KALB Digital Team

Nearly 10,000 past convictions and pending cases of simple possession of marijuana will be cleared.

It was a debate between personal freedom and the ability to protect children Thursday as a House committee voted against two bills on the mask in schools issue.

The Arkansas Department of Health is monitoring the spread of COVID-19 daily.

On Aug. 3, the CDC issued a new eviction moratorium that lasts until Oct. 3 for areas of the country with “substantial and high” COVID-19 transmission rates. That includes Caddo Parish.

The brothers of the Masonry Lodge Pride of Benton, Lodge #34 will be having a school supply giveaway Saturday, Aug. 7.

The announcement was expected and comes as more than 50 Democrats, who left Texas for Washington on July 12, were on the cusp of running out the clock on the current special session and torpedoing the sweeping voting package for a second time since May.

School districts across the nation are experiencing a nationwide bus driver shortage. Officials say some of the problem stems from the ongoing pandemic.

In the last two weeks, northwest Louisiana has seen a 141% increase in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, health officials say.

COVID-19 is impacting people all over the world, but it’s also impacting animals.

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport is teaming up with the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office to host a back-to-school safety event.

Sheriff Joseph Lopinto said that Lana Cristina, 28, has been charged with second-degree murder now the classification of her child’s death is now considered a homicide.