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Rain for Friday morning before drying up this afternoon
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Rain showers are isolated mainly across NW LA this morning. Conditions will look to clear out more and more rain as the day progresses leading to completely dry and sunny conditions for the afternoon. High temperatures get into the upper 80′s and lower 90′s.
Shreveport’s Landry Anglin Killer Receives Life in Prison
CADDO PARISH, LA Ray to serve life in prison for Landry Anglin slaying. A man convicted in June in connection with the May 1, 2022 death of Shreveport teen Landry Anglin must serve the rest of his life in prison with no chance of pardon, parole or reduction of sentence.
Drying out and warming up the next few days
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The latest system to impact the ArkLaTex has turned out to be a dud for most of the region with just spotty showers and storms and many areas have missed out on the rain entirely. As we head into tonight, scattered storms still can’t be ruled out as some upper level energy lingers over the region but most of the area will stay dry. Overnight lows will fall to around 70.
Driver injured in pickup truck, mail truck collision
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A driver was injured Thursday afternoon during a collision between a mail delivery truck and pickup truck in southwest Shreveport. The crash happened just before 4:30 p.m. at the intersection of Fountainbleau Road and Mansfield Road. The driver of a large pickup truck was southbound on Mansfield Road when a USPS mail truck driver crossed from Fountainbleau into the northbound side of Mansfield Road.
Four Shreveport residents sentenced to decades in prison for killings
Three men and a woman have each been given lengthy prison sentences this week in connection with several Shreveport killings. The convictions, two for manslaughter and two for second-degree murder, are tied to cases from 2018, 2021 and 2022. 81-year-old man stabbed to death. LaKendra Wesley, 37, pleaded guilty Tuesday...
Man on the run for 30+ years finally sentenced for shooting in Ringgold
CLAIBORNE PARISH, La. (KSLA) - A Bienville Parish man who was on the run for more than 30 years after shooting someone in Ringgold has now been sentenced. Greg Lawson, who is now 64-years-old, was caught in Mexico by the FBI in September of 2023 after being on the run for 32 years. Back in 1991, Lawson shot Seth Garlington, who was 19 at the time, in Ringgold in an incident that started as a fist fight.
Identity released of man shot inside a home near the Shreveport Regional Airport
The Caddo Parish Coroner's Office has released the name of a man who was shot in Shreveport on July 17. Just before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jaden Barnhill, 24 was shot inside a home near the Shreveport Regional Airport in 4700 block of Kennedy Drive. According to the coroner's office, Barnhill...
‘My Baby Is Gone’: 12-Year-Old Shot to Death After Grown Woman Uses Her to Spy on Cheating Boyfriend Amid Louisiana Love Triangle Feud
A Louisiana woman reached a plea deal with prosecutors after being charged with the murder of a young girl who was dragged into a lovers […] ‘My Baby Is Gone’: 12-Year-Old Shot to Death After Grown Woman Uses Her to Spy on Cheating Boyfriend Amid Louisiana Love Triangle Feud
Louisiana OMV offices coming back online after issues processing transactions
NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles is coming back online following a global network outage that impacted all offices Friday morning. The OMV is encouraging customers who had appointments scheduled for Friday, July 19, 2024 to reschedule their appointments. The outage caused the OMV to not...
Louisiana Ticket Claims $230,000 in Wednesday Lottery Drawing
As an observer of lottery drawings in Louisiana, I feel obligated to suggest to those who want to strike it rich playing lottery games with the Louisiana Lottery should be participating in those games over the next week or so. The reason? Lady Luck appears to have moved back into Louisiana and she's apparently applying her "magic" to lottery tickets sold here in The Boot.
Louisiana Fisherman Catches Enormous Record Breaking Alligator Gar
A Louisiana fisherman recently set a new Toledo Bend fishing record by catching an absolutely massive alligator gar weighing in at almost 300lbs. Toledo Bend is one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the United States, covering approximately 185,000 acres and stretching over 65 miles. Known for its abundant fish...
Altice USA Launches $30 a Month `Entertainment TV’
NEW YORK—Altice USA’s Optimum is launching Entertainment TV, a new internet TV package of 80 plus channels for $30 a month that is available exclusively on Optimum Stream. Optimum Stream is a Android-powered streaming device offering access to streaming apps that is available to Optimum Internet customers. As part of the launch of Entertainment TV, the company said that it is expanding its Optimum Stream offering to nearly 1.5 million homes across markets in its West footprint, including Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Texas, with further expansion planned for later this year. Optimum Stream is already available to all Optimum internet customers...
It's been hot in Louisiana so far this year, but not as bad as 2023. Here are the numbers.
Temperatures throughout Louisiana have been historically warm for the first six months of 2024, data released Thursday showed, but not as hot as last year and significantly below the record for the same time period. Louisiana's average temperature for January through June was the 12th highest on record for that...
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