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Shreveport News

Local news for Shreveport, LA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

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Child desertion charges filed after little boy tries to cross busy intersection

A young Shreveport woman has been arrested after her 4-year-old nephew was found trying to cross a busy Shreveport intersection alone.

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Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Shreveport Times

Shreveport police investigate morning shooting

Shreveport police are investigating a shooting in west Shreveport this morning. A woman was shot in the 6200 block of Sonhaven Drive just after 11 a.m. after two men asked her about a dog when she returned from ...

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KLFY-TV Lafayette

Color Purple actress at screening Sunday in Shreveport

Margaret Avery, in rehearsals for a local theater production, will attend a showing of the movie that won her an Oscar nomination and participate in an open question & answer session on Sunday.

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The Shreveport Times

Shreveport man dead; wife jailed

Charles Murray watched as police carried the body of long-time friend Peter Bayone from a home on Round Grove Lane on Tuesday.

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Fri Jul 04, 2008

The Shreveport Times

Brian Crawford named new Shreveport fire chief

Veteran firefighter Brian Crawford became Shreveport's newest fire chief Thursday, emerging from a field of five finalists culled from a six-month search.

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KSLA-TV Shreveport

Police want to find person who shot dog with an arrow

A Shreveport homeowner called police Thursday morning after she found a lost dog with an arrow sticking out of its back.

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Thu Jul 03, 2008

KTBS

Arrest made in Bossier City cold case

Bossier City police today arrested a woman in connection with the slaying of a man who was robbed and beaten at a Barksdale Boulevard motel five years ago.

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KTBS-TV Shreveport

Couple wanted for armed robbery and false imprisonment

Shreveport police are looking for two people accused of robbing and tying up a woman on June 14th.

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WIVT/WBGH Newschannel34

Study: Eight airports in danger of losing service

As the airline industry tries to deal with sky-high fuel prices by cutting back on capacity, a business travel advocacy group says six Louisiana airports and two in Mississippi are on a list of airports most ...

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WGNO-TV New Orleans

Gov. Scrambling To Replace Empty Ethics Board

Gov. Bobby Jindal and his legislative allies, who won passage of highly touted, tougher ethics laws earlier this year, now must scramble to fill 10 vacancies on the 11-member board that is supposed to ...

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Related Topix: Shreveport Metro, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives

Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Shreveport Times

Shreveport fire chief to be named Thursday

Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover will announce the city's new fire chief at a news conference at 10 a.m. Thursday.

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The Shreveport Times

Glover to proclaim Child Care Providers Day

Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover this afternoon will proclaim today as Child Care Providers Day in the city.

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KSLA-TV Shreveport

Suspected robber who committed suicide in Longview tied to Shreveport crimes

Shreveport police have connected three recent robbery cases to a suspect in east Texas who killed himself over the weekend during a standoff with police at Longview hotel.

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Related Topix: Shreveport Metro, Suicide

KTBS

Fire destroys house

Fire overnight destroyed a house in the 2800 block of Abbie Street in Shreveport.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

KTBS

Truck stop-casino robbed

Three men wearing masks and carrying assault rifles robbed the Relay Station, a truck stop-casino on Louisiana Highway 1 south of Shreveport, before dawn today.

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The Shreveport Times

Former Shreveport police officer guilty, jury finds

Roderick 'Rickey' Moore, a former Shreveport police officer accused of supplying drugs to strippers in return for sexual favors, is guilty as charged, a Caddo Parish jury said today.

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KSLA-TV Shreveport

Workers shovel mounds of dead Mayflies along the Shreveport Barksdale bridge.

A certain type of insect seems to be even more of a bug for people in the ArkLaTex this year.

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Related Topix: Entomology, Science

Mon Jun 30, 2008

KSLA-TV Shreveport

Two Shreveport men accused of setting off bomb at apartment complex

Loud explosions that rocked a Shreveport apartment complex Sunday evening led to the arrest of two men, who now face felony charges.

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Daily Report

Fewer students entering computer science programs SHREVEPORT (AP) --...

After a 45-minute discussion about computer programming with a group of high school students, the sales pitch begins.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

The Daily Advertiser

Raise opposition mounts

BATON ROUGE - If state lawmakers and Gov. Bobby Jindal thought the public outrage over the Legislature doubling its salary and the governor refusing to veto it would die down after the legislative session ...

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Related Topix: Shreveport Metro, Ponchatoula, LA, Metairie, LA, Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge Metro

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