Grand Cane News

DESOTO PARISH, LA A gas well blowout killed a man and left another injured. It happened just before 11 AM on Wednesday, three miles east of Grand Cane in DeSoto Parish.

GRAND CANE, LA Imagine spending your life savings on your dream home, only to discover you'll be surrounded by gas wells.

SHREVEPORT, LA Fifteen families got the 'all clear' to return home Friday, two days after a gas well explosion forced their evacuation in north DeSoto Parish, 35-miles south of Shreveport.

DESOTO PARISH, LA Authorities have evacuated everyone who lives within a two-mile radius of a gas well head that exploded Wednesday morning.

One person is dead and up to three more people are injured after a natural gas well blowout in the Grand Cane area.

GRAND CANE, La. - The DeSoto Parish Sheriff's Office says one worker was killed and a second seriously injured by a natural gas well blowout.

The first arts show in Grand Cane in April drew 32 artists and more than 400 visitors, which more than doubled the village's population.

State officials are asking oil and gas operators to help ensure that water drawn from domestic wells is not being used for industrial purposes, particularly in the hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells.

Local veterans will be honored during worship services at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 401 Gum St.

Dozens of Veterans Day events and related activities will occur over the course of the next week or more, with large events planned over the weekend.

An emergency situation in Grand Cane has been averted after well that was spewing natural gas into the air for about 30 minutes has been brought under control.

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Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell will hold meetings next week in Arcadia and Ruston to allow residents to discuss concerns about their electricity, natural gas and other utility services.

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

Caddo property owners can prepay their taxes to avoid paying lump sums at the end of the year.

The Northwest Louisiana affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure raised more than $241,000 with this year's Race for the Cure.

Zachary, Houma and New Iberia are among 12 communities Louisiana Economic Development picked for a six-month pilot program to help prepare them to compete with out-of-state locations for good jobs, business development projects and capital investment.

The Historic Grand Cane Association is already putting out the call for vendors to participate in the annual Pioneer Christmas Parade & Trade Day set for Dec.

DeSoto EMS is nearing an end to a three-month trial of a manual CPR device and likely will purchase at least two for the four taxpayer-funded ambulances that serve the parish.

PELICAN - Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society's Lodge 54 will hold a special community ceremony Friday to honor the heroes and victims of the Sept.