Frierson News

MINDEN - Dozens of roads throughout the region are closed today because of high water.

Parishes outside of Caddo and Bossier escaped the brunt of Thursday's storms. Water-covered roads, some downed trees and a lot of anxious moments were reported by day's end.

Apollo Elementary will celebrate its 40th birthday from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the school at 2400 Viking Drive in Bossier City.

GRAND CANE - BackAlley Community Theater will present "God and Country," a program of patriotic and gospel music, at 7 p.m. Nov.

More criminal charges have been filed against a Frierson man from whom authorities seized 15 malnourished dogs last week.

John Maynard had a few tricks up his sleeve Oct. 3 when he introduced the Krewe of Atlas Court.

This feature, which runs Fridays, features people wanted on criminal charges by local law enforcement agencies.

MANSFIELD - The Frierson man who owned 15 malnourished dogs turned himself into DeSoto sheriff's investigators late Wednesday afternoon after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

MANSFIELD - Citizens' complaints about suspected drug activity in areas around Mansfield led to the arrests of eight people in recent days by the DeSoto sheriff's Directed Patrol Unit.

ARCADIA - A hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday in Arcadia to determine if the Ringgold mayor's position should be declared vacant.

LOGANSPORT - DeSoto police jurors tentatively have scheduled a special meeting Aug.

Maggie Lee Henson had remained in critical condition at University Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., where she was being treated for severe head injuries.

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The rocket was heading skyward like a meteor in reverse. The crowd was oohing. I had never seen anything move so fast.

Baton Rouge's Rich Rathbone sank a 5-foot birdie putt to win a three-way playoff and take the title in the Arrowhead Junior Tour's Southern Trace Junior Classic on Friday at Southern Trace Country Club.

As a Mass was held Wednesday in Shreveport for the 14-year-old boy who died in a church bus crash Sunday, others continued to recover while another survivor was said to be in a coma.

MANSFIELD - DeSoto deputies and Louisiana Livestock Brand inspectors are asking for the public's help in locating the owners of three loose animals found in different parts of the parish.

Celebrating a birthday today: JULIA HINKLE, of Shreveport. ... EMMA D. HARDMAN HICKS, of Shreveport.

Christopher Shaun Crowson and Connie Melysa Foster, both of Shreveport. Christopher Scott Doolittle and Courtnei Lee Turner, both of Bossier City.

Andre' Carter and Vanisha Faye Williams, both of Shreveport. Gary Allen Fair and Faye Ann Phillips Free, both of Mooringsport.