and at 8:00 pm until 12:00 pm the big band sound of the Belle Plain Revival  which will set the mood for the upcoming Saturday fun entertainment and other scheduled events.

   (to sample a  'Lost in Laredo' song clip by Belle Plain Revival just click here) .....

The Saturday entertainment and events schedule begins when the gate opens at 10:00 am for the all day affair. At 10:30 am the Jim Bowie Re-enactment begins and the list of events and entertainment goes on all day ... see poster below for schedule ... 

The Kansas City BBQ Society sanctioned  Louisiana State Championship  BBQ Team begins with the Jim Bowie Throwdown  featuring some of the best BBQ and some of the most outstanding national, state and local teams in the country will be held during the festivities. 

This outstanding event is planned by the local Concordia Chamber of Commerce and supported by its members, the local citizens  and numerous local businesses.  The cash prize pot is at $10,000 (ten thousand dollars) and it is growing.  The Louisiana State Champion/Grand Champion winner will also receive a 2 night stay  at the Isle of Capri Hotel for 2 people including 2 buffets.  

Deadline for BBQ Team application is September 15th.  The categories are chicken, pork ribs, pork butt and brisket.  

You may contact Ann Westmoreland at awestmoreland@cityofvidaliala.com or Glen McGlothin at gbmcglotlin@yahoo.com for more information or a contest application.  You may also call 318-336-8223 or click here to request more info or vendor application 

There is always lots of  great entertainment at the Jim Bowie Festival and during the  Jim Bowie Throwdown.  Many local businesses and national businesses support the effort along with the many workers and volunteers in making one of the best events in the country …. Right here in our own backyard … put it on your calendar and plan on attending … 

Source: FCNews Staff

Second Hostage Dies After St Joseph Bank Standoff End

A second hostage shot in a standoff in a small Louisiana town has died. Rapides Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Charla Ducote said LaDean McDaniel died Thursday morning at the hospital in Alexandria.

More on this story click here > Second hostage shot during bank standoff dies - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS: 
Posted: Aug 15, 2013 12:05 PM CDT 
Updated: Aug 15, 2013 1:35 PM CDT

Source: CNN ALEXANDRIA, LA (AP) 

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Peoples Bank of the South to Merge With United Ms. Bank

ROXIE, MS (FCNews) - United Mississippi Bank located in Natchez, Mississippi has made application with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , Washington, D.C. for its written consent to merge with Peoples Bank of the South, located in Bude, Ms. This action would leave United Mississippi Bank being the majority owner.  It is contemplated that all the offices of both of the banks will continue to be operated as normal.  Based on Section 18(d) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, unless there is no legal opposition to the merger by August 30, 2013 then the merger will take place August 30, 2013. Any person desiring to know more about the non confidential merger application filed in the regional office of the FDIC may do so during normal business office hours by request at either offices of United Mississippi Bank in Natchez Ms or Peoples Bank of the South in Bude Ms. 

Source 

Sources say that the merger talks between the two banks began after  Larry Barnette Hill, 58, of Meadville, Mississippi, pled guilty on April 15, 2013 in U.S. District Court to bank fraud and money laundering.  U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis and FBI Special Agent in Charge Daniel McMullen made the Hill public announcement. 

Source 

Larry Barnette Hill served as CEO of People’s Bank of the South in Bude, Mississippi. From 2004 through 2012. Investigative reports indicated he fraudulently withdrew money from the bank’s Payroll Clearing Account and deposited those funds into the bank accounts of his family members and into a “shell” bank account he created for his personal benefit and the benefit of others. Hill also used the bank’s credit card for personal expenses without the bank’s authorization, and took third-party checks issued in the name of People’s Bank to make payments on a personal loan that he held at another bank and to embezzle funds into other accounts he owned and controlled for his own benefit or the benefit of others.

Hill concealed his fraudulent activities by creating false general ledger tickets which appeared to be for bank expenses in order to disguise his fraudulent activities within the budget of the bank. He also falsely inflated the bank’s budget each month in order to disguise additional money he was embezzling. The total amount of loss in this case is still being calculated, but is estimated to be from $600,000 to over $1 million.


Mr. Hill was sentenced in federal court July 16, 2013  to 78 months in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release for money laundering and bank fraud.   Hill was also ordered to pay $1,243,703 in restitution to People’s Bank of the South.

Source: FCNews Staff/ Public Records / FBI Memo-announcement
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Please Be Warned About Taking Cell Phone Photographs

 WARNING!!!! If you take photos with your cell phone.  If you, your kids or grand kids take pics from your phone—WATCH THIS!

This is truly alarming – please take the time to watch. At the end they’ll tell you how to set your phone so you don’t run this risk!

PLEASE PASS THIS INFO TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO TAKES PICTURES WITH THEIR CELL OR SMART PHONE AND POSTS THEM ONLINE.

I want everyone of you to watch this and then be sure to share with all your family and friends.
It’s REALLY important info, about what your posting things on your cell phones can do TO YOU!!!

Too much technology out there these days so beware………..

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO WATCH THIS VIDEO, AND TAKE THE RECOMMENDED PRECAUTIONS.

If you have children or grandchildren you NEED to watch this. I had no idea this could happen from taking pictures on the blackberry or cell phone. It’s scary.

Video Here: warning-if-you-take-photos-with-your-cell-phone

Gunman Takes 3 Hostages at St. Joseph La Bank

ST. JOSEPH, La. - A gunman took three people hostage Tuesday at a bank in rural Louisiana. A State Police negotiator was brought in to talk to the man, authorities said.

The man, armed with at least a handgun, took the people captive about 12:30 p.m. at the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, and the negotiator talked with him throughout the afternoon, said Trooper Albert Paxton, a state police spokesman.

 More On This Story:  Gunman takes 3 hostages at north La. bank - Yahoo! News 

Source: Yahoo News and AP Wire Service