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KTBS 3's Jeff Beimfohr interviews GOP Lawmaker Elbert Guillory
SHREVEPORT, La. - KTBS 3's political reporter Jeff Beimfohr interviewed GOP lawmaker Elbert Guillory Tuesday on the 4 p.m. show. Guillory is running for Louisiana's new 6th Congressional District. ----- Click on the video attached to this report for the full interview.
No prison for Louisiana nursing home owner who sent 800 residents to ride out a hurricane in squalor
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse pleaded no contest to 15 criminal counts Monday and was sentenced to three years of probation. Bob Dean Jr. also must pay more than $358,000 in restitution to the […]
Thrive with Lion Pride: Get to Know the New Plain Dealing High Principal
When Jason Edwards took the reins as principal of Plain Dealing High School, it felt a little like home for him. The Doyline High School graduate may have spent many years at the Benton High School campus, but he grew up and graduated from a K-12 campus much like Plain Dealing, not too far away in Webster Parish.
Ruston joins LEPA, and makes history as the Authority’s 20th Member
The Louisiana Energy & Power Authority (LEPA) now has the largest membership in its 45-year history. The City of Ruston was accepted as a member of LEPA at the Authority’s Board of Directors meeting in July, making Ruston the 20th municipality in Louisiana to join the agency. “By joining...
Three Shreveport men convicted on federal firearms charges
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Three men from Shreveport each face years in federal for the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. According to United States Attorney Brandon Brown’s office, DeAngelo A. Davidson, 33, Gmerrio L. Underwood, 24, and Casey R. Cawthorn, 24, were sentenced for their crimes committed in September of 2022.
Scooter's Coffee to open soon in Blanchard, Bossier. Plus, 7 Brew is coming.
Area java drinkers will soon have another option from which to get their coffee fix ... and spoiler alert, in the not too distant future there will be yet another. Two Scooter's Coffee drive-thru locations are currently under construction, in Blanchard at 5835 Highway 1 in an area of new business growth near Interstate 49 and at 104 Benton Spur in Bossier City near the Bossier Municipal Complex.
Shreveport pastor hopes to spread faith at Paris Olympics
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Ronney Joe Webb, associate pastor at the First Baptist Church of Shreveport, will be in Paris for the 2024 Olympic games and hopes to spread a message of faith while he’s there. The International Sports Chaplains organization invited him to participate in a ministry...
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