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Hot Weekend, Isolated Storms Possible

A Heat Advisory is in effect through Sunday evening, a weak cold front may bring showers and storms to some areas around the ArkLaTex. » More

Police: Video Shows Molestation

Shreveport police say teenagers used a cell phone to record a toddler being sexually molested. » More

Tracking Predators

Probation & Parole officers track offenders in real time. » More

City To Offer Water-Rescue Demonstrations

Reacting to the deaths of six teenagers who drowned trying to save another teen in the Red River earlier this month, the city of Shreveport is going to offer free water-rescue demonstrations this Saturday and next. » More

Egg Recall Expanded

A second farm in Iowa is recalling eggs due to salmonella poisoning. » More

Construction Manager Accused Of Theft

A manager on a construction project in Caddo Parish has been arrested on charges he stole more than $200,000 from the company by manipulating invoices and taking kickbacks from a subcontractor, sheriff's investigators said. » More

Funeral Arrangements For Local Radio Personality

Funeral arrangements have been made for local radio personality Gary Robinson, who died Thursday after a courageous battle with Chron's disease. » More

Letter From School Tells Parents Student Has Meningitis

Funeral services were held Thursday for Will Mathews, the Calvary Baptist Academy student believed to have died from meningitis. Loyola College Prep sent a letter home to parents this week letting them know a sophomore there was diagnosed with the virus. » More

Texas Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend

Texas' annual sales tax "holiday," where shoppers don't have to pay state and local sales taxes on many purchases, is this weekend. » More

Changing Term Limits Won't Be On Caddo Ballot

The Caddo Parish Commission on Thursday voted against a proposal to let voters decide if they want to do away with term limits for commissioners. » More

News Headlines

Police: Video Shows Molestation

Shreveport police say teenagers used a cell phone to record a toddler being sexually molested. » More

Tracking Predators

Probation & Parole officers track offenders in real time. » More

Egg Recall Expanded

A second farm in Iowa is recalling eggs due to salmonella poisoning. » More

City To Offer Water-Rescue Demonstrations

Construction Manager Accused Of Theft

Letter From School Tells Parents Student Has Meningitis

Texas Sales Tax Holiday This Weekend

Texas' annual sales tax "holiday," where shoppers don't have to pay state and local sales taxes on many purchases, is this weekend. » More

Shreveport Radio Personality Dies

Gary Robinson, a morning show host and program director for radio station Mix 97.3, died Thursday afternoon. He suffered from Chron's disease. » More

Changing Term Limits Won't Be On Caddo Ballot

The Caddo Parish Commission on Thursday voted against a proposal to let voters decide if they want to do away with term limits for commissioners. » More

Fire At Bossier Fast Food Restaurant

The Bossier City Fire Department responded to a fire this morning at the Wendy’s restaurant in the 2700 block of Airline Drive. » More

Mother Doesn't Show To Answer Child-Desertion Charges

A woman facing misdemeanor child-desertion charges for allegedly putting her toddler in a storage room while she cleaned a movie theater did not show up in court for her arraignment and now has a warrant out for her arrest. » More

New Garbage Trucks Arrive

The first of the city of Shreveport's 14 new garbage trucks have arrived, and all of them should be on the streets next week. The trucks will hopefully allow the city to get back to its normal schedule for garbage pickup, which has been plagued with delays because so many trucks break down. » More

Glover Says He Declined Offer in Sting Operation

Sparks fly over Glover's travel expenses

An FBI sting operation that led to the indictments of two South Louisiana mayors on bribery charges approached Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover about a garbage-can cleaning venture, but he told them no. » More

Suit Filed Over Woman's Escalator Death

A woman who fell on the escalator at the Sears department store in Shreveport suffered fatal injuries by being mauled by the steps of the moving staircase, her family says in a wrongful-death lawsuit against the retailer. » More

Two Deaths Heat Related

Two deaths this week -- one in Bossier Parish, the other in Claiborne Parish -- were direct results of the heat, medical examiners have concluded. » More

S.W.A.T. Tackles Heat

Staying in shape isn't an option for the DeSoto Parish S.W.A.T. team. » More

First School Day For Caddo Students

Caddo Parish public school students returned to classes today. There will be a big change for many high school students in the district. A form of block scheduling starts this year for students at all Caddo schools. This means students will have eight classes a year on alternating days instead of the old six- or seven-period schedule. » More

Special-needs Child Attacked In Neighborhood

A Bossier City mother said her special-needs son was attacked and hit by two neighborhood boys as he walked home from a friend's house this past weekend. » More

Three Brothers Killed Over Video Game System

Three brothers -- ages 13, 18 and 20 -- were ambushed and killed Monday night in a dispute believed to be over a video game. » More

Bossier Looks At Adjusting Long, Hot Bus Routes

Bossier Parish schools officials said they will work to modify the bus routes for students who have been moved to new school districts and find themselves having to take longer bus rides. » More

Police Department Employee Accused Of Theft

SPD investigates pedestrian involved accident

A civilian employee in the Shreveport police office that issues cards to sell alcoholic drinks and work in sexually oriented businesses has been arrested for pocketing application fees. » More

He Stole Her Heart And The Credit Card, Too

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something...stolen? A Shreveport man has been arrested on charges he took a credit card from his fiancee's purse and used it to buy her engagement ring. » More

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Webster Parish man dies in boating accident

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