Tickfaw News

Carl Jones, 36, of Natalbany was killed when his motorcycle hit a Toyota pickup truck driven by 61-year-old Johnny Leboeuf.

"My goal was to line the streets with red, white and blue so that he and his family would know how much we appreciated his strength and bravery."

Family, friends and the community bid their final farewells to a Tickfaw soldier killed in Afghanistan over the Memorial Day weekend.

The funeral for Specialist Chris Drake, who was killed last month in Afghanistan, is scheduled today at Eagle Heights Church off LA 1064 in Tickfaw at 11 a.m. The service is open to the public.

Members of Spc. Christopher Drake's family watch Tuesday , as an Honor Guard details carries his remains at the Army Air Facility at Hammond Northshore Regional Airport.

A special procession rolled from an airport in Hammond, LA through Livingston Parish to Denham Springs, LA for Specialist Chris Drake, who was killed last month in Afghanistan.

American flags lined the streets outside Hammond Northshore Regional Airport Tuesday morning as hundreds of residents and veterans from around the region gathered to mourn the arrival of a Tickfaw National Guardsman who was killed in combat in Afghanistan.

The body of a Tickfaw native killed in combat in Afghanistan is expected to arrive Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the Hammond Northshore Regional Airport, will it will then be driven along a route open to the public to pay their respects.

I Got the News Today is a diary series intended to honor, respect and remind. Its title is a reminder that almost every day a military family gets the terrible news about a loved one.

RPG kills soldier, 20, from Tickfaw in Afganistan NEW ORLEANS - The Defense Department says a 20-year-old soldier from Tickfaw has been killed in Afghanistan by a rocket-propelled grenade.

The U.S. Department of Defense announced the death of a Louisiana National Guard Soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

A Louisiana National Guardsman from Tangipahoa Parish was killed in Afghanistan during the weekend.

Authorities said a 51-year-old man was taken into custody after assaulting someone and then resisting arrest early Friday morning.

"It was so much fun that mid-river, I was like, 'I've got to do this at home,'" Gleber, of Holden, said of that race last summer on the Ouachita River.