Homer News

CADDO PARISH, La. -- A Caddo Parish correctional facility is set to close this year, leaving more than 100 people out of work.

"This should have been worked out a long time ago," said Patsy "Patty" Helms, Nguyen's aunt, during a peaceful protest outside the Claiborne Parish Courthouse.

Traci Savage Stiles is charged with theft of oil and gas equipment, conspiracy to commit theft of oil and gas equipment and illegal possession of stolen things over $500. Charged with one count of theft of oil and gas equipment and one count of criminal conspiracy are Ryan Scott Savage, Austin Chase Stiles, Levi Dance, Kelvin Parker, Joshua Malham ... (more)

Claiborne Parish District Attorney Jonathan Stewart would like nothing more than to dispose of pending charges against a Minden woman jailed for one misdemeanor and two felony crimes since mid 2007.

Henry Banks, 23, of the 500 block of Marion Street, was taken into custody for public intimidation, resisting an officer, disturbing the peace and resisting a police officer with force or violence.

Mary Helen Foster, Mary Nguyen's mother, reads a passage from the Bible during a peaceful protest at the courthouse in Homer on Friday.