Mooringsport News

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

Even Vincent Van Gogh's sunflower paintings pale in comparison to the lovely sunflowers that bloomed at Saturday's Sunflower Trail and Festival in Gilliam.

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

IDA - Caddo commissioners got a little wild this week. The elected leaders eyed snakes, squirrels and baby alligators near Blanchard and giant salvinia plants in Mooringsport during a tour of parish-run parks.

A Mooringsport man is suspected of committing a sex crime over the weekend and another dating to 1972.

A Mooringsport man is now behind bars for allegedly committing a pair of sex crimes.

Climiter Lee Cosby III and Shermaine LaShelle Poole, both of Bossier City. Christopher Todd Lardux and Amelia Lyn Scrutchfield Marshall, both of Weleetka, Okla.

Four people are sitting in a Bossier Parish jail cell with bonds more than $35,000. The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office says they are each facing charges of possession with the intent to distribute Codeine and Marijuana and charges of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter was a man whose life, like that of any other man, had its ups and downs.

If a time capsule or a plaque on the moon had to mention one music figure native to northwest Louisiana who almost defines American music, that person most likely would be Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter.

William Barrett Carter and Lindsay Erin Watts, both of Shreveport. Thomas James Eaves and Jennifer Nicole Lack, both of Shreveport.

Storms bearing strong winds - and possibly a tornado - caused at least one injury late Thursday and early this morning in the Shreveport-Bossier City area.

A tree fell on a car in the 3100 block of Aston Street, trapping a woman, when a storm possibly involving a tornado moved through Shreveport at 10:53 p.m., law enforcement reported to the National Weather Service.

Republican Steve Riall defeated Democrat Neil Kalberg in the race for District 1 representative on the Caddo Parish School Board.

Two nine-year-old boys and one of their dads have something to be very proud of this evening.

Celebrating a birthday today: EMMA DEBORAH DUNN, of Shreveport. ... JORDAN ARMON KELLY, 6, of Bossier City.

United Theological Seminary and Bible College in Shreveport will present the 16th annual David Matthew Institute Preaching, Teaching and Leadership Conference from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 3300 Greenwood Road, Shreveport.

The 2009 Sounds of Thunder Classic Battle of the Drumlines is set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the University Christian Prep School gym, 4800 Old Mooringsport Road in Shreveport.

A man killed in a traffic crash in north Caddo Parish this past weekend has been identified as Todd Allen Robertson, 25, of the 6100 block of Pine Tree Loop in Shreveport.

Bossier Parish schools face major changes ahead High winds keep firefighters busy at Shreveport house fire Mining accident kills worker in DeSoto Parish Repo man dangers Lufkin H.S. segregating classes to help ...