Haughton News

Ozzy Osborn the dog gets treated like the famous rock star at the Krewe of Barkus and Meoux Pet Parade Sunday afternoon at RiverView Park.

Benjamin Fuselier turned a scavenger hunt into a environmental challenge Saturday. The Alexandria resident belongs to several groups dedicated to geocaching -- the practice of looking for various containers across the world using GPS devices -- and challenged 15 of his fellow geocachers to clean up Bayou Rapides near Stracener Street in Alexandria. Paper, bottles and various items were scattered across the bayou. 'We thought it was a good idea to clean up the area while we do the scavenger hunt,' he said. 'This is called the 'Cache in Trash Out' initiative that allows us to pick up trash while we play the game. This is a great way to give back to the community.' Fuselier said there's 1.5 million geocachers in the world, with thousands in Louisiana. Geocaching originated in Oregon, he said. 'There's the North Louisiana geocachers, Acadiana geocaching and Louisiana geocaching groups,' he said. 'The containers contain a message to let them know they found the container. There's no prizes or anything, and people play for points. The points are like for bragging rights.' Titus Haynes of Haughton has been a geocacher since 2007. He found out about geocaching from a college professor. 'I've found 7,400 (items in the hunt) and 2,200 (items in the hunt in Louisiana),' Haynes said. 'It started with finding ammunition cans in the woods, and now you are liable to find something as small as your pinky finger. The GPS will take you within 25 feet of the object. This is a nice way to clean up an area and have fun.' Bill Smith of Batchelor has been a geocacher for three years. Smith said his daughter got him involved in geocaching. 'I've been to geocaching events in Mandeville, Lafayette, Bossier City, Shreveport and San Francisco,' Smith said. 'The thing I love is I'm able to meet new people while geocaching. This is my first trash pick-up event, and I'm all for helping preserve the environment.' For information on geocaching, go to www.geocaching.com.

The Disabled Veterans of Louisiana and the Air Force Staff Sergeants Association really came through for Bossier Parish Schools' five JROTC units.

A Bossier Sheriff K-9 team was instrumental in finding three teenage suspects who committed more than $250,000 in property damage to heavy moving equipment at a Haughton dirt pit earlier this week.

Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen is giving a great deal of credit to his K-9 team for quickly solving a case of vandalism.

Jackson, Willie, 68, of Arcadia, died Sunday; services at 3 p.m. Saturday at New Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Arcadia; burial in church cemetery; arrangements by Paradise Funeral Home, Arcadia.

A water boil advisory has been issued for some members of the Village Water System in the Haughton area.

A two-month long investigation by the Bossier City Police Department's Division of Special Investigations into the distribution of methamphetamine has ended with the arrests of eight people.

There is a lot going on at the library this month. You can take your pick from several different activities and new services being offered.

A Webster Parish man has been arrested by Bossier deputies for contacting a Haughton female minor online in order to have sex with her.

The Disabled Veterans of Louisiana and the Air Force Staff Sergeants Association really came through for Bossier Parish Schools' five JROTC units.

A Webster Parish man has been arrested for contacting a female minor online in order to have sex with her in Haughton.

Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen says a Webster Parish man has been arrested for contacting a female minor online in order to have sex with her in Haughton.

A water boil advisory has been issued for some members of the Village Water System in the Haughton area.

Celebrating a birthday today: Angela Ullmer, of Shreveport. ... Lindbergh Carpenter, of Shreveport.

However, the structure, which has been in use since 1999, holds a current student enrollment of 993 and will reach its 1,163 capacity sooner than planned.

Why is it every time President Obama gives a speech, I feel like I'm being lectured to by some... Celebrating a birthday today: Athalee Brown, of Shreveport.

The three-day Louisiana High School Athletic Association annual convention begins today in Baton Rouge with Article 8 in the front of many administrators' and coaches' minds.

More charges have been levied against a Haughton accused of placing video cameras in a bathroom used by teen girls.

Police arrested 55-year-old Paul E. Holmes after officers learned he had set up cameras in one of the bathrooms in his home that was used by teenage girls during a sleepover as part of a local church youth activity.