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Webster Parish Bridge Over I-20 Immediately Closed For Emergency
In a late Sunday afternoon announcement from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development we learn that traffic in Webster Parish near I-20 has a brand new wrinkle. In the DOTD notice, motorists are advised that effective immediately, the LA 531 bridge over I-20 near Minden in Webster Parish is...
LDWF Schedules Drawdown for Lake Bistineau
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) has requested that the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) begin a drawdown of Lake Bistineau in Webster, Bossier, and Bienville parishes on Monday, July 29, 2024 for the purpose of reducing further expansion of giant salvinia. The drawdown will also benefit fisheries populations. LDWF will continue to monitor giant salvinia conditions in the lake in case adjustments to this date are necessary.
Local Family Support and Coaching Program Helps First-Time Mothers and Their Families
The Louisiana Department of Health currently provides voluntary, no-cost home visiting services to families in our community. To qualify for home visiting services, families must be eligible for one or more of the following services:. Medicaid. Social Security Income (SSI) Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
Major Webster Parish Highway Shut Down to all Traffic
Traffic traveling through the small Webster Parish Town of Sibley came to a complete halt late Thursday afternoon. According to an emergency announcement from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, effective immediately, US 371 in both directions, north and south, in the Town of Sibley, is closed due to a water leak that is impacting the integrity of the roadway.
Severe thunderstorms move through Northwest Louisiana Wednesday
The National Weather Service (NWS) is predicting severe thunderstorms in northwest Louisiana Wednesday, June 26, throughout the afternoon. These storms will be impacting Caddo, Bossier, Red River, Webster and DeSoto Parish. Damaging winds will be the main threat with these storms. According to NWS, this severe thunderstorm watch will be...
WPSO: All mugshots become public again Aug. 1
MINDEN, La. -- Individuals arrested for non-violent crimes may now find their likeness in newspapers and online news sites beginning Aug. 1 when Senate Bill 24, authored by Shreveport Republican state Sen. Alan Seabaugh, officially becomes law. Seabaugh’s bill displaces a 2022 legislative act that prohibited publication of offender mug...
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