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Oil Sheen Spreading From Gulf Platform Explosion

The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana. » More

Oil Sheen Spreading From Gulf Platform Explosion

The Coast Guard is saying that a mile-long oil sheen is spreading from the site off an offshore petroleum platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana. » 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

Hurricane Earl Grows In Strength

Hurricane Earl had grown in size and strength and was moving faster and closer to the Eastern Seaboard of the United States today. » 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

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

Fundraising Reports Due in Lt. Governor's Race

The latest campaign fundraising reports are due in the Louisiana lieutenant governor's race, offering a glimpse of who's got the edge a month before the election. » 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

Amtrak Picking Up Speed In Arklatex

What if you could get to Dallas in less than two hours or to the east coast in half a day. » More

Keithville Teenager Charged With Rape

Caddo sheriff's deputies arrested a 17-year-old Keithville teen for the aggravated rape of a 12-year-old runaway girl. » More

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

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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

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

Arrest Made In Teen's Murder

An arrest has been made in connection with the slaying of a 16-year-old boy who was found shot to death earlier this month in north Shreveport, police said Friday. » More

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Gulf Oil Spill

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