Frierson News

For nearly three decades, Ida Mae Clark has worked for the same Shreveport family.

Going ... Going ... And sold - a dinner for 12 for $6,000! It was one of several auction items which brought $70,000 in the live auction at the $175-a-person Las Vegas Night Dec.

Area singers are invited to participate in Handel's "The Messiah," which will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church in Mansfield.

It's clear northwest Louisiana belongs to the South, but if ever there is a doubt, a drive on Louisiana Highway 175 will remove it.

Rogers, John, 59, of Bossier City, died Nov. 18; services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Temple of Vision Ministry Baptist Church, Shreveport; burial in Zion Rest Cemetery, Shreveport; arrangements by Purvis Funeral Home, Mansfield.

FRIERSON, La. - Flushed evidence doesn't go far if your toilet's on a septic system.

MANSFIELD - The length narcotics agents will go to retrieve evidence in a drug investigation was evident Friday when DeSoto sheriff's deputies excavated a septic system to recover a bag of methamphetamine that had been flushed in the commode.

Lane A. Carson Secretary Louisiana Veterans Affairs Department As a combat disabled Vietnam veteran, I am responding to 'Veterans home fills an important need' and hope to put an end to any fears your readers may have regarding changes being made in the delivery of physician and pharmacy care in Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs veterans' ...

MINDEN - Dozens of roads throughout the region are closed today because of high water.

Parishes outside of Caddo and Bossier escaped the brunt of Thursday's storms. Water-covered roads, some downed trees and a lot of anxious moments were reported by day's end.

Apollo Elementary will celebrate its 40th birthday from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the school at 2400 Viking Drive in Bossier City.

GRAND CANE - BackAlley Community Theater will present "God and Country," a program of patriotic and gospel music, at 7 p.m. Nov.

More criminal charges have been filed against a Frierson man from whom authorities seized 15 malnourished dogs last week.

John Maynard had a few tricks up his sleeve Oct. 3 when he introduced the Krewe of Atlas Court.

This feature, which runs Fridays, features people wanted on criminal charges by local law enforcement agencies.

MANSFIELD - The Frierson man who owned 15 malnourished dogs turned himself into DeSoto sheriff's investigators late Wednesday afternoon after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

MANSFIELD - Citizens' complaints about suspected drug activity in areas around Mansfield led to the arrests of eight people in recent days by the DeSoto sheriff's Directed Patrol Unit.

ARCADIA - A hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Arcadia to determine if the Ringgold mayor's position should be declared vacant.

LOGANSPORT - DeSoto police jurors tentatively have scheduled a special meeting Aug.

Maggie Lee Henson had remained in critical condition at University Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., where she was being treated for severe head injuries.