Logansport News

Northwest Louisiana residents have heard repeatedly over the past year or so how fortunate this region is to have the Haynesville Shale and its financial fortunes act as somewhat of a buffer to the national recession.

STANLEY - A barbecue chicken fundraiser will be held Saturday at DeSoto Fire District 5's Central Station to benefit Christopher Ryan Curry, 3-month-old son of Michelle Garcia and Ryan Curry, who is being treated for Pompe's Disease.

Local veterans will be honored during worship services at 11 a.m. today at First United Methodist Church, 401 Gum St.

Age: 39. Last known address: 1500 block of Lovell Lane in Logansport. Charge: third-offense driving while intoxicated.

Shreveport's downtown YMCA was damaged Thursday afternoon as fallout from a tornado that ripped tiles from the roof of the landmark building, built in 1924.

Logansport's Public Works Superintendent Rex Clark was scrambling Friday to ensure backup plans for the town's water supply won't be compromised by the rising Sabine River.

Authorities today opened the gates to the Toledo Bend Reservoir spillway gates to relieve flooding upriver, particularly in the Logansport area.

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

"Louisiana History: Perspectives on the Pelican State" will be presented from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays starting Oct.

This season's final Night for the Museum history program will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

Twenty-three men and women joined the Caddo sheriff's office as auxiliary deputies at a graduation and swearing-in ceremony Monday evening at Summer Grove Baptist Church.

Zachary, Houma and New Iberia are among 12 communities Louisiana Economic Development picked for a six-month pilot program to help prepare them to compete with out-of-state locations for good jobs, business development projects and capital investment.

DeSoto Parish police jurors want to rethink a recommendation to abolish its economic development group.

Two natural gas rig accidents in less than 12 hours in DeSoto Parish have left one man dead and another seriously injured, authorities said.

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.

DeSoto police jurors tentatively have scheduled a special meeting Aug. 19 about the parish's proposed animal shelter.

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

Residents of DeSoto's Holly community don't want jobs at any cost. In fact, many are incensed that an economic development officer submitted a site proposal for a federal prison over their public opposition.

A Raceland man figures he's not the only person who will want a final road trip behind a rumbling steel horse rather than the usual hearse.

Keatchie and history are synonymous. The small town in northwest DeSoto promotes its more than century-old churches, homes and cemeteries.