Leroy Johnson Jr. has been out of the work force for eight years.
SHREVEPORT -- The conviction and death sentence of a Coushatta man who killed a 5-year-old Natchitoches boy by burning him alive have been upheld by the Louisiana State Supreme Court.
Grant Parish is among five Farm Service Agency offices that would be closed under a U.S. Department of Agriculture consolidation plan, but no local employees would lose their jobs as a result.
Catherine Garretson was proud to let her family out of a cage on Thursday for Central Louisiana to see.
The Alexandria City Council and Mayor Jacques M. Roy's administration need to stop focusing on their disagreements and instead work together on the issues they agree are needed for the city to progress, the mayor said.
Natchitoches Parish sheriff's deputies are investigating a double homicide that left two people dead from apparent gunshot wounds in Campti on Thursday, officials reported. The bodies of Stanley Brimzy, 32, and another victim, whose identity is unknown by authorities, were found.
The following civil lawsuits were recorded Wednesday at the Rapides Parish Clerk of Court's Office:
A Fort Polk soldier died in an accidental shooting Saturday while hunting in the Kisatchie National Forest, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office.
A 24-year-old Alexandria man was charged Wednesday with unauthorized use of an access card, city police said.
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