Haughton News

Former NFL tight end Mike Barber mixed Jeff Foxworthy-style jokes with humility to entertain and inspire Thursday at the 28th annual Shreveport-Bossier Mayors' Prayer Breakfast.

First the planning commission, then bad weather, but after a couple of delays the giant cross is now up in Haughton.

Meteorologists from the National Weather Service set out Friday tracking the paths of the previous day's tornadoes, getting visual confirmation of the weather alerts they'd issued via uprooted trees, downed power lines and at least 100 damaged homes.

The Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the Red Cross has closed its shelter at a Haughton elementary school.

We begin our trip high above the Ark-La-Tex near the Wallace Lake area, just south of Shreveport.

STATEMENT FROM GOVERNOR BOBBY JINDAL'S OFFICE: Following severe weather in North and Southwest Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal has issued a statewide emergency declaration today to assist in the deployment and staging of state assets to support affected parishes in responding to the emergency.

An aerial view of flooding around Wallace Lake and Red Chute Bayou shows just how difficult the situation is for the people living near both bodies of water.

Share + Oct 30, 2009 6:30 am US/Pacific SHREVEPORT, La. 1 of 1 A tornado was responsible for the destruction of a steeple from a prominent church in Shreveport, La., on Oct.

The steeple has fallen from the top of the First Methodist Church in downtown Shreveport.

High school marching bands from Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas are scheduled to compete in the 2009 Northwestern State University Marching Contest Saturday at Turpin Stadium on the NSU campus in Natchitoches.

Bossier Sheriff's deputies need the public's help in finding a Haughton man wanted for domestic abuse battery.

The Louisiana attorney general and the Office of the Inspector General are investigating the state's largest police retirement system, whose ownership of Louisiana golf courses has been under fire for years.

The Louisiana inspector general and the state attorney general are jointly investigating the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System, an attorney for the system said Monday.

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

Stroller October 7, 2009 Birthdays Celebrating a birthday today: RA'CAYLA A. BROWN, 4, daughter of CARLOS RA'COLE BROWN, of Shreveport.

Gary and Susan Bryant of Shreveport are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Allison Margaret Bryant, to Brandon William Earl, son of William and Rhonda Earl of Monroe.

I hadn't planned on a mid-concert diaper change, my boy's passion for climbing the fold-down seats, or my wife's squirming embarrassment about his need to dance, but none of that spoiled the pleasures of taking my 2-year-old to the symphony this past Spring.

A Wednesday night traffic stop in Bossier Parish led to the arrest of a Haughton man on several charges including possession of cocaine.

Autumn is officially here. That means cooler weather, rainy days and lots of fun activities to look forward to, like homecoming at the local high schools.

When Big Cane Baptist Church in Morrow, Louisiana Baptist Association, needed help rounding up enough workers for Vacation Bible School this summer, they posted the need on the Louisiana Baptist Convention's Cast The Net website: www.lbc.org/castthenet. South Central Baptist Church in Wisner, Deer Creek Baptist Association, sent six workers.