Benton News

Celebrating a birthday today: Dorothy Ellis, of Shreveport. ... Linda Sanders, of Keithville.

The state of Louisiana will honor 11 heroes in the next induction ceremony at the Louisiana Military Hall of Fame and Museum in Abbeville on Saturday.

Students are inducted into the Alpha Rho Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society at Bossier Parish Community College.

Bossier City police have charged the principal of a local elementary school with simple battery in connection with an incident that occurred earlier this week involving a 6-year old male student.

Celebrating a birthday today: Shelia Burns, of Shreveport. ... Bryan Tull, of Benton.

"A lot of times, an officer will have to wait if there are multiple offenders we need to talk to separately," Benton Police Chief Charles Pilkinton said.

A man was struck and killed by a vehicle tonight in the 4700 block of North Market Street near the... Child and adult killed in two separate collisions A two year-old child and an adult man were killed as a result of two separate wrecks Wednesday night.

Shreveport Public Assembly & Recreation's Lakeside Community Center will hold its annual Clothes & Household Items Give-A-Way from 9 a.m. to noon, or while supplies last, May 19 at the center, 2200 Milam St.

"I was driving from here in Benton back to Shreveport," she recounted. She says it was two days after Thanksgiving 2011.

Celebrating a birthday today: Braden Milam, 7, son of Laura Duggins and Scott Milam, of Bossier City.

Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, Jennifer Trahan shares her recipe for Mexican Rice made with Cajun Country long grain rice.

What: Northwest Louisiana Master Gardeners Le Tour des Jardins. When: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

Bossier Parish administrator Bill Altimus plans to show progress of the project at Wednesday's police jury meeting but sent me a preview this week.

Nearly 180 years after the Alden family founded Alden Bridge in a timber-rich section of northern Bossier Parish, remnants of the town's industrial history remain scattered among the trees.