Coushatta News

Louisiana State Police say a trooper is on paid leave after being booked with battery, assault and false imprisonment of a judge after a traffic stop.

COUSHATTA - An independent contractor is dead and another man is hospitalized after both were trapped underground while working on a sewer line in Coushatta, Police Chief Charlie Adams said.

A decision by the United Way of Acadiana to no longer fund the Evangeline Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America means the group is scrambling to fill a $90,000 hole in its budget.

COUSHATTA - Red River Parish is no longer the only parish in the state not to have a true E-911 system.

NATCHITOCHES - The city of Natchitoches will hold a fireworks display over Cane River Lake about 9 p.m. today on the southern end of the riverbank downtown.

Nearly all the state's Southern Baptist churches are hosting a vacation Bible school this summer.

COUSHATTA - Today was a day of celebration for EnCana Oil & Gas as it was joined by public officials and community members in marking the opening of its new field office on a 500-acre tract north of the town.

Two companies in the thick of the Haynesville Shale natural gas exploration and production will celebrate openings of new field offices this week and next week.

Principal of the Year finalists named in La. Four north Louisiana principals are among 21 Principal of the Year regional winners, putting them in the running for the state award, according to the Louisiana Department of Education.

Kevin Sickey has been re-elected to a second 4-year term as tribal chairman of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana in a runoff.

Growing up in West Monroe, Josh Newell watched in awe as the greats in professional wrestling performed year after year at the Monroe Civic Center.

Mahogany Ensemble Theatre and Bossier Arts Council will hold auditions for the Broadway musical 'Dreamgirls' at 6 p.m. today.

Red River Parish authorities say a 10-year-old boy, who had been target practicing with another boy, fatally shot himself when he pulled the trigger thinking the handgun was unloaded.

COUSHATTA - The last day of school turned tragic today for a 10-year-old Red River Elementary School student who was fatally shot in the chest while he and a 9-year-old friend played with a gun.

Bossier City police have arrested a man who allegedly touched two young girls inappropriately at the Bossier City State Fair this past weekend.

A flash flood watch is currently in effect for Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne, Lincoln and Webster parishes in the Shreveport region, according to the National Weather Service in Shreveport.

Five people have been charged in connection with an alleged shooting incident April 30 that left one person wounded, according to Catahoula Parish Sheriff's Office.

OKLAHOMA CITY AEP Southwestern Power Co. and subsidiary Dolet Hills Lignite Co. announced Thursday that they have entered into an agreement with North American Coal Corp.

If you were out of a job, how far would you go to get a new one? Donna Byrne is going halfway across the country -- on horseback.

Four men are accused of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, at least one of whom is accused of soliciting photos and a face-to-face meeting via the Internet, according to Louisiana state police, Troop G. The fourth man wanted in the crime, James Johnson Jr., 26, of the 9000 block of Kingston Road in Shreveport, was arrested by state troopers April ...