Sibley News

In six months, downtown Ruston will have a cleaner, neater look. The city will bury power lines underground, build new sidewalks and waterlines and replace curbs with a uniform appearance.

HEFLIN - Organizers of the first Heflin Sawmill Festival had two goals in mind when they set about creating the event two months ago: recognize an industry that once was the community's lifeblood and use it to make a difference in future generations.

Here is a look at shaken baby syndrome cases in the Shreveport area in which charges were filed, as reported in The Times since 2000: * February 2000: Kyle Alexander Sammons Neely, 6 weeks old, died after being shaken hard enough to cause massive head injuries.

As residents in St. Joseph and Jonesboro recover from this week's storms, more severe weather is set to strike the region Friday night.

Winds ripped across northern Louisiana on Wednesday night, disrupting power for thousands of Entergy customers.

MINDEN - Officials in Webster and Claiborne parishes had good intentions when they created LA Films North more than two years.

NATCHITOCHES - Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu recently announced the certification of the Natchitoches Cultural District.

Bossier City police and fire personnel responded to a crash on I-20 this morning involving a 14-year old girl who was hit by a car as she attempted to cross the interstate with a bicycle.

Webster Sheriff's investigators say Charles Forest Holloway, 73, was clearing land by his new fishing pier when the tractor flipped on top of him.