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Webster officials seek storm, flood damage reports
MINDEN - The Webster Parish Office of Homeland Security is asking property owners who have experienced storm or flood damage to their homes or structures over the past few weeks to start reporting damages beginning Friday.
Minden woman, sisters earn listing in Guinness record book
Maggie Mae Thornton Renfro already holds a distinction that has kept her on the record books for more than a year.
Webster tourism panel discusses grants, office relocation
Several matters that crop up often at Webster Parish Convention & Visitors Commission meetings were hashed out in greater detail Tuesday when members gathered for a noon work session.
Regional roads closed, high water areas listed
MINDEN - Dozens of roads throughout the region are closed today because of high water.
Headless calf found on Webster-Claiborne line
MINDEN - Webster sheriff's deputies and local Livestock Brand Commission inspectors are questioning whether a headless calf discovered earlier this month is part of a ritual killing.
History, ghosts on tap in 'Moon over Minden'
Sallie Baker, Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger and a host of ghosts will be joined by hobos, freaks, zombies and aliens as Cultural Crossroads hosts "Moon Over Minden" tonight and Saturday at The Farm.
Insurance checkpoints net one on drug charges
MINDEN - A weekend insurance checkpoint in Webster resulted in the arrests of two people, one on drug charges, according to information from the parish sheriff's office.
Region briefs: Veterans Day program set for Nov. 7
BackAlley Community Theater will present "God and Country," a program of patriotic and gospel music, at 7 p.m. Nov.
Webster deputies round up 16 people on various charges
MINDEN - Recent heavy rains, broken up with some rays of sunshine, have not slowed down Webster Parish sheriff's investigators, as more than 16 people have been arrested in recent days on charges that include distribution of narcotics, felony carnal knowledge and aggravated burglary, according to a news release.
Patriot Proppants to build new facility in Webster Parish
MINDEN - A new startup company broke ground Tuesday and should begin moving dirt this week for construction of a two-line resin coated proppant facility that will market its product to oil and gas operators in the Haynesville Shale and other natural gas plays across the United States.
Shreveport police seek missing man
The Shreveport Police Department needs the public's help in finding a man who has not been seen since Sept.28. Stanley Hendrick, 49, last was seen getting in a taxi about 3 p.m. that day while leaving a nursing home in the 1500 block of Glen Oak St.
Anne Elizabeth Epperson and Michael Paul Coplen are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.
Region briefs: 'The Grapes of Wrath' set tonight in Minden
"The Grapes of Wrath," which is part of a 21-parish commemoration of the Great Depression, will be shown outdoors tonight at The Farm, 417 E. Union.
Events begin Saturday for Week Without Violence
Saturday begins the annual Week Without Violence, through Oct. 24, by the YWCA of Northwest Louisiana.
Street flooding in northwest Louisiana
Heavy rains flood northwest Louisiana roads and highways as a warm front moves north from the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast.
Region Briefs: Erratic driving leads to drug arrests
This season's final Night for the Museum history program will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Detectives say Minden man admits to sex with 11-year-old
A Minden man has admitted to having sex with an 11-year-old girl for at least a year, Webster sheriff's officials said today.
Surveillance video of Webster A.D.A.'s arrest
The Webster parish chief assistant D.A. is out on bond after Bossier City police arrested him on domestic abuse and intimidation charges.
Minden's Night Out delayed until Nov. 3
MINDEN - Because of the threat of severe thunderstorms later today, Night Out in Minden has been postponed until Nov.