Caddo-Shreveport Narcotics Unit makes large bust

On December 5, 2018, Agents with the Caddo-Shreveport Narcotics Unit began a crime initiative targeting those areas of Shrev...

More than $10,000 raised during annual Red Kettle Challenge among Caddo and Bossier schools

“We could not be more thrilled knowing, through our combined energies, Bossier and Caddo Schools exceeded all previous records t...

Passenger charged in traffic stop; driver flees on foot

The driver failed to pull over. The driver did slow down but fled on foot while the vehicle was still in drive. The officer used h...

December 07 10:50 AM

Will Shreveport leaders, pastors and citizens allow police to put an end to crime?

The vast majority of local citizens have made it clear that they are not happy with the crime that continues to plague the city of Shreveport. Now that the city has appointed “substitute” Police Chief Ben Raymond as its new top law enforcement officer, things are about to change.

December 07 10:50 AM

Fire District 1 opens training facility

The process of establishing a training facility began over a year ago when the Brinkman Company went out of business and Kansas City Southern took over the property on North Lakeshore Drive. Through an agreement with KCS, Caddo Fire District No. 1 is leasing the property as a fire-training facility.

December 06 04:59 PM

The Governor and First Lady Officially Begin the Celebration of the Christmas Season at the Governor’s Mansion

Baton Rouge -Tuesday, Gov. John Bel Edwards and First Lady Donna Edwards launched the official start of the Christmas and holiday season at the Governor’s Mansion as guests, friends and

December 04 12:15 PM

Catamaran Solutions to create 120 new jobs in Minden

The Minden site will serve industrial construction and maintenance customers throughout the Americas. Catamaran’s business model centralizes workforce and supply chain needs for construction sites while integrating remote-sensing technologies and analytics to detect and predict maintenance needs at existing operations.

December 04 12:15 PM

Operation Santa Claus ready to spread cheer

Calvin Baker, Shreveport fire training officer and president of Operation Santa Claus, said the event has been in existence since 1984. The three partnering agencies “go out and ask for donations of toys for those boys and girls who may not receive any Christmas toys for this Christmas season.

November 09 10:31 AM

LDH able to recoup about $25M in Medicaid fees for incarcerated people; another $2.1M not recovered

Between January 2014 and March 2018, the Department recovered approximately $25 million in per member per month fees. However, auditors identified an additional $2.1 million in per member per month fees paid on behalf of 1,010 incarcerated Medicaid recipients that LDH did not recover between January 2014 and June 2017.

November 09 10:31 AM

Audit finds lDE conducts most required inspections on child-care providers

For example, auditors found that the Department’s child care licensing standards did not meet all national best practices related to child-to-staff ratios, group sizes, and oversight of family and inhome providers.