Shongaloo News

Authorities viewed video showing overtopping of the Red Chute Bayou and Flat River guideline levee this morning - a day earlier than they expected, said Bossier City Mayor Lorenz Walker.

Temporary Road Closures : Please note the parish roads currently closed due to washed out culverts and flooding.

Due to a fast recession of Bayou Dorcheat at Springhill, which crested late yesterday at 20.7 feet, waters have receded enough along State Highway 2 from Sarepta to Shongaloo for the state DOTD to feel comfortable with reopening that roadway, Webster sheriff's spokeswoman Jenny Reynolds says.

Reports continue to come in, however, as unruly drivers repeatedly ignore road closures and high water warning signs in an effort to "chance" their way through rising waters.

The National Weather Service says flood levels on Dorcheat Bayou at Springhill, Dixie Inn and Lake Bistineau will hit record or near record flooding levels.

MINDEN - Dozens of roads throughout the region are closed today because of high water.

Authorities in Lafayette County have recovered the body of a woman whose friend told police she vanished as they rode air mattresses over the Lake Erling spillway at dusk.

Voters in parts of DeSoto and Webster parishes will be going to the polls Oct. 17 to decide on three tax renewals.

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.

MINDEN - Three DWI arrests, one drug-related arrest and 19 citations resulted from weekend sobriety checkpoints conducted by the Webster sheriff's office and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

MINDEN - Three DWI arrests, one drug-related arrest and 19 citations resulted from weekend sobriety checkpoints conducted by the Webster sheriff's office and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

MINDEN - Three DWI arrests, one drug-related arrest and 19 citations resulted from weekend sobriety checkpoints conducted by the Webster sheriff's office and Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

MINDEN - This year will be the first in several that Minden High students have not had to dodge construction on campus.

SHONGALOO - A weekend benefit auction for a Webster sheriff's deputy who is battling cancer raised almost $17,000, putting fundraising organizers about 80 toward their goal of $100,000. The money will be used to purchase and set up a modular home for Deputy Ken Treece and his family.

No one is hurt but firefighters still are trying to find the dog that lives in a Shreveport apartment that fire destroyed at 7:20 p.m. today.

At 6 p.m. SWEPCO will end its public appeal to customers. This was the third day in a row the company asked customers to conserve electricity.

SHONGALOO - Friends of Ken's, a group of people that is raising money for an ill Webster Parish sheriff's deputy and his family, have raised $35,000 so far toward a goal of $100,000. More fundraising efforts are planned, with the next event set for Aug.

SPRINGHILL - "Friends of Ken's" picked Wednesday night's rodeo street dance as the perfect place to launch a fundraising drive to help a Webster Parish couple who have dedicated more than 25 years of their lives to service to others.