Keithville News

Celebrating a birthday today: MICHAEL FORET, of Keithville. ... CLARENCE WILSON, 62, of Shreveport.

Gov. Bobby Jindal is showing a bit of irrational and imperious behavior in the afterglow of the 2009 legislative session, perhaps emboldened by his successes with mostly compliant lawmakers.

BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal's use of his line-item veto pen this week scratched through 53 items and provisions, slicing millions of dollars that were to go to local governments and organizations throughout the state.

Shriners Hospital in Shreveport may get a reprieve. Members of the board that oversees the hospital are discussing a partnership with LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport. Representatives of each group met Tuesday in anticipation of the Shriners annual meeting, at which some 1,500 delegates will decide the fate of the Shreveport hospital and five ...

Natchitoches Parish officials have ended a boil advisory for three areas, but residents of 1 Keithville waterworks district and the South DeSoto Water System still have to boil their water before using it.

Residents of a Keithville waterworks district will remain under a boil advisory for yet another day.

Chad Dewayne Adkins and Susan Paige Carroll, both of Shreveport. Marcus Dewayne Gidron and Chasity Demetria Smith, both of Shreveport.

Natalie White, an eighth-grader at Keithville Middle School, was determined to sell her wares Thursday at BizCamp 2009 at Louisiana Boardwalk.

A voluntary boil advisory is in effect for water customers in the 2700 through 3100 blocks of Poland Street in Shreveport, city officials said.

The Shreveport National Weather Service reports that Shreveport made it to 100 degrees today for the first time this year.

Celebrating a birthday today: MABLE GOLSTON, of Shreveport. ... MARY CRAIG, 60, of Shreveport.

Legislation to establish a loan program to help Louisiana health care providers move to an electronic medical records system cleared a House panel Thursday.

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana community hospitals are facing cuts that could endanger services.

Forget the hype about recycling. I boycott all 'blue cans.' Today I made the mistake of thinking I could recycle a garbage sack full of plastic bottles and another one full of glass bottles.

Willis-Knighton Health System Quick Care's Shreveport and Bossier City locations have been awarded 'Certified Urgent Care' designation from the Urgent Care Association of America.

A Keithville family must now plan a funeral just a year after planning for the birth of a baby boy.

Heather Michelle Gasper and Philip Andrew Rhodes, both of Monroe, are engaged to be married on June 20, 2009, at Grawood Baptist Church, Keithville, La.

Andre' Carter and Vanisha Faye Williams, both of Shreveport. Gary Allen Fair and Faye Ann Phillips Free, both of Mooringsport.

Celebrating a birthday today: PATRICE THOMAS, 26, of Shreveport. ... KENDALL FARMER, of Haughton.

Celebrating a birthday today: TIFFANY SAMUEL, of Shreveport. ... WILLENE ABRAHAM, 63, of Shreveport.