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  1. Minden woman, sisters earn listing in Guinness record book

    Friday Nov 6 | Shreveport Times

    ... black siblings in the U.S. The sisters were born in Claiborne Parish. The two youngest lived most of their lives in Athens before moving to Minden, while Renfro spent most of her life in Texas. "Miss Maggie" or "Aunt Sugar," as Renfro is known to ...

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  2. Louisiana Man Indicted in Connection with Cross-Burning IncidentRead the original story

    Oct 3, 2009 | American Chronicle

    Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division Loretta King and U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington for the Western District of Louisiana announced that Daniel Earl Danforth, 30, of Minden, La., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hate crime violations and obstruction of justice charges stemming from a cross-burning in Athens, ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Minden, LA, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Fire, Opinion

  3. Man Indicted for Civil Rights Violations in Connection with Cross-Burning in Athens, LouisianaRead the original story

    Oct 1, 2009 | Media Newswire

    Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division Loretta King and U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington for the Western District of Louisiana announced that Daniel Earl Danforth, 30, of Minden, La., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hate crime violations and obstruction of justice charges stemming from a cross-burning in Athens, ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Minden, LA, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Fire

  4. Minden man charged in cross burning caseRead the original story

    Oct 1, 2009 | KSLA-TV Shreveport

    ... unidentified suspect used small pine trees to build a cross and then set fire to it outside the victims' home in Athens, La., last October. Danforth allegedly returned to the area several days later to remove the cross after he learned FBI agents ...

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    Related Topix: Minden, LA, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural

  5. Man indicted for allegedly burning crossRead the original story

    Sep 30, 2009 | KSLA-TV Shreveport

    ... man has been indicted for allegedly burning a cross near the home of an inter-racial couple. The couple lives in Athens, Louisiana. The justice department has indicted 30-year-old Daniel Danforth for alleged civil rights violations and obstruction ...

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  6. Louisiana Man Indicted in Connection with Cross-Burning Incident

    Sep 30, 2009 | Federal Bureau of Investigation

    Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Division Loretta King and U.S. Attorney Donald W. Washington for the Western District of Louisiana announced that Daniel Earl Danforth, 30, of Minden, La., has been indicted by a federal grand jury for hate crime violations and obstruction of justice charges stemming from a cross-burning in Athens, ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Minden, LA, Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Fire

  7. North Louisiana Man Charged In Cross Burning CaseRead the original story

    Sep 30, 2009 | WNOE-FM New Orleans

    ... unidentified suspect used small pine trees to build a cross and then set fire to it outside the victims' home in Athens, La., last October. Danforth allegedly returned to the area several days later to remove the cross after he learned FBI agents ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Minden, LA

  8. La. man charged in cross-burning caseRead the original story

    Sep 30, 2009 | KLFY-TV Lafayette

    ... unidentified suspect used small pine trees to build a cross and then set fire to it outside the victims' home in Athens, La., last October. Danforth allegedly returned to the area several days later to remove the cross after he learned FBI agents ...

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    Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Minden, LA

  9. Ratcliff - McIntosh

    Sep 27, 2009 | News-Star

    Steve Ratcliff of Bossier City, La. and Amy Lietz of Athens, La. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathryn Ratcliff, to Matthew McIntosh, son of Richard and Marilyn McIntosh of Calhoun, La.

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    Related Topix: Bossier City, LA, Calhoun, LA, Minden, LA

  10. Friday, Sept. 25, 2009Read the original story

    Sep 25, 2009 | The Shreveport Times

    Brown, Sylvester Jr., 75, of Gibsland, died Tuesday; services at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Matthew Baptist Church, Athens; burial in Walker Cemetery, Gibsland; arrangements by Paradise Funeral Home, Arcadia. Bell, Barbara A., 70, of Shreveport and ...

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  11. Daily homicide links: Times' coverage todayRead the original story

    Sep 15, 2009 | Homicide Report

    ... because of a custody dispute over their 4-year-old son. Man fatally shot by L.A. County sheriff's deputies in Athens L.A. County sheriff's deputies shot and killed a man in unincorporated Athens when they thought he was reaching into his waistband ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Los Angeles County, CA, Jaycee Lee Dugard, UC Irvine

  12. Reward offered in Athens' bank robbery

    Sep 8, 2009 | KSLA-TV Shreveport

    Gibsland Bank and Trust is offering a $5,000 reward for information that can help authorities capture the person who robbed the bank back on September 1. About 8:00 am that morning, a man entered the bank's branch in Athens and took an undisclosed amount of money.

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  13. Claiborne Parish bank robbed

    Sep 1, 2009 | KLFY-TV Lafayette

    A man wearing commando-style clothing has robbed Gibsland Bank and Trust's branch in the Claiborne Parish town of Athens.

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  14. Claiborne Parish bank robbedRead the original story

    Sep 1, 2009 | KATC-TV Lafayette

    A man wearing commando-style clothing has robbed Gibsland Bank and Trust's branch in the Claiborne Parish town of Athens.

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