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Louisiana Prepares for November 5 Election with Qualifying Procedures
BATON ROUGE, La. – As Louisiana gears up for the Presidential General and Open Congressional Primary Election scheduled for November 5, 2024, the Secretary of State has announced the qualifying dates and procedures for candidates. The qualifying period is set from Wednesday, July 17, through Friday, July 19, at the Louisiana State Archives located at 3851 Essen Lane in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana High School Named One Of Most Expensive In America
All parents in Louisiana want to ensure that their children have access to the greatest education possible. Additionally, some wealthy families decide to pay for their child's education at a private institution. One Louisiana high school was recently listed as one of the most expensive in the US, meaning that tuition there might cost parents as much as a college education.
Landry ally makes push for Louisiana constitutional convention as fall election deadline nears
The push for a constitutional convention before the fall election is not over yet. A Republican megadonor and Gov. Jeff Landry ally is making a pitch to lawmakers on a framework for constitutional changes.
One more hot day lies ahead before a pattern shifts brings in a summer cold front and increasing rain chances
DEEP EAST TEXAS (KTRE) - We have Heat Advisories that have been extended through the day tomorrow for Angelina, Cherokee, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties since our heat index values will likely top out over 105-degrees again on Wednesday. Tomorrow should be our last day of heat...
Shreveport Woman Sentenced to Life-Plus for Husband’s Murder
A Shreveport woman who shot her husband and then doused his body with gasoline must serve life in prison, and then some, a Caddo district judge has ruled. Charlene Henderson, 45, found guilty in June of the May 16, 2022 second-degree murder of Larry Clark, also 45, was sentenced Tuesday, July 16, 2024 to the mandatory life term by District Judge John D. Mosely Jr.. She was sentenced to another 20 years in prison, to be served consecutively, for conviction of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Alumnus Trevor Bailey associate director of bands/director of athletic bands at Northwestern State
Things will look slightly different for Shreveport native and Northwestern State alumnus Trevor Bailey since he last entered Turpin Stadium in 2011. New stadium lights, new field turf, new band uniforms, and a new title. The former baritone section leader will now return to Northwestern State University in the newly formed position of associate director of bands/director of athletic bands. Bailey began his duties on July 15.
Hot for one more day before storms arrive tonight
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Partly cloudy skies are ahead for the ArkLaTex on Wednesday during the day. Rain showers are then expected to come into the region tonight mainly across NE TX and SW AR. High temperatures reach into the mid to upper 90′s with feels like temps getting back up to above 100 degrees.
D.A.R.E holds Officer Training Conference in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. - More than 150 officers from across Louisiana are in Shreveport for the D.A.R.E Officers Association Training Conference. The conference is being held at LSU Shreveport. D.A.R.E stands for drug abuse resistance education. Under the program, officers go into classrooms to teach kids how to resist peer pressure...
Speaker Mike Johnson directs meeting with Shreveport VA officials over suicide at facility
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson's staff will meet with Shreveport VA hospital officials Tuesday about the agency's suicide protocol failures resulting in a death at the center. A report issued last week by the VA's inspector general concluded Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center staff failed to comply with suicide...
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