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A Harris County, Texas man imprisoned for more than 25 years may soon get his freedom. More>>
22 people face prostitution charges out of Bossier City... More>>
A 400 dollar reward could be yours, if you can help Police find a Shreveport shooting suspect. More>>
A man is dead after being shot Wednesday night at E. 74th Street and Thornhill Avenue. More>>
Arizona's new immigration law will go into effect tomorrow without its key parts. More>>
The Louisiana Department of Education announced the schools that are academically unacceptable for the '09-'10 school year, and it included 11 Caddo Parish schools. More>>
KSLA News 12 has learned that Caddo deputies have arrested a suspect in connection to the murder of 73-year-old Ernest Luttrell. More>>
Three groups claim Louisiana's Department of Education fails to ensure that students with disabilities have equal access and are protected from discrimination. More>>
Gulf beaches from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle have been closed or slapped with health warnings nearly 10 times more often this year than last because of oil from BP's massive deepwater leak. More>>
BP PLC says it has paid $256 million, including $30 million over the past week, for lost income or business profit resulting from the Gulf oil spill. More>>
The search is on this morning for a suspect who shot a postal worker at the main post office in Shreveport on Woodward Avenue... More>>
The Bossier City Police department executed a two week long operation reverse prostitution stings which resulted in 22 arrests. More>>
Congress has changed a quarter-century-old law that has sent tens of thousands of blacks to prison for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to mainly whites. More>>
Judge blocks controversial sections of Arizona's immigration law from taking effect. More>>
Reginald Leubo (Source: Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office)Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputies need the public's help in locating a Shreveport man wanted in connection to a shooting Sunday night in Shreveport. More>>
Officials with the Coushatta Water System in Red River Parish, Louisiana have issued a boil advisory for its residents. More>>
Associated Press - July 28, 2010 8:24 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A wild well company is working to cap a spewing wellhead that was hit a barge in a coastal inlet. More>>
A passenger jet crashed into the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital amid poor weather Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and blazing a path of devastation strewn with body parts and twisted metal wreckage. More>>
A Texarkana couple faces life in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping. More>>
The search is on for two men who broke into an East Texas woman's home, taking not just possessions, but her dog too. More>>
The Shreveport City Council has approved a probe into the handling of parking management at Shreveport Regional Airport. More>>
At a Caddo Parish School Board meeting Tuesday night, the names of six schools found to be unacceptable by the Louisiana Department of Education were released. More>>
KSLA News 12 was just sitting down for an interview with a former employee of murder suspect, Erick Crain, when the phone rang. On the other line was Crain, himself. More>>
The administrator of a $20 billion Gulf oil spill compensation fund says that he will disclose the salary BP is paying him, a week after declining to do so. More>>
Louisiana is among 18 states and the District of Columbia, named as finalists in the second round of the federal "Race to the Top" school reform grant competition. More>>
The Nielsen Co. says reruns and reality shows gave CBS a decisive win in last week's ratings. More>>
Donald Scroggins Jr. (Source: Bossier Parish Sheriff's Dept.)The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a Shreveport man for alleged drug possession along with a list of other charges. More>>
Associated Press - July 27, 2010 11:04 AM ET NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard says a towing vessel hit an oil well early Tuesday in a waterway north of Barataria Bay in south Louisiana and... More>>
Investigators said Saturday they have found 51 corpses in two days of digging in a field near a trash dump outside the northern city of Monterrey, as excavations continued at one of the largest clandestine body dumping grounds in Mexico's bloody drug war. More>>
Nap Nanny baby recliners -- hailed by parents nationwide as a salvation from sleepless nights for infants with reflux, colic and other issues -- are being recalled after a 4-month-old Michigan girl was found dead in one this month, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. More>>
Reportedly, Nissan (NSANY) is recalling roughly 46,000 of its 2009 - 2010 Cubes in the United States because of non-compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards. More>>
Reportedly sometime before 6 a.m. a truck carrying the chicken parts spilled some of its load on the road. The affected area, North Market St. at Hearne Ave. More>>
Arson dogs are being used on the scene of an East Texas apartment fire. More>>
An East Texas congregation awaits word on whether arson was the cause of the fire that burned their Fellowship Hall last week. More>>
A robber that hit an East Texas bank Wednesday July 14, has been arrested. More>>
Musician Wyclef Jean says he is considering a run for President of Haiti. More>>
Tyler Texas investigators are on the lookout for two robbery suspects. More>>
A candidate in the Shreveport mayoral race has withdrawn. More>>
The Pentagon says it will need days, if not weeks, to review all the classified documents posted online by a whistleblower group and assess the damage done. More>>
A former Lubbock police officer and Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agent is helping authorities in Tulsa end a ring of corruption that he admits through court records that he was a part of. More>>
California's attorney general says he has subpoenaed hundreds of records from a Los Angeles suburb he's investigating for sky-high salaries earned by its leaders. More>>
An environmental group sues Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, saying he didn't properly assess the chance of damage to endangered whales and sea turtles from oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. More>>
The owner of a landmark Shreveport restaurant is grateful for the quick action of firefighters. "They saved us from losing the building," says Ernest Palmisano. More>>
A 20-year-old Winnsboro man was killed after being ejected from the bed of the truck he was riding in. More>>
Bossier City Police arrested an 18-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting a 4-year-old female relative. More>>
Nissan is recalling 51,100 of its Cube hatchbacks in the United States and Canada because of possible problems with fuel spilling during rear end collisions. More>>
One of several people accused in a Lubbock counterfeiting ring pleaded guilty last week. More>>
Police are searching for two men who allegedly held up a third man dressed in drag early Monday morning. More>>
Bossier City Police have cleared the scene off Interstate 20 where a cement truck allegedly overturned. More>>
Provided by The Consumer Product Safety CommissionThe Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the recall Monday of 30,000 Nap Nanny recliners made by Baby Matters of Berwyn, Pa. More>>
Narcotics detectives in St. Mary Parish arrested a suspected drug dealer after finding 5 grams of crack cocaine in his car. They said a tip about the suspect moving drugs led to the arrest. More>>
KSLA News 12 has just learned that Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputies are working a suspected homicide in south Caddo Parish this afternoon. More>>
A one-vehicle rollover crash injures both people inside and slows a portion of a major Ark-La-Tex interstate. More>>
Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble Co. said Sunday it is voluntarily recalling two lots of Iams brand prescription renal dry cat food because it could be contaminated with salmonella. More>>
Deputies continue to search this morning for a suspect involved in a shooting Sunday night July 25th. More>>
A Chicago Defense Attorney who helped get singer R. Kelly off the hook, hopes to do the same with a former Illinois Governor. More>>
A 15-year-old New Zealand boy has survived a 16-story plunge from the balcony of his family's apartment onto a concrete floor. More>>
A survey says the average price of regular gasoline in the United States has gone up in the last two weeks, but by less than a cent. More>>
The online whistle-blower WikiLeaks has posted some 90,000 leaked U.S. military records that amount to an blow-by-blow account of six years of the Afghanistan war, including unreported incidents of Afghan civilian killings as well as covert operations against Taliban figures. More>>
Two new human cases of West Nile virus have been confirmed in Ascension Parish, bringing 2010's statewide total to three. More>>
BP's evacuation of the Gulf of Mexico has been called off and ships are heading back to the site of the leaky well. More>>
A stampede inside a tunnel crowded with techno music fans left 15 people dead and dozens injured at the famed Love Parade festival in western Germany on Saturday. More>>
Family members of those killed in the flash floods at a western Arkansas campground last month say they'll always view the community that sheltered and assisted them as a second home. More>>
A Louisiana man has drowned during a family vacation at Lake Ouachita. More>>
Shreveport Police have confirmed that they have captured the prime suspect in a fatal stabbing that happened at Plantation Inn on Greenwood Road on Thursday. More>>
The beginning of the school year is right around the corner for many Ark-La-Tex students and many families could be in need of school supplies for their children. More>>
In a final display of its popularity, Crescent Landing Catfish Restaurant had to close a night earlier than announced. More>>
The victim of the murder-suicide that happened on Thursday will be laid to rest on Monday. More>>
Warning sires are blowing in the small eastern Iowa town of Hopkinton as water continues to flow through a dam on Lake Delhi (DEHL'-hy). More>>
The Shreveport Fire Department bomb technicians responded to a suspicious package report at the Valero Convenience store located at 9345 Mansfield Road. It happened Friday morning at 9:30 am. More>>
BP's evacuation of the Gulf of Mexico was called off Saturday and ships headed back to resume work on plugging the leaky well as remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie breezed past. More>>
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A northeastern Pennsylvania woman is facing theft and fraud charges for allegedly taking $25,000 in Hurricane Katrina relief money that she wasn't entitled to. More>>
The economical tough times along with competition have taken a toll on many business owners forcing many to shut down their businesses. And that's what happened to one historic business in Shreveport. More>>
The price of healthy food keeps going up, making it easier to eat unhealthy food. Jim Abath looks at how shoppers can make better choices for their health at prices they can afford. More>>
Customers in the Highland area in Shreveport have reported a power outage in their area More>>
Breaking new developments just in to KSLA News 12 into the investigation of 12-year-old Amber White... More>>
BOSSIER CITY, LA (KSLA) - Shoppers and employees in Bossier City's Walmart had to evacuate the store for a short time Friday afternoon because of heavy smoke. The evacuation happened shortly after 1pm More>>
An undersea 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Philippines on Saturday morning but it was too deep to cause any damage, officials said. More>>
The suspect in Thursday's murder suicide had a history of harassing the victim. More>>
Baton Rouge, LA(KSLA)— Louisiana now has two new confirmed human cases of the West Nile Virus. The announcement,made by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, has confirmed two new human cases of West Nile Virus, bringing this year's total to three. Both new cases are from Ascension Parish,LA. More>>
Shreveport, LA(KSLA) – A Doyline man will spend 60 years behind bars for the sexual exploitation of two teenage girls for the purpose of producing of child pornography and possession of child pornography. More>>
An Ark-La-Tex man continues to recover Friday afternoon noon after being involved in a major accident in Shreveport Friday morning. More>>
Prentice Tillman (Source: Shreveport Police Dept.)An arrest has been made in connection to a double stabbing in Shreveport early Friday morning. More>>
Akeem Harvey (Source: Shreveport Police Dept.)Shreveport Police have made an arrest in connection to a homicide that happened early Thursday morning at a Shreveport motel. More>>
After an investigation, Shreveport Police say 31 year-old Josh Miyagi shot his ex-girlfriend, 29 year-old Kristin Leonard, several times before shooting himself. More>>
SPD, SFD and bomb squad search Quail Creek Apartments (Courtesy: Brandy Gannon)Happening right now...Shreveport Police and Shreveport Fire crews are at Quail Creek Apartments right now searching the apartment of 31-year-old Josh Miyagi for bombs and other explosives. More>>
On Wednesday, Amber White returned home to her mother's arms after family, friends, and police spent almost 3 days searching for the missing girl. However, just because Amber is home, does not mean the story is over. In fact, for investigators, it's just beginning. More>>
The man that brought afternoon traffic to a stop and had a brief stand-off with police has died. More>>
Justin Huffer (Source: Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office)Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputies arrested a Shreveport man Thursday morning for allegedly having sex with a 12-year-old girl. More>>
A storm brewing hundreds of miles away is already throwing a wrench into efforts to permanently plug BP's blown out well. More>>
A suburban Dallas mother is accused of attempting to kill her two young children by strangling them with a wire... More>>
An East Texas man is facing serious charges for his alleged role in abducting and sexually assaulting a 15 year old girl. More>>
Police in Gregg County are investigating the cases regarding two bodies that were found just hours apart on Tuesday July 20th. More>>
An Arkansas cop was shot and wounded but thankfully the doctors say he will live. More>>
Panola County Sheriff Deputies were called by the owner of a hunting cabin who found two bodies in a camp house. More>>
When it comes to what students in Texas are learning, it may not be quite up to par, according to a new set of national guidelines. More>>
Louisiana State Police and Bossier Parish Sheriff's deputies are right now on scene of a fatal crash in South Bossier Parish. More>>
A new opinion poll that was just released shows surprising numbers in who Americans favor, President Obama or his wife Michelle. More>>
About 324 thousand bamboo torches sold at CVS, Rite Aid, and Dollar Tree stores are being recalled because they pose a dangerous threat to the consumer. More>>
Authorities say a decomposed body found near a desert road is a 17-year-old girl who disappeared last week in Southern California. More>>
A federal judge is holding hearings on a parade of legal challenges to Arizona's immigration enforcement law, but resolving the seven cases filed so far could keep the court busy for years. More>>
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says he has apologized to ousted employee Shirley Sherrod and offered her a unique new position at the agency. More>>
President Barack Obama has signed into law an overhaul of banking and Wall Street regulations that he says will create the strongest financial protections for consumers in history. More>>
Oil workers gather in opposition of drilling banThe crowd, many wearing T-shirts with slogans like "Drill Baby Drill," and "No Moratorium," began streaming into the Lafayette Cajundome as soon as the doors opened, eager to show their support for ending the federal offshore drilling moratorium. More>>
Three people were injured after a pickup truck ran a stop sign and was hit by a semi-truck, which was pushed into a third vehicle waiting to go through the intersection. More>>
At least 10 units from Shreveport Fire Department battling blaze in a home in the 1100 block of Portland Street at this hour. More>>
The administrator of a $20 billion Gulf oil spill compensation fund says he's working only for the victims who were harmed by the tragedy. More>>
An 86-year-old Nacogdoches man is OK after firefighters managed to save him after he was stuck in his attic for about 21 hours. More>>
Storms are threatening to delay BP's undersea efforts to permanently plug the leaky well in the Gulf of Mexico. More>>
12-year-old Amber White of Shreveport is back in her parent's custody as of Wednesday afternoon. Investigators say the case is far from closed.
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A dramatic domestic situation poured out onto the streets of Miller County, Texas. More>>
The Texas Department of Transportation blew up the Summerhill Road overpass. More>>
The USDA has issued a recall of frozen chicken nuggets sold at Wal-Mart stores under the Great Value brand. More>>
The organization "Women of the Storm" was first formed after Hurricane Katrina. More>>
Officials have identified the victim of a deadly late night crash. More>>
There's been an explosive incident at the Lonestar Ammunition Plant in Texas. More>>
Louisiana's unemployment rate crept up in June to 7 percent despite the addition of 5,800 non-farm jobs. More>>
A state judge has ruled a lawsuit that accuses a Baton Rouge man of putting a hangman's noose in a black colleague's work area in 2008 can moved forward. More>>
The unemployment rate fell in most states in June, mainly because more people gave up searching for work and were no longer counted. More>>
Winnings for Louisiana's state-licensed casinos fell 8.3 percent over the past year. More>>
In Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, there is no age requirement for leaving your child at home, but that doesn't mean it's always a good idea. More>>
An employee on BP's blown-out oil well tells government investigators he reported a leak of hydraulic fluid from a critical safety device but doesn't know if federal regulators were notified. More>>
Associated Press - July 20, 2010 4:44 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government's spill chief is considering whether to pump heavy mud and cement through BP's experimental well cap that's... More>>
President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which he calls a common sense bill to ensure that women get as well as men for equal work. More>>
Shreveport Police report that a young man reported missing since early Monday morning has been found. More>>
Democrats hold a 12-7 edge in the committee and so the only question is the margin of the vote approving her nomination. More>>
Republicans say they too want to get the money in the hands of the unemployed but believe Democrats should find a way to pay for the aid. More>>
Police in Hunt County, Texas believe an abandoned plane in a cotton field is the same one that dropped bags of drugs on two homes. More>>
Rescue crews have recovered the body of an East Texas who drowned during a midnight swim in Lake Tyler. More>>
A New York City EMT who was accused of not helping a dying pregnant woman, has now been shot and killed. More>>
With the Senate set to take up extended unemployment benefits tomorrow, President Barack Obama says "It's time to do what's right, not for the next election, but for the middle class." More>>
Henry Lee, charged with aggravated kidnapping of a childShreveport Police have made a second arrest in connection to the case of a missing Shreveport girl. More>>
A White House spokesman says BP's ruptured oil well is leaking at the top, along with seepage about two miles away. More>>
A spike in homeless animals means more euthanizations than usual. The Texarkana Animal Care and Adoption Center is seeing a large amount of cats, specifically kittens. More>>
A Haughton man is facing serious charges today. He's accused of trying to kill two police officers in a desperate attempt to escape arrest. More>>
A mid-morning mail delivery took a wrong turn after a Shreveport man allegedly stole a postal truck and took it on a joyride. It happened just before noon, Monday, near the intersection of Harvard and Laurel. More>>
An East Texas baby boy, Daniel Ramirez, 1, is dead after an afternoon accident. More>>
Shreveport Police want your help in finding a missing 12 year old girl. More>>
Texas Police were forced to shoot and kill a man that was suspected of kidnapping and killing a child over the weekend. More>>
A federal official says scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane near BP's busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. More>>
Authorities in northern Mexico say Gunmen stormed a party today and massacred 17 people. More>>
A state canvass has found 355 companies that appear to be producing and selling food products without required state licenses. More>>
KSLA News 12 has received several calls from concerned citizens about the smell of natural gas near the Highland area. More>>
A new boat manufacturer is coming to the Caddo Manufacturing plant in Vivian. More>>
BP's trial run of a cap blocking oil from streaming into the Gulf of Mexico has been extended. More>>
A bitter sweet weekend for a Marshall County mother as she celebrates her daughter's first birthday and the one year anniversary of the father's death.
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Change is coming soon to the downtown area in Shreveport. Mayor Cedric Glover and the Shreveport Regional Arts Council won a 100-thousand-dollar grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to revitalize Common Street downtown. More>>
Shreveport Police and Fire Department were dispatched to University Elementary School on Friday evening after a school board security officer noticed that one of the windows was tampered with. More>>
One of the top positions at Barksdale Air Force Base will change hands on Monday. More>>
Bossier Sheriff Larry Dean says his investigators need the public's help in locating a man responsible for committing an armed robbery late Friday night in Bossier City. More>>
Engineers are closely monitoring whether the massive cap holding back oil from BP's busted Gulf well is holding tight as the end of a critical 48-hour testing window approaches. More>>
A former Air Force officer testified Friday that he did not violate the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy but was discharged for being openly gay after a service member snooped through his e-mails. More>>
Already this year, six people have been murdered in Caddo Parish as a result of domestic violence. That's compared to the 3 to 5 a year in most recent years. More>>
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - BP says there are no signs that its busted Gulf of Mexico well has started leaking underground more than a day after it was capped. More>>
Following is a news release from the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office: "Caddo Sheriff's Detectives need help identifying Theft Suspect" Caddo Parish Sheriff's Detectives need your help in identifying More>>
It is a drug that has been a lightning rod for controversy, after a report linked it to increased risk of heart attacks. But in a split decision, the FDA announced the diabetes drug Avandia will remain on the market. More>>
President Barack Obama says the passage of a giant crackdown on the financial sector will provide long-deserved economic security to families and businesses. More>>
For the second time in four months, federal investigators have found problems at a central California landfill that local residents blame for birth defects. More>>
Greek civil servants have been protesting the government's austerity measures with walkouts today. More>>
According to Webster Parish Sheriff's Office, a man was found dead today in his apartment in Sibley, and authorities say the death may have been heat related. More>>
Mid-day traffic came to a stop after a four vehicle crash in downtown Shreveport. More>>
BP is temporarily letting oil pour out of a second pipe on its untested cap as part of preparations for closing all the valves to see how well it can contain the gusher. More>>
For years, the issue of sexual abuse by priests has brought the Catholic Church criticism. Thursday, the Vatican tried to address the issue with a new set of guidelines that has some victims groups upset. More>>
Juan Salinas. Photo Source: Angelina County JailA woman is accused of tying a three-year-old special-needs boy up in a closet, using a belt to beat him and "force feeding" him, according to an arrest affidavit. More>>
Tyler PD needs East Texans' help locating their bank robbery suspect. Photo Source: Tyler PDPolice are on the hunt for a bank robber who threatened a clerk during a hold-up Wednesday afternoon. More>>
KSLA News 12 has just found out that Bossier Parish Sheriff's investigators have discovered a dead body in south Bossier Parish. More>>
Two people that were flying a plane over North Texas were forced to swim to safety after their plane crash landed in a pond. More>>
An East Texas woman is now in jail after being accused of tying up and physically abusing a three year old special needs child. More>>
A non-profit organization serving dozens of Bossier City children will close its doors at the end of the summer. More>>
The residents of Coppell, Texas remain in shock as they search for answers behind the apparent murder-suicide of the town's Mayor and her daughter. More>>
A former Texas Forest Service Firefighter was indicted by a grand jury on a felony arson charge. More>>
A major wreck on westbound I-20 in Bossier City has killed one man. More>>
A group of FDA advisors vote to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market. More>>
The NAACP takes a jab at the Tea Party - claiming racist behavior among it's members -and demanding the organization denounce it. More>>
Prosecutors have taken the death penalty off the table in the case of a Queen City woman accused of killing her adopted son. More>>
Emergency crews are on the scene of a major accident involving a car and SUV on South Lakeshore Drive eastbound at I-220 in Shreveport. We know there is possibly at least one critical More>>
For those of you on Suddenlink Cable, pay attention or you might lose some of your favorite cable channels after July 29th. More>>
Shreveport Police investigate suspected homicide at Schumpert and Travis Streets after a man's body is found lying in the road early Wednesday morning. More>>
A woman is accused of tying a three-year-old special-needs boy up in a closet, using a belt to beat him and "force feeding" him, according to an arrest affidavit. More>>
By Brittany Pieper – email SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) –When the economy takes a hit, so do non-profits, and the Salvation Army says that's why it must close the doors at the Boys and Girls club in Bossier More>>
A woman was arrested after police say she rear-ended another woman before leaving the scene on Frank Street Tuesday afternoon. More>>
RICHLAND, Ga. (AP) - Two police are off the force and a rural Georgia woman is threatening to sue after she says she called police to her home and ended up getting zapped by a stun gun. More>>
The Shreveport City Council members accepted Mayor Cedric Glover's pick for Police Chief and made it legal. More>>
Over 137 thousand pieces of imported children's jewelry are being recalled because of high levels of cadmium. More>>
Texas Governor Rick Perry is urging Texas employers to help High School drop-outs finish school. More>>
