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Many Mayor Pays Fine for Traffic Violations
Mayor Ken Freeman has never denied he broke traffic laws back in May while in a hurry to get to the parish detention center. He disagreed, however, with the way the Police Department carried out…
Read article →Log Truck Overturns Near Ajax
At 10:35 a.m. yesterday morning, Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office, along with Louisiana State Police, Natchitoches Parish Fire District #7 and Natchitoches Regional Medical Center EMS were on the scene of an overturned Log Truck on…
Read article →Huntington ISD to Provide School Supplies for Upcoming Academic Year
School supplies will be provided for students at Huntington ISD this fall. Huntington ISD is once again providing their students with all the necessary school supplies. On the district’s website, the supply list shows all…
Read article →SCAM ALERT: Impostors Posing as Expedia Reps
Scammers are using Expedia Group’s name to take thousands of dollars from consumers. According to the Better Business Bureau serving Northwest and Pacific, there have been several reports in the past several days from those…
Read article →Bayer Recalls 990 Vials of Drugs that Treat Serious Bleeding
Bayer is voluntarily recalling 990 vials of a biological drug used to help prevent and control serious bleeding in patients with hemophilia A. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported the July 19th…
Read article →Zwolle Man Arrested in Criminal Sexual Conduct Case in Pineville
A Zwolle man was arrested after an investigation into sexual conduct in the Pineville area. RPSO deputies responded on May 8 to a report of criminal sexual conduct involving juveniles that occurred in the Pineville…
Read article →Fighting Back Against Dangerous Summer Heat
Summer heat and humidity is a dangerous duo and cause several health concerns. Heatstroke is one of the most common health conditions with extreme heat. According to Johns Hopkins Symptoms and Remedies: The Complete Home…
Read article →FDA Warns Restaurants and Retailers in Texas and Louisiana About Possible Raw Seafood Contamination
The Food and Drug Administration is advising restaurants and retailers in Louisiana and Texas to stop selling or serving shipments of certain seafood products, particularly salmon and tuna for raw consumption. The FDA said seafood…
Read article →Sulphur Motorcyclist Killed in Vernon Parish Crash
On Saturday, a man from Sulphur was killed in a single vehicle crash in Vernon Parish. Louisiana State Police responded to the crash around 11:10 a.m. on LA Highway 113, south of Pitkin. The crash…
Read article →Buna Man Dies After Hitting Couch in the Middle of I-10
A piece of furniture that had apparently fallen off of a vehicle on Interstate 10 in nearby Orange County is being blamed for the death of a Buna man. The Texas Department of Public Safety…
Read article →Truck Thieves Strike Again, This Time in Buna. Three Trucks Stolen, Two Vehicles and one House Burglarized
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Department says that three pickup trucks were reported stolen on Thursday morning in the Buna area, while at least two vehicles and one house were burglarized overnight. This comes about one…
Read article →Lufkin Police Urge Caution After Card Skimmers Found at Convenience Stores
The Lufkin Police Department is citizens who use credit or debit cards to use caution after skimmers were found at two convenience stores. The skimmers were found on store checkout counter card readers near the…
Read article →Missing DeSoto Parish Man Has Been Found
A DeSoto Parish man who disappeared earlier this month has been found. “Johnathan Tracy Marshall has been safely located as of July 18, 2019,” the Sheriff’s Office reports . The Sheriff’s Office put out a…
Read article →Loggers Find Human Remains Near Where Authorities Searched for Missing Natchitoches Man Earlier This Year
Human remains have been found near where authorities searched for a Natchitoches man who went missing seven months ago. Deputies and volunteers searched by ground, air and water on three separate occasions early this year…
Read article →6 Parishes Added to Emergency Declaration For After Barry
Governor John Bel Edwards’ request for a federal emergency disaster declaration has now been expanded to include six more parishes, bringing the total up to 41. The parishes added are Allen, Beauregard, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline,…
Read article →LSU Sophomore Struck, Killed by SUV on Nicholson Drive; Vigil Planned
A teenager was fatally struck by an SUV Tuesday, July 16, according to Louisiana State Police. Baton Rouge Police detectives say Sarah James, 19, of Montz, La., was struck and killed by a 2001 GMC…
Read article →Woman Dies in East Texas Crash Involving Log Truck
A woman is dead following a crash involving a log truck on Wednesday morning. Authorities got a call just one mile west outside of Atlanta, Texas on Highway 77. The cause of the crash is…
Read article →Update: Missing 15-Year-Old Texas Girl Found Safe
Emily Nicole Childs has been found, police now say. They did not elaborate on where she was located, but they did say she was safe. Police would not say if the teen was found with…
Read article →Statewide Burn Ban Rescinded
State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning, in conjunction with Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, are rescinding the statewide burn ban put in place during the state’s recent tropical weather emergency. The lifting of the…
Read article →Amber Alert From Arizona Canceled After Children Found in Louisiana
A man and woman at the center of an Amber Alert were found approximately 1,000 miles from where the alert was issued. Now the pair are in police custody and their children are safe. Louisiana…
Read article →Authorities Identify Woman Run Down By SUV, Killing Her
A Webster Parish resident is the woman who died when she was run down by and pinned under an SUV in Shreveport. Authorities have identified her as 21-year-old Louquandelyn Hargrove, of Minden. She died just…
Read article →DPS: Man Ejected From Dump Truck in 1-Vehicle Shelby County Rollover Crash
A medical helicopter transported a man to a Shreveport hospital after he was ejected from a dump truck that rolled over in Shelby County Friday morning. According to a press release, Texas Department of Public…
Read article →Police Jury Meeting
The Sabine Parish Police Jury will hold a regularly schedule meeting on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 9 a.m. in the Police Jury Meeting Room of the Sabine Parish Courthouse, 400 S. Capitol Street, in…
Read article →UPDATED: DeSoto Manhunt Suspect Hospitalized with Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
An hours-long manhunt in DeSoto Parish is over now that the suspect is in custody. Sheriff Jayson Richardson says 37-year-old Greggory Lynn Jordan has been taken into custody by DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office. Jordan was…
Read article →Man Dies After Being Shot in His Chest on July Street in Natchitoches
A Natchitoches man is dead, and police are trying to identify who killed him. It happened about 10:34 a.m. Saturday on July Street in Natchitoches. That’s where officers found 36-year-old Willie Willis with a gunshot…
Read article →Anacoco Man Killed in Vernon Parish Crash
An Anacoco man died Friday morning in a single-vehicle crash, according to Louisiana State Police. Timothy C. Pershing, 60, was driving a 2006 Ford pickup truck eastbound on La. Highway 28 West at Walnut Hill…
Read article →Kevin Daigle Trial Moving Back to Lake Charles Saturday due to Tropical Storm Barry
Due to the threat of Tropical Storm Barry, the jury in the capital murder trial of Kevin Daigle is moving back to Lake Charles in time for court Saturday morning—which will likely be the last…
Read article →LADOTD Announced Road Closures in Leesville July 15 & 16, 2019
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) has issued a statement that US 171 Northbound, in Leesville, LA will be closed starting Monday, July 15, 2019 at midnight and reopen on Wednesday, July 16,…
Read article →Teenager Fatally hit by Train Attempting to Cross Tracks
The Caddo Parish Coroner's Office has released the name of a teenager who was hit and killed by a train in Thursday. Jeremy Williams, 17, of the 7100 block of Jewella Avenue, was walking or…
Read article →Police: Shreveport Man Walking Dog Killed in Hit-Run Accident
A 79-year-old man out walking his dog late Tuesday night was hit and killed by a vehicle that left the scene, according to Shreveport police. A cash reward is being offered for information on the…
Read article →Weather Could Cause Problems for Penalty Phase of Kevin Daigle Trial
The penalty phase in the trial of Kevin Daigle is now under way to determine if Daigle should face death for murdering State Trooper Steven Vincent. Both the State and Defense made impassioned pleas in…
Read article →Tropical System Could Impact the ArkLaTex This Weekend
All eyes are on the Gulf of Mexico. The first hurricane of the Atlantic hurricane season is forecast to slam into the Louisiana coast on Saturday and could bring heavy rain to the ArkLaTex on…
Read article →DPS Looking for Driver of Vehicle That Struck, Injured Man Near Center
A 59-year-old man suffered injuries when he was struck by a vehicle on State Highway 7 about five miles east of Center Monday night. According to a Texas Department of Public Safety press release, the…
Read article →Hurricane Hunters to Investigate Invest 92L in Gulf of Mexico Wednesday: See Latest Forecast
A team of Hurricane Hunters is planning to investigate Invest 92L Wednesday afternoon to see if the tropical disturbance is organizing and gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico. The Hurricane Hunters are an Air…
Read article →Kevin Daigle Guilty of First-Degree murder of State Trooper Steven Vincent
Kevin Daigle is guilty of first-degree murder of Louisiana State Trooper Steven Vincent. The 12-person jury went into deliberations at 3:47 p.m. and returned to court with a verdict at 4:05 p.m. Daigle was on…
Read article →SH 7 East Scene of Vehicle-Pedestrian Hit and Run Crash
Residents on State Highway 7 said they were alerted to a loud noise on the roadway and were even more surprised when an injured man came to their door on Monday, July 8, 2019. The…
Read article →First Alert: Tropical Development Likely in the Gulf This Week
The tropics are heating. Tropical development in the Gulf of Mexico is likely later this week. An area of low pressure located over Georgia is forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico towards the…
Read article →Jurors Learn That Kevin Daigle’s Roommate was Killed Before Trooper Vincent
Jurors in the capital murder trial of Kevin Daigle were told yesterday that before Steven Vincent was killed so was Blake Brewer, Daigle’s roommate, who lived on Hollyvale drive. Calcasieu Deputies were asked to check…
Read article →Police Chase Began in Angelina County and Ended in Downtown Newton
Law enforcement officers in Angelina, Jasper, and Newton Counties were involved in a high speed pursuit on Sunday evening. It began somewhere in Angelina County and finally ended in downtown Newton on the Courthouse Square…
Read article →Louisiana State Police Investigate DeSoto Parish Officer-Involved Shooting
An officer-involved shooting on Martin Luther King Drive has left four Desoto Parish deputies on leave. According to the Louisiana State Police, the officers’ leave is a part of their standard procedure. The incident began…
Read article →Funeral Procession to Impact Travel in Bossier City, LaDOTD Says
A funeral procession could mean traffic delays for motorists in Bossier City, the Louisiana highway department advises. Services for Capt. Steven Ross “Steve” Robinson, a former commander of Bossier City-based Louisiana State Police Troop G,…
Read article →LDWF Schedules Drawdown on Bundick Lake
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has scheduled a drawdown for Bundick Lake in Beauregard Parish on August 1, 2019. The drawdown, requested by the Bundick Lake Commission, will allow the parish and landowners…
Read article →Jury Questioning in Kevin Daigle Murder Case to Resume Friday
It may be a holiday, but not in the capital murder trial of Kevin Daigle. On Fourth of July morning there was scarcely a car on the street in downtown Lafayette,but prosecutors, defense attorneys and…
Read article →One Person Injured in Early-Morning Log Truck Rollover on U.S. Highway 69
A two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 69 north near Pollok resulted in a traffic delay early Wednesday morning, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. At approximately 7:20 a.m. a 2003 Peterbilt truck tractor…
Read article →Ragin' Cajun Baseball Coach Tony Robichaux has Died
Tony Robichaux, the head baseball coach of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has died at the age of 57, according to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Robichaux suffered a heart attack on June…
Read article →Sabine Parish School Board Meeting
The Sabine Parish School Board will hold a public meeting Monday, July 8, 2019 at 5:45 p.m. at the Sabine Parish School Board Office. For more information, call (318) 256-9228.
Read article →End of watch: Former Louisiana State Police Troop G Commander Dies
The Northwest Louisiana area law enforcement community is mourning the death of a former commander of Louisiana State Police’s Troop G. Retired Capt. Steve Robinson died June 30 at the age of 56. He "...…
Read article →LDWF Cracking Down on Impaired Boaters This Weekend
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents will be cracking down on impaired boaters for Operation Dry Water weekend from July 5 to July 7. “We are always on the lookout for impaired boat operators,…
Read article →Jury Selection Underway in Kevin Daigle Capital Murder Trial
Nearly four years since the fatal shooting of State Trooper Steven Vincent, jury selection is underway in the trial of the man accused in his killing. Kevin Daigle, 57, is charged with first-degree murder and…
Read article →Girl Missing from California Believed to be in Beauregard Parish
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in finding a missing runaway 16-year-old girl from California. Authorities believe that Jenna Hughes may be in the DeRidder or Beauregard Parish area. Hughes…
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