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Coast Guard: No Oil Sheen From Gulf Fire

The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico. » More

Bradshaw: Don't Lessen Roethlisberger Suspension

NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw has not let up on his criticism of Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, saying in Shreveport this week that he hopes the league doesn't lessen Roethlisberger's six-game suspension over his behavior in a Georgia bar earlier this year. » More

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Crews Battle Fire In Red River Parish

Crews from De Soto and Red River Parishes and International Paper answered the call Thursday at Murphy Bonded on Highway 509 just off Highway 1. » More

Radio Broadcaster Faye Fisher Dies

Faye Fisher, the first black female radio broadcaster in Shreveport, died Thursday. She was 77. » More

Size of Wooley Signs Challenged In Court

A Shreveport attorney went to court Thursday to try to force mayoral candidate Bryan Wooley to taken down oversize campaign signs. » More

Cooler Weather This Weekend

A cold front is forecast to increase our rain chance tonight through Friday then cool us down for the holiday weekend. » More

Coast Guard: No Oil Sheen From Gulf Fire

The Coast Guard is backing off its earlier report that an oil sheen about a mile long was spreading following a platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico. » More

Temporary Cap That Stopped Oil Gusher Removed

Engineers have removed a temporary cap that stopped oil from gushing into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's blown-out well in mid-July. » More

Hurricane Earl Weakens But Still Has Big Punch

Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a Category 3 storm on Thursday but people along the East Coast were still bracing for a powerful punch. » More

Second Amendment Tax Holiday This Weekend

Hunters and campers can save money this weekend on guns, ammunition, knives and certain clothing items. The state of Louisiana's sales tax "holiday" on such gear will be in effect. » More

Republicans suffering for 2008 bank bailout vote

Capital One Invests In MLK Neighborhood

Capital One bank has joined forces with Southern University at Shreveport to bring the first ever bank branch into the Martin Luther King neighborhood. » More

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Bradshaw: Don't Lessen Roethlisberger Suspension

Capital One Invests In MLK Neighborhood

Capital One bank has joined forces with Southern University at Shreveport to bring the first ever bank branch into the Martin Luther King neighborhood. » More

Radio Broadcaster Faye Fisher Dies

Faye Fisher, the first black female radio broadcaster in Shreveport, died Thursday. She was 77. » More

Size of Wooley Signs Challenged In Court

A Shreveport attorney went to court Thursday to try to force mayoral candidate Bryan Wooley to taken down oversize campaign signs. » More

Second Amendment Tax Holiday This Weekend

Hunters and campers can save money this weekend on guns, ammunition, knives and certain clothing items. The state of Louisiana's sales tax "holiday" on such gear will be in effect. » More

Louisiana College Law School Takes Form

Shreveport beat out two other Louisiana cities to become the location for the newest law school in the state. Wednesday afternoon Louisiana College announced where it will be housed. » More

Ruling Expands Police Power In DWI Stops

A law enforcement officer can stop someone for DWI outside their jurisdiction if the driver poses an "imminent danger" to others, a state appeals court said in a ruling in two Bossier Parish cases. The ruling set precedent: Until now, officers outside their jurisdiction could only stop people suspected of felonies. » More

Cancer Patient's Home Burglarized

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Satonia Small Sentencing Postponed After New Lawyer Enrolls

Sentencing was postponed Wednesday for Satonia Small, the Shreveport woman convicted of murder after her 6-year-old daughter died in a fire after being left home alone. » More

More Violence Against Officers

Monday night's stabbing of a Shreveport police officer is just one several recent acts of violence. » More

Inmate Falls To His Death During Escape Attempt

An inmate's attempt to escape from the Bi-State Justice Center by lowering himself from the roof with a makeshift rope failed when the rope broke, sending him plummeting five stories to his death. » More

Mansfield Economy Booms

The Haynesville Shale draws businesses to DeSoto Parish » More

Water Woes In Webster

People who are on the Palmetto Waterworks water system in Webster Parish have been dealing with dirty water for nearly a decade. » More

Accused SRAC Arsonist Ruled Competent To Stand Trial

$SA\RAC Arsonist Competent To Stand Trial$

Gary Vinson, the man accused of an arson spree that included the burning of the headquarters of the Shreveport Regional Arts Council, is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge said today. » More

17-year-old Accused Of Raping Boys

A 17-year-old has been arrested on charges he raped two underage boys during a sleepover at their home. » More

Police Identify Officer Involved In Shooting

The man shot by a Shreveport police officer this past weekend faces drug and assault charges after he is released from the hospital, police said. » More

Five Years Later: Family Reflects On Life After Katrina

The Chapman family spent August 29th 2010 much like they did on this date 5 years ago, with their eyes glued to the television watching documentaries about the recovery of their hometown of New Orleans. » More

Life Nothing Like Imagined Five Years Ago

The Arklatex served as a safe haven for countless Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 2005, and many of them made a permanent home here. » More

Police Take Back Streets

Nearly a dozen suspected drug dealers are behind bars after a round-up in the small town of Homer. » More

Exterminator Getting More Calls About Bed Bugs

The saying "don't let the bed bugs bite" is back in vogue. America thought they were mostly eradicated last century -- but the pesky inspects are back around the country, including in Shreveport-Bossier area. » More

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Get Latest News On Gulf Oil Spill

Find out what's being done to plug and clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. » More

Gulf Oil Spill: Watch It Grow

An estimated 5,000 barrels of oil a day has leaked into the Gulf of Mexico since the offshore rig explosion that killed 11 BP workers in April. View the oil spill's progression via NOAA images here. » More