Oil City News

Bills requiring that abortions be performed only by physicians, allowing the secretary of state's office to shutter museums because of a lack of funds and making the killing of a cabdriver first-degree murder passed the Louisiana House Tuesday.

Celebrating a birthday today: Larry Taylor, of Shreveport. ... Jerona Darby, of Bossier City.

Larry Raymond, the director of Caddo Parish Parks and Recreation, poses in front of the pier at Earl G. Williamson Park in Oil City.

A proposed merger between Louisiana Tech in Ruston and Louisiana State University at Shreveport that was strongly supported by both communities has stalled in the face of opposition from the LSU System , and that's disappointing.

This afternoon's win means Coach Sherilyn Mueller's club will play Catholic of New Iberia at 11 a.m. A head-on collision near Oil City caused at least one person to be taken to LSU Hospital by Life Air Rescue.