Columbia News

The Ouachita River will likely fall below flood stage in Monroe on Thursday for the first time in almost two months, but the falling river will likely take more bank with it as it recedes.

As the Ouachita River continues its gradual fall, bank cave-ins are now a growing concern.

Louisiana state troopers Tuesday night awoke a Columbia man and charged him with drunk driving.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Watch for parts of the Ark-La-Tex. The watch is expected to remain in effect until 9 p.m. tonight.

Four Thanksgiving holiday deaths in Union and Caldwell parishes cut short young lives and shattered their families.

The tradition of holiday parades continues Friday and Saturday with two Twin Cities parades and others just a few miles away.

Ouachita parish deputies arrested a Columbia man Tuesday afternoon on a warrant accusing him of vehicular homicide.

A 19-year-old Columbia woman who was not wearing her seat belt was killed Sunday night after being ejected from her vehicle.

KNOE 8 News has learned that an 86-year old Columbia woman died over the weekend.

Grayson and Clarks police officers today were looking for eight people on drug charges.

SHREVEPORT, LA There's bad news for Louisiana daycares. According to a new report, the state comes in next to last when it comes to the quality of child care agencies.

The accident happened around 5:30 in the afternoon yesterday on LA Highway 133. State troopers say 69-year-old Marguerite Hatten from Columbia stopped her van on the side of the road and backed up to help another driver.

A Caldwell Parish woman died Sunday following a two-vehicle crash on Louisiana 133 in Caldwell Parish late Sunday afternoon.

A formal charge of second-degree murder was filed Friday against a man accused of killing his girlfriend's 11-month-old baby in September.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. The Coast Guard closed 111 miles of the Ouachita River from mile marker 221 near the Louisiana and Arkansas border to mile marker 110 near Columbia, La., to all recreational and commercial traffic due to extreme high water and strong current conditions.

The swollen Ouachita River has topped 47 feet, but the rate of its rise has slowed and the levee system remains intact.

The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and The Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority are closely monitoring river stages in the Ouachita River Basin.

Thursday morning, The Ouachita Parish Police Jury declared the parish under a State of Emergency.

The Tensas Levee District says it is time to fix problems along the Ouachita River levee in Caldwell Parish, or troubles lie ahead.

Tensas Basin Levee District board members took emergency action Tuesday to stabilize a caving bank on the Ouachita River in Columbia to avert a possible levee failure if the water continues to rise.