Oil City News

Caddo sheriff's deputies warn motorists to be cautious when traveling on state Highway 538, near Oil City.

The Caddo Sheriff's Office right now is evacuating families off Riding Club Lane, located in South Caddo Parish.

Boats, not cars and trucks, were the preferred mode of transportation Friday on Caddo's Riding Club Lane.

The Caddo Parish sheriff's office is evacuating families off Riding Club Lane, using boats and a tractor/flatbed trailer, according to a news release.

As people tally the damage from Thursday's tornadoes, thousands remain without power and there's an ever-increasing threat from rising waterways.

OIL CITY, La., Oct. 21, 2009 -- Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. reports that reporting requirements for a clean listing on www.Pinksheets.com will be published in a few days.

What usually is RiverView Park in downtown Shreveport is now River-in-the-park. Waters near flood stage on Red River have engulfed much of RiverView and sections of the bike path along Clyde Fant Memorial Parkway.

VIVIAN, La. - Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating a single-vehicle fatal accident on La.

A new Louisiana commission studying how to streamline state government held its first meeting and elected a chairman on Monday.

A Homeland Security Department inspector general report says the Federal Emergency Management Agency lacked a "degree of urgency" in responding to early reports of dangerous levels of formaldehyde in trailers distributed to victims of the 2005 hurricanes.

Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says a former Oil City policeman is accused of keeping a stolen laptop computer while investigating a burglary.

A rolling Meth Lab exploded in Bossier City Tuesday afternoon and the Bossier Sheriff's Office has now released the name of the passenger in the vehicle.

OIL CITY - T.J. Elmore and friend Lisa Wolinski could have blown the day off. They could have hauled their trailer back to the house and watched television the rest of the day.

The House gave final approval Wednesday to legislation that would require all occupants of a vehicle to wear seat belts but rejected a last-ditch attempt by a north Louisiana lawmaker to pass a bill allowing motorcycle riders 21 or older to ride without helmets.

IDA - Caddo commissioners got a little wild this week. The elected leaders eyed snakes, squirrels and baby alligators near Blanchard and giant salvinia plants in Mooringsport during a tour of parish-run parks.

A state lawmaker wants to repeal Louisiana's law requiring motorcyclists to wear protective headgear.

It was a small issue, really, minor enough that its particular interest value relegated it to our inside pages.

A speeding truck whose driver was trying to pass a Caddo Parish school bus clipped the front of the bus this afternoon, sending the truck flipping down the road.

BATON ROUGE - The House Transportation Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that would allow anyone age 21 and over to ride a motorcycle without a helmet.

If a time capsule or a plaque on the moon had to mention one music figure native to northwest Louisiana who almost defines American music, that person most likely would be Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter.