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Fort Worth-based pizza brand heats up with Walmart deal
Mr Gatti’s Pizza is delivering pizza to Walmart in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Kentucky. The partnership will begin in late 2024 with the opening of 12 new locations across North Texas and southern Oklahoma, kicking off a plan to establish a total of 92 Mr Gatti’s locations within Walmart stores across four states.
Natchez woman investigated by secret service agents over ‘don’t miss next time’ post about Trump shooting
NATCHEZ — A now ex-employee of U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, is being investigated by federal agents after making social media posts that seem to encourage the shooter of former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally on Saturday. Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten said he received a call from United States Secret Service agents […] The post Natchez woman investigated by secret service agents over ‘don’t miss next time’ post about Trump shooting appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
Slade Caldwell first Arkansas high schooler drafted in MLB 1st round in 24 years
JONESBORO (KATV) — The Natural State once again has a high school talent being taken in the first round of the MLB Draft. Slade Caldwell, a Ole Miss commit, was selected 29th overall by the Diamondbacks in the first round. Caldwell comes straight from Valley View High School, where...
Meet the Army Corps’ new plan to dam the Pearl River. It’s the same as the old plan, critics say.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined that its old “One Lake” plan, which proposed to dam the Pearl River in Mississippi to alleviate flooding in the Jackson area, isn’t cost effective. Meet the new plan, which the Corps calls “Alternative D.” It looks a lot...
New Louisiana Law To Regulate Electronic Ankle Monitors
It's been a long time coming, but ankle monitor providers will be governed by standards under Louisiana law for the first time. House Bill 556 will mandate oversight of electric monitoring providers and require them to follow Department of Public Safety & Corrections regulations. Interestingly, no standard governing ankle monitor...
RASA holds its annual health fair in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. - RASA held its “Feria de Salud” (health fair) for the second year in a row Sunday at the Highland Center in Shreveport. With the goal of improving the quality of life in the community, the RASA declares July as “Hispanic Health Month”, a sustained community campaign that follows their mission to raise the quality of life for Latinos in the northwest parishes of Louisiana.
Fan drive helps seniors during rising summer temps
CADDO PARISH, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – With rising temperatures and humidity, seniors without proper air conditioning are more at risk of heat-related injuries. The Caddo Council on Aging is reaching out to community members and organizations to help our senior citizens manage summer temperatures with a fan drive. Businesses, churches, organizations, and individuals can donate fans until Sept. 30.
Hot-air balloons line the sky for 8th Red River Balloon Rally
BOSSIER CITY, La. - The Red River Balloon Rally was back at the Louisiana Downs this weekend. The rally is a staple event in the ArkLaTex, and this was the 8th year. It's a chance for everyone to get close to those hot-air balloons and even meet the pilots. This...
Tropical Funnel Clouds Likely in South Louisiana Monday
It doesn't matter whether you are looking off into the distance across the vast Cajun Prairie near Eunice, Louisiana, or staring down the endless ribbon of roadway that is I-10 across Calcasieu, Jeff Davis, Acadia, or Lafayette parishes when you see a funnel cloud dancing above the horizon, it will get your attention.
Jehovah’s Witnesses convention draws around 4,000 delegates
BOSSIER CITY, La. (KSLA) — Around 4,000 delegates were in the area this weekend attending the annual regional convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses at Brookshire Grocery Arena in Bossier City. The convention theme was “Declare the Good News.”. “It’s all about good news and it focuses on the...
2 juveniles robbed, carjacked by 3 men in MLK neighborhood
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Early Sunday morning (July 14), two juveniles were robbed and carjacked by three men. At 1:30 a.m., the Shreveport Police Department responded to a carjacking in the 3000 block of Downing Court in the city’s Martin Luther King Jr. neighborhood. When officers arrived, they made contact with the mother of the juvenile driver, who informed police that two juveniles were carjacked.
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