On the afternoon of Tuesday, June 15, Shreveport Police Chief Ben Raymond held a news briefing about Operation Blue Night, which was conducted in Shreveport the weekend of June 12 and 13.
Federal Judge Thomas F. Hogan granted a request by the co-defendants to exclude the speedy trial time schedule. Their next scheduled court appearance will be a status conference on Aug. 4.
A Longview resident claimed a top prizewinning ticket worth $3 million in the Texas Lottery® scratch ticket game $750 Million Winner’s Circle. The ticket was purchased at Murphy Express 8894, located at 301 E. Loop 281, in Longview. The claimant elected to remain anonymous.
The Seventh Tap held its grand opening in early June, which drew a packed house and continues to leave the three founders in a state of gratitude and awe.
Shreveport’s annual Juneteenth festival, Let the Good Times Roll, is being held June 18 through 20, and as part of the festival, LSU Health Sciences - Shreveport and Senator Gregory Tarver (D-Shreveport) have partnered to offer COVID-19 shots at the event.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking residents to reduce their electric usage as much as possible through the end of the week (June 18) as a significant number of generation outages, combined with record electric usage so far in June, has caused tight grid conditions.
One east Texas community banded together this past week trying to find a K-9 member of a search and rescue team. Well, that search is over and all is well.
