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Shreveport Woman Sentenced to 40 Years for Stabbing Death
A Shreveport woman who killed an elderly man in the Sunset Acres neighborhood with a knife pleaded guilty to the slaying this week and was sentenced to 40 years at hard labor. LaKendra Wesley, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday, July 16, 2024 to manslaughter in the June 2018 death of Kenneth Miller before District Judge Ramona Emanuel. Wesley also pleaded guilty to unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, receiving a six-year sentence, to be served concurrently with the manslaughter term.
Empower & Thrive: Community health and education day
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – RISE Shreveport is excited to announce the “Empower & Thrive” Community Health and Education Day on Saturday, July 20th at the Bill Cockrell Community Center. This event, starting at 7 a.m., is a relaunch initiative of the “Fight for You” campaign, in which...
Heavy rainfall in south Natchitoches Parish causes flooding, power outages
Heavy rainfall in south Natchitoches Parish causes flooding, power outages. CLOUTIERVILLE, La. -- Nearly 5 inches of rainfall since Wednesday night has caused localized flooding and some power outages in the Derry and Cloutierville areas as of Thursday morning. Thunderstorms began around 7 p.m. with high wind, lightning and rain that led to downed trees, some of which took down power lines. SWEPCO is working on at least 130 reports of customers without service in the sound end of the parish in the communities of Cloutierville and Marco. Natchitoches Parish sheriff's deputies are patrolling the area. Natchitoches Parish Fire Protection District No. 1 firefighters, state and parish highway departments crews and citizens are responding and removing trees and debris.
NPFD extinguish mobile home fire in Campti
CAMPTI, La. (KALB) - Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that a mobile home caught fire on Thursday, July 18, in Campti. Deputies and Natchitoches Parish Fire District #9 responded to the 100 block of Raphiel Street in Campti at around 8:30 a.m., within minutes of receiving the call. Firefighters...
Weather Service Warns – Excessive Rain This Weekend in Louisiana
The Weather Prediction Center has issued an ominous alert for cities such as Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and Shreveport. That alert which covers the entire state over the next three days suggests that several "life-threatening" weather events could occur and residents should be prepared. The catalyst for...
Race for Louisiana’s new second majority-Black congressional district is heating up
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a critical election year, the race for Louisiana’s new mostly Black congressional district is heating up as three candidates — including a longtime Democratic state lawmaker and former congressman and an 80-year-old Republican who is a former state senator — officially submitted paperwork on Wednesday to run in November. […]
Revealed – This is Louisiana’s Favorite Swear Word
A recent survey has discovered that residents of Louisiana actually do have a favorite swear word and because the word we love to not say in front of our mothers is so versatile we've managed to use it as a noun, a verb, an adjective, and I am pretty sure a few other parts of speech. Heck, I am sure someone somewhere even has this as their nickname.
Folk Festival will feature Bluesman Sonny Gullage
Following a family line of musical genius ranging from Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter to grandmother and gospel recording artist, Sister Alberta Gullage, and bassist father, Tony Gullage, who has performed with many well-known musical greats, such as Henry Butler, emerges Sonny Gullage. Sonny is taking the industry by storm, reviving the passion and excitement of the Blues with his smooth voice and charismatic performances. Natchitoches welcomes Sonny to the Natchitoches-NSU Folk Festival stage on July 20th in the air-conditioned Prather Coliseum.
NSU presents Live and Let Spy Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre
That was the greeting we received while being ushered to our table in the A. A. Fredericks Auditorium…I mean, Casino du Monde…last night. It was a Groovy 1960’s Murder Mystery at Northwestern State University and we were the detectives. First we were invited into the Gold Gala,...
Goldonna News: July 17th, 2024
Goldonna High School Trojans, the mighty mighty Trojans, held their Annual School Reunion this past weekend. Lots of hard work and passion was poured into making the weekend a complete success. Goldonna resident, Julie Evans, shares her thoughts:. “We wore our colors of black and gold proudly and displayed a...
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