SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A man and woman from Mississippi each face a possible 10-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in Louisiana to cocaine-related charges.

U.S. Attorney David ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — An American discount airline is offering tickets from a Louisiana city to a Florida city.

The Shreveport Times reports Allegiant Air is offering tickets from Shreveport to Destin at prices starting at $49 one-way. The flights will ...

KEITHVILLE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana sanctuary for retired federally owned chimpanzees has scheduled four mornings when the public can see humanity’s closest relatives in outdoor habitats.

Chimp Haven is in Keithville, outside Shreveport. The ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police say a tractor-trailer driver died when his big rig slid backward into a ravine at an oilfield.

Trooper Glen Younger says in a news release that the wreck killed 43-year-old Antorian Devol Johnson of Bossier City.

Younger says Johnson was ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A surgeon and chief of trauma at LSU Health Shreveport has been found guilty of stealing more than $200,000 in Social Security disability payments.

A federal jury deliberated for around 10 hours before finding 58-year-old Dr. John Owings guilty Friday of 20 counts of ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — In 1919 —at a time when there were limited educational opportunities for women — the Woman’s Department Club emerged as a place Shreveport women could learn from each other.

It was organized in November 1919 by a group of ladies inspired by the city’s oldest literary ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana prosecutor says a woman whose children missed almost two years of school has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Caddo Parish District Attorney James Stewart

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to stealing $180,000 worth of high-priced goods by putting barcode stickers for lower-priced merchandise over the stores’ own stickers.

The U.S. attorney in Shreveport says 39-year-old Peter Stifner of ...

A second former prison guard has pleaded guilty to covering up an incident in which he and other officers used a chemical spray on five kneeling, handcuffed inmates at a privately run Louisiana prison. Three other ex-guards are scheduled for federal trial April 15.

David Parker, 27, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A private college in north Louisiana says it has a new agreement giving a law school boost for students who are graduating with a minor in legal studies and are interested in public interest careers.

Officials at Centenary College in Shreveport say a memorandum of ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to murdering his former girlfriend while she was livestreaming on Facebook.

News agencies report that 37-year-old Johnathan Robinson of Shreveport pleaded guilty Thursday to first-degree murder of 27-year-old Rannita ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A court-martial in Louisiana has sentenced a 22-year-old airman to 35 years in prison for killing his roommate in Guam last year.

The seven-officer panel sentenced Isaiah Edwards on Tuesday in the March 27 stabbing death of 20-year-old Bradley Hale, news agencies ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The man who killed a Louisiana police officer as she left for work was her boyfriend and the father of her child, authorities said.

At a news conference Wednesday, Shreveport Police Chief Ben Raymond said Treveon Anderson, 26, shot and killed Officer Chateri Payne on ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The trial of a man accused of killing a police officer in Louisiana in 2015 has been delayed again.

The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office said in a news release that the trial of 31-year-old Grover Cannon has been delayed at the request of defense ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Three people have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Louisiana police officer preparing to go to work.

KSLA-TV reports that Shreveport Police Chief Ben ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Funeral arrangements have been set for a recently graduated Louisiana police officer who was fatally shot shortly before a night shift.

News outlets report a public viewing and family hour service for 22-year-old Chateri Payne will be held Friday, while her funeral ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A northwest Louisiana short-film competition is seeking applicants for its 2019 film prize, which will award $50,000 to the winning director.

To be eligible for the Louisiana Film Prize, independent filmmakers must produce an original short film ranging from five ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana health care system has formally announced the launch of a $43 million project to renovate its medical center in Shreveport.

CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System on Thursday said the 24-month expansion project at Highland Medical Center begins this ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A recently graduated Louisiana police officer has been fatally shot as she was in uniform leaving for work on the night shift.

Officer Chateri Payne, who had graduated from the police academy Nov. 16, died within hours of being shot outside a home Wednesday night, ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — An Air Force electronic warfare journeyman has pleaded innocent to a murder charge accusing him of stabbing and slitting his roommate’s throat while they were temporarily assigned to a base in Guam.

News agencies report that court-martial proceedings began Monday for ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A court-martial is scheduled Monday for a Louisiana-based airman accused of stabbing his roommate to death in their quarters at an Air Force base in Guam, the Air Force said.

Airman 1st Class Isaiah Edwards is charged with murder of 20-year-old Airman 1st Class ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Bruce Allen will need a while to pack up his office — a corner room in the Turner Art Center at Centenary College. He’s collected many memories and memorabilia since the 1980s, and the space has become a personal museum reflecting his extensive career and decorated life in ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The swearing-in of Shreveport’s new mayor is set for this weekend.

The 33-year-old Adrian Perkins defeated incumbent Mayor Ollie Tyler in a runoff election earlier this month, garnering 64 percent of the vote compared to Tyler’s 36 percent.

The Harvard graduate ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Talk about making a ton of gumbo — a Louisiana chef cooked up 6,800 pounds (3,084 kilograms) of the state’s signature soup for charity and a Guinness world record, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser said Thursday.

He and Guinness representative Kaitlyn Vesper were in ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Independence Bowl: Duke (7-5) vs. Temple (8-4), Thursday, 1:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Line: Temple by 3½.

Series Record: First meeting.

WHAT’S AT STAKE

Duke is trying to end its season with a positive after struggling during the last half of the year. The ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The Salvation Army says friendly competition between two Louisiana sheriff’s offices has raised $2,900 for the charity.

A news release Tuesday says Bossier (BOH-zher) Parish sheriff’s deputies rang in nearly $1,900 during Friday’s Red Kettle Challenge, while Caddo ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana residents can get discounted rides home through the holidays in a partnership between the state highway safety commission and ridesharing company Lyft aimed at lessening drunken driving incidents.

The News-Star

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — LaTerrance Reed nailed 4 of 8 from long range to total a career-high 17 points and C.J. Jones added 15 as Northwestern State rallied late to beat Southern 69-66 in the Shreveport-Bossier City Holiday Classic Saturday night.

Southern held a 38-27 halftime advantage ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — It’s been decades in the making, but the mission is complete.

Last month, William Joyce — children’s author and illustrator — concluded “The Guardians of Childhood series” with the release of the fifth installation, “Jack Frost: The End Becomes the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Adrian Perkins has defeated incumbent Ollie Tyler to become mayor of Shreveport.

Media outlets report the 33-year-old Adrian Perkins won Saturday’s runoff election, according to complete but unofficial returns.

Perkins won 64 percent of the vote, compared to ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Police say a woman in Louisiana has been accidentally shot in the back by her 2-year-old child.

The Shreveport Times reports ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Police say a Shreveport woman was accidentally shot in the back by her 2-year-old child.

The Shreveport Times reports that the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say one or more people ambushed and shot a 5-year-old boy and a man and woman who said they’d come to sell a puppy.

Shreveport Police Department spokeswoman Christina Curtis says the boy was shot once and the adults were shot multiple times when ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A federal judge says she needs more information before sentencing five men who pleaded guilty in a case involving a huge explosion at a Louisiana National Guard site.

District Judge Elizabeth Foote scheduled sentencing Wednesday for Explo Systems co-owner David Alan ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A festive holiday train has started its journey through Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Missouri.

The Kansas City Southern Holiday Express Train started its journey last week in Shreveport, Louisiana. After stops in more than ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A former Catholic priest has died in prison while serving a life sentence for repeatedly raping an altar boy.

Louisiana state corrections spokesman Ken Pastorick

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Shreveport police have arrested a 13-year-old accused in the shooting death of a pizza delivery driver earlier this month.

KSLA-TV reports the victim, 28-year-old ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana has a new leadership job, elected chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee for the congressional term that begins in January.

The group of about 150 House lawmakers is influential in GOP decision-making. Johnson, in ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A 29-year-old Louisiana man has been convicted of raping two girls over a six-year period.

The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office says Robert Ladell of Shreveport faces a mandatory life sentence on an aggravated rape conviction, and up to 25 years on a ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has admitted to stealing at least $27,000 of his children’s Social Security benefits.

A Tuesday news release says 51-year-old Dianglo Shawntale Mahoney, of Shreveport, pleaded guilty to one count of theft of government property.

According to the ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A city employee in northwest Louisiana’s largest city has been arrested on charges that she manipulated water bills so relatives and friends wouldn’t have to pay.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — About 90,000 Louisiana residents are getting an early Christmas gift in the mail: money they are owed by the state.

Treasurer John Schroder was quoted by The ...

BENTON, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says more allegations have surfaced against an elementary school teacher accused of child rape and video voyeurism of children.

The Times of Shreveport