Independence News

A local man was killed this morning in a two vehicle crash in North Shreveport. At approximately 8:53 a.m. on May 30,. Shreveport police patrol officers were dispatched to North Market Street at its intersection with Interstate 220 east relative to a major crash involving an eighteen-wheeler and a pick-up truck.

Advocate staff photo by LIBBY ISENHOWER -- Jacqueline Childers, from left, of New Orleans, Lilly Lang, of Louisville, Ky.

DoRan Sea-Pak seafood processing company in Independence faced challenges after the BP oil spill -- mainly a lack of shrimp.

A Louisiana seafood processing plant and an Illinois seafood distributor have each been charged with one count of mislabeling over $100,000 worth of commercially-sold shrimp.

INDEPENDENCE, La. - A Tangipahoa Parish seafood processing company and an Illinois seafood distributor are charged for mislabeling and selling shrimp for over a year.

Proposed state budget cuts would prompt emergency mental health treatment unit closings, surgical program eliminations, emergency room service reductions and bed closures at LSU hospitals across south Louisiana, LSU officials said Wednesday.