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Funeral arrangements for Louisiana attorney, former legislator announced
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Funeral arrangements were announced for a former attorney and state legislator from Shreveport. Willie James Singleton‘s funeral services will be held on Saturday, August 31, at 11 a.m. at the Strand Theater, 619 Louisiana Avenue. According to a brief biography on the R.W. Norton...
DeRidder Council OKs new software program for fire department
By Emily Burleigh The DeRidder City Council approved a new software program for the DeRidder Fire Department at Monday’s council meeting. Fire Chief Ken Harlow said at the meeting that due to computer system changes, the fire department needed to adopt a new universal program for employees to track inventory and conduct checklists. Each week, […]
Space Force chief on protecting America’s interests in space; New Orleans libraries’ voter education programs
Gov. Jeff Landry announced two orders this week: one that keeps noncitizens from voting and another that bans the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. The Times Picayune/New Orleans Advocate’s editorial director and columnist Stephanie Grace joins us for more on Landry’s “culture war” orders.
Dylan Crews kicks off his MLB career with an incredible first series
This week, Dylan Crews joined the long list of LSU Tigers in the MLB debuting on Monday night against the New York Yankees. Crews was called up just over a year after being drafted second overall by the Nationals. This season, Crews was a great hitter like he was at LSU ascending to the third ranking in MLB's top 100 prospect list.
Ari Lennox Admits She's In Financial Trouble And Is Willing To Do "Strange Things" To Get Out Of Debt
Ari Lennox is working to pay off the IRS. Ari Lennox revealed to her fans during a recent discussion on Instagram Live that she's dealing with financial woes and is in serious debt to the IRS. In doing so, she joked about having to do "strange things" in order to pay off all of the bills. “I’m just gonna tell y’all my business,” she began. “I need to pay this IRS. The strange things I’m finna do for change, just so i can just break even. I’m gonna crazy and then we start anew.” From there, she said the goal is to eventually retire after paying off her debts and beginning to save money.
Check your tickets. $50K Louisiana Lottery ticket unclaimed and about to expire.
As of today, no one has stepped forward to claim a $50,000 Louisiana Lottery Powerball prize won on April 6, 2024. The winning ticket was purchased at Lakeview Discount on Harrison Avenue in New Orleans and is set to expire on Oct. 3, 2024. The winning ticket matched four of...
National Hunting and Fishing Day set for Sept. 28, 2024
Louisiana’s National Hunting and Fishing Day (NHFD) will be held Sept. 28 at four locations across the state, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) announced. Waddill Wildlife Refuge in Baton Rouge, Woodworth Shooting Range in Woodworth, the Tom Merrill Recreation Area at Bodcau Wildlife Management Area (WMA)...
Louisiana once again joins Tournament of Roses Parade
BATON ROUGE, La. – For the fourth year in a row, Louisiana will parade across the national and international stages in the Tournament of Roses® Parade in Pasadena, California. The 2025 parade theme is “Best Day Ever!” The 2025 Louisiana Rose Parade® float features a Louisiana alligator adorned with beads, carrying on its back a Cajun dance hall and pots of boiled seafood.
Poll: Pelican Seafood & Poboy in Pineville has the best chicken wings
Where can you go in the Alexandria/Pineville area to get good chicken wings? According to a Town Talk readers’ poll, it’s Pelican Seafood & Poboy in Pineville. The restaurant located at 2708 Highway 28 East won with 25.58 percent of the votes. Buffalo Wild Wings, 2711 S. MacArthur Drive, in Alexandria came in second with 20.93 percent. Twenty restaurants were listed in the poll. This article originally appeared on Alexandria Town Talk: Poll: Pelican Seafood & Poboy in Pineville has the best chicken wings
Suspect in Lake Charles double homicide, home invasion arrested at plant in Groves
GROVES, Texas — A man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend in Lake Charles was arrested at his job in Groves on Thursday afternoon. Sheltren Terel Tucker, 38, was located and arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service and the Port Arthur Police Department on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion.
Tropical Models Raising Concerns for Louisiana & Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana parents know the eerie feeling that quietness can bring on. For example, you're working in your home office, and the kids are supposed to be playing. But you don't hear them; they are being quiet—too quiet. That's when a parent's "spidey senses" start tingling because they know they could literally be seconds from disaster.
Don’t Wear White After Labor Day – Louisiana, Do You Know Why?
In Morgan City, Louisiana the booths are being prepared, the stages are being built, the power lines are being run, and the funnel cakes are about to be dropped into the grease. It is the annual celebration of seafood and oil that's known as the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival.
Underage Drinkers in Louisiana Have More Rights Than You Think
Football season is about to hit Louisiana like a Dustin Poirier right hand to the jaw. It gets underway with High School Jamborees in Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and just about every other community in the state. Most of those jamborees will take place either tonight or Friday. Then we start the college football season on Saturday and the professional football season will begin their games on September 5th.
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