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Thursday Feb 4 | WAFB-TV Baton Rouge

No charge for La. police officer in shooting death

A grand jury on Thursday declined to indict a white police officer who shot an elderly black man in the small Louisiana town of Homer in a case that heightened racial tension and sparked protests.

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Wed Feb 03, 2010

The Baptist Message

The Great Commission comes full circle with Japanese team in New Orleans

Judi Folds, wife of Tokyo Baptist Pastor Dennis Folds, leads a Bible study at Bethel Colony for recovering addicts.

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Sun Jan 31, 2010

Monroe News Star

Togetherness always strikes the right note

Ran into an old friend in Claiborne Parish this week. We caught up on days gone by, talked about all the meals we'd eaten together, about ballgames in the rearview mirror, about the year he gave my dad those speeding tickets, about the time he arrested me " . Good times.

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Fri Jan 29, 2010

Daily World

Landmark marina becomes history

Red River Marina will become the latest north Louisiana landmark to become history when the site of numerous major BASS and FLW events closes its doors on Jan.

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Mon Jan 11, 2010

NOLA.com

Irvin Mayfield to teach 2nd class at the University of New Orleans

Irvin Mayfield, the trumpeter who already has established a jazz program at the University of New Orleans , will teach a course there this semester that will be available in person and online.

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Wed Jan 06, 2010

Bossier Press-Tribune.com

Homer woman arrested for theft

A Homer resident has been arrested after allegedly stealing from her employer, the Wal-Mart Super Center on Homer Road, Minden.

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Tue Jan 05, 2010

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Grand jury may get Homer shooting case

A Claiborne Parish grand jury set to be impaneled Wednesday is expected to hear testimony in the shooting death of an elderly man by Homer police.

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Mon Dec 28, 2009

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Other arrests made behind Forcht Wade convict escape

Convicted sex offender Bryan Roberts is back behind bars, but this time at the David Wade Maximum Security Facility in Homer, LA.

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Fri Dec 25, 2009

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Convicted sex offender escapes from Forcht Wade today

GREENWOOD, LA On Christmas Eve, authorities are searching for a prison escapee who is considered dangerous.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

Shrevport Times

DA passes Homer shooting investigation to AG

After reviewing a deadly police-involved shooting case for more than three months, Claiborne Parish District Attorney Jonathan Stewart has decided to give the file to the state attorney general's office for prosecution.

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Wed Dec 02, 2009

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Claiborne Parish D.A. removes himself from police shooting case

KSLA News 12 has learned that a Louisiana District Attorney has removed himself from the case of an elderly black man who was shot to death in February by a Homer, Louisiana police officer.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

Shreveport Times

Organizers see big turnout at annual arts and crafts show

From purses and shirts to cookies and baked goods, the fifth annual Mistletoe and More Arts and Crafts Show had a little bit of everything.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

News-Star

New Sears hometown store focuses on service

Richard Turnley worked for IBM for 30 years, but he knew retirement wasn't for him.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

WJKX-FM Hattiesburg

Night Fishin' - Bobby Rush

The creator of a singular sound which he dubbed "folk-funk," multi-instrumentalist Bobby Rush was among the most colorful characters on the contemporary chitlin circuit, honing a unique style which brought together a cracked lyrical bent with elements of blues, soul, and funk.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Mormanity

Laban's Sword of Precious Steel: Increasingly Plausible

I've had a number of people complain about the steel sword that Laban had in 600 B.C., allegedly long before steel would be invented.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

The Shreveport Times

Blotter: Haughton man accused of stealing livestock

Twenty-one cows suspected of being illegally sold by a man who lives near the pasture where they were kept were returned to their rightful owner Friday, according to Erin Habich, a Bossier sheriff's office spokeswoman.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Times-Picayune

N.O. students write, act out their own Katrina odysseys

"Oh great muse tell me that story of Kelsi Alexander. A great hero whom everyone calls 'The Mighty Superwoman.' For she has fought all types of villains, and now she's on a journey.

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Fri Oct 23, 2009

Shreveport Times

Region briefs: Branch library to have open house

CASTOR &#151 An open house will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the new Castor Branch Library, 1955 Highway 507.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009

The Shreveport Times

Governor awards Claiborne Parish veterans with medals

HOMER - Gov. Bobby Jindal today awarded 137 veterans from Claiborne Parish with the Louisiana Veterans' Honor Medal at the Homer Town Hall.

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Mon Oct 12, 2009

Louisiana Weekly

Bobby Rush brings the blues back home

Some folks may have forgotten or perhaps never realized that noted blues man Bobby Rush is a Louisiana native.

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