Benton News

While hurricane rescheduling has cast a spotlight on the 4th Congressional District race, Saturday also holds a variety of races that makes it one of the busiest elections in recent memory.

Alamo to return to AR after arrest in AZ Updated: Evangelist and convicted tax evader Tony Alamo has waived his right to fight extradition to Arkansas after his arrest on charges he took minors across state ...

State contractor Benton & Brown began work today on the construction of a pedestrian crosswalk that will cross a section of Shreveport's North Market Street.

United States Courthouse 300 Fannin Street, Suite 3201 Shreveport, Louisiana 71101-3068 676-3600 United States Courthouse 800 Lafayette Street, Suite 2200 Lafayette, Louisiana 70501-7206 262-6618 Contact: ...

A Sept. 25 fire at Velocity Farms near Benton, La., killed 12 horses, including Deerhound, sire of Thoroughbred champion Countess Diana.

A former Bossier City doctor, his wife, four of his employees and two other people face federal prescription and insurance fraud charges after a year-long investigation.

BENTON, La. : Investigators say 12 thoroughbred racehorses have died after fire trapped them in a barn at a Louisiana training and breeding center.

Fire tore through a barn at a thoroughbred training center in Bossier Parish, killing 12 horses trapped in their stalls.

Police officers in Benton, Louisiana must provide their own guns when they come to work at the department.

The Pace Agencies' three Allstate Insurance locations will participate in a purse drive sponsored by the Allstate Foundation and Dress for Success.

The Caddo Commission meets at 3:30 p.m. today. Meetings are held in the chambers on the first floor of Government Plaza, 505 Travis St.

Summer is finally at a close with the first day of autumn rapidly coming up Sept.

Lesley Claire Francis and Michael Joseph Rougeau will be united in marriage at a 6 p.m. ceremony on Saturday, September 20, 2008 at First United Methodist Church in Crowley, LA.

Sandbags are available at: Tinsley Park off of U.S. Highway 80 East, Bossier City Bossier Parish Highway Department, 410 Mayfield St., Benton The Shreveport Public Works facility at 3825 Old ...

Residents in Caddo and Bossier parishes should be prepared for a "significant weather event" Tuesday and Wednesday, with up to 15 inches of rain expected in a 24-hour period, said Sandy Davis, director of the ...

With the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on the minds of many as Gustav makes its way to land, Gov.

The Masur Museum of Art opened its doors to patron members on the summery Saturday evening of August 16 with a "Wow Factor" that is not to be missed.

The U.S. Justice Department has precleared the Louisiana legislative act extending early voting from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. each day, the Caddo registrar of voters says.

A clerk at Fina Stop and Shop gas station in the 1400 block of Hollywood Avenue was fighting for his life after being shot during an armed robbery about 3 a.m. Tuesday at the Shreveport business.

Roughly 25,000 Bossier Parish residents could, within the next couple of years, have a new word entered into their vocabulary: 'sewer bill.' Residents outside the Bossier Parish municipalities of Bossier City, ...