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  • Drugs in daycare

    November 16, 2009

    A Rogers, Arkansas couple has been arrested for allegedly selling cocaine from a home daycare. Timothy and Denise Boston are accused of selling the drug to an undercover officer at Denise's Home Day Care in Rogers, Arkansas. Police say narcotics officers bought the cocaine from Timothy Boston with Denise... more »
  • Man arrested for carrying a gun in the mall

    November 16, 2009

    Monroe police officers arrested a man on charges of carrying a weapon in the mall. Authorities say Joshua Willis, 20, was walking around the Pecanland Mall in Monroe with a gun. Willis was said to have been seen carrying the gun in the waistband of his pants. As police... more »
  • FDA backs off oyster ban after strong criticism

    November 14, 2009

    The Obama administration is backing off a plan to ban raw oysters from the Gulf of Mexico during warm weather.    The FDA acted after meeting with fierce resistance from the oyster industry and Gulf Coast lawmakers. Instead, the agency told lawmakers Friday it will put the proposal on hold... more »
  • Police involved in deadly shooting

    November 8, 2009

    Police in Paragould, Akansas say they recieved a threatening phone call at the police station before the weekend on Friday. The caller was at a mobile home park and authorities say two officers responded shortly after they received the call. Through the investigation police say when the officers arrived,... more »
  • Arkansas man gets 1 year prison time after racial plot

    November 7, 2009

    A man has been sentenced to a year in prison in a plot to run a white woman and her three biracial children out of a small town by burning a cross in her yard. Dustin I. Nix is one of five men convicted in the June 2008 cross... more »
  • Obama to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday

    November 7, 2009

    The White House says President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service Tuesday at Fort Hood where a gunman fatally shot 13 people. Obama earlier today said in his radio and Internet address that the training designed to keep U.S. forces safe abroad prevented further deaths and ended Thursday's... more »
  • Prominent rapper arrested

    November 6, 2009

    Baby Gangsta was arrested for a felony gun charge. Christopher Dorsey, 28, also known as the rapper B.G. was arrested and booked into jail after a traffic stop where New Orleans officers recovered three guns. Two of the guns were reported stolen. Authorities say two others in the vehicle... more »
  • A manager at an apartment complex is arrested for theft

    November 6, 2009

    Sheriff's deputies arrested a woman who was accused of stealing more than $12,000 from Family Manor Apartments in Baton Rouge. Shanetria Parker, 34, was a manager at the complex and reports say she took tenants' rent money by making their money orders out to herself. Police say she... more »
  • A woman almost stole $300,000

    November 5, 2009

    A Slidell woman has admitted to stealing close to $300,000 from her employer. Jessie Munch, 60, said that she stole $287,000 from a New Orleans air conditioning and heating company to feed her gambling habit and to pay bills. Yesterday she pleaded guilty yesterday to wire fraud in federal court... more »
  • A child is put in scalding hot water

    November 5, 2009

    A father sits behind bars after police say the man placed his 4 year old son in a tub of scalding hot water. Carey Cortez was booked yesterday into the city jail on a charge of cruelty to a juvenile. Some teachers at the child's elementary school in Opelousas... more »

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