Watch Group Trying To Improve Neighborhood To Larry Ambush Sr., the battle against drugs in his neighborhood is an effort to save children. "In this neighborhood we have a lot of children, and if we don't do something about the drugs that's in our neighborhood, our children have no choice. They have no future." Ambush is president of the Red River/Oil Mill Quarters Neighborhood Watch. The area includes North 15th Street and Rapides Avenue to the railroad track to Bolton Avenue, Enterprise Road and to La. Highway 1. [continues 1298 words]
BALL - Town officials acknowledge there's an illegal drug trafficking problem along Cardinal Lane off Springhill Road, but they promise help is on the way. Police Chief Spencer Williams assured residents attending a town council meeting Tuesday that police are working on the problem. "I know you've got a bad situation," he said after nine residents voiced their complaints. One resident said the neighborhood is "like a drive-thru drug shop." Officers began 24-hour patrols on June 1, and plans are under way to set up a Neighborhood Watch program, Williams said. [continues 327 words]
