Minden News

Shreveport police were seeking a slight, slender youth in the aftermath of an attempted home invasion Saturday in the city's Southern Hills neighborhood.

A husband and wife in Minden have been arrested on an assortment of drug and other charges, the Webster sheriff's office reports.

Can you thing of anything more special than taking your time and spending a day wandering through gardens? You can do that at Trails & Trellises, the Piney Hills Louisiana Master Gardeners' Garden Tour & Plant Sale in and around Minden.

MINDEN, La. - A nine-year old boy has been suspended from school for having a pistol on a Webster Parish school bus.

SHREVEPORT, LA Caught on camera: It's a strange image you have to judge for yourself.

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.

Webster will join the region's Mardi Gras celebration Saturday with two parades geared toward families - one at 1 p.m. in Springhill, the other at 5 p.m. in downtown Minden.

The state attorney general's office has entered a negotiated settlement with the former Webster Parish coroner who was indicted in 2008 for Medicaid fraud and theft in connection with her position as a nurse practitioner at a Minden clinic.

It appears to have damaged homes and a business and left about 2,000 without electricity but spared those who live and work there.

The oftentimes controversial Webster Parish Convention and Visitors Bureau Commission has been challenged to look toward new goals and a renewed commitment to promoting local events as three new faces join the seven-member group.

January 22, 2010 - Daniel Earl Danforth of Minden, La., was convicted yesterday by a jury in Shreveport, La., of a civil rights conspiracy, use of fire in the commission of a federal felony, and obstruction of justice in connection with a cross-burning near the home of an interracial couple in Athens, La., the Justice Department announced.

MINDEN - The Dorcheat Soil and Water Conservation District will hold its annual tree sale from 7:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at its office, 216 B Broadway.

Fibrebond Corp. has laid off 33 employees of its Minden plant, the company said Tuesday.

Fibrebond Corp. has laid off 33 employees from its staff at a Minden plant where it builds concrete buildings.

The Natchitoches Genealogical & Historical Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Jan.

Celebrating a birthday today: MARQARIOUS DESHON THOMAS, 13, son of KEISHA THOMAS and MARCUS LAWRENCE, of Shreveport.

The economic origins of the War Between the States will be the topic of tonight's meeting of the North Louisiana Civil War Round Table, the group's first gathering of 2010.

MINDEN - A Minden man whom Webster sheriff's deputies said forced his way into his estranged wife's home Saturday is charged with home invasion and other offenses, according to a news release.

Approximately 660 children from 215 families had a merrier Christmas, thanks to the generosity of the citizens and businesses of the Minden area.The Minden Civitan Club's Webster Toy program acknowledged the assistance of Chief T. C. Bloxom, Sheriff Gary Sexton,...

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