Belcher News

<![CDATA[Celebrating a birthday today: Dexter Potts, of Boston. ... Katherine "Puddin Pie" Stringer, 57, of Shreveport. ... Robert Galloway, 11, son of Cheimeka Bradley, of Shreveport. ... Terrance Patterson, of Shreveport. ... Vera Winans, 81, of Shreveport. ... Caleb Gipson, 13, of Belcher. Celebrated a birthday April 27: Charles Wilkinson, of Vivian. ... Doris Alexander, of Shreveport. Celebrated a birthday April 28: Evelyn Wilcox, of Shreveport. Editor's note: Caddo, Bossier and DeSoto Animal Control will not pick up all unwanted animals. If you bring in your domestic animal, mainly dogs and cats, the Animal Control office will accept them. Bossier Animal Control, (318) 741-8499, Caddo Animal Control, (318) 226-6624 or DeSoto Animal Control, (318) 871-2900. Dogs and cats are available for adoption at Bossier, Caddo and Desoto. To place information in Stroller, call (318) 459-3233 between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. weekdays and between 2 and 5 p.m. weekends. Send email to pealy@shreveporttimes.com Label: Attention Stroller.

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a tornado warning until 6:45 p.m. for parts of Caddo and Bossier parishes.

The week that Lafayette native Ashley Hebert competed for the Miss Black USA 2012 title and finished in the Top 15 was the best of her life, she said recently.

See fields of cotton fields ready for picking. Take a look at a working cotton gin.

Two people were arrested today in connection with a fraudulent land transfer involving property belonging to a woman who has been dead for 17 years.