A former Shreveport fire captain who was fired after a deadly 2025 fire on Kemp Lane that killed four people is being told by the city that he owes it nearly $14,000.
Water service has been restored at Sanctuary Apartments after residents went six days without water, even though they paid the utility as part of their rent.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson said in a recent podcast he is in no hurry to make additional investments in Shreveport, citing his experience working with the city.
The Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office wrote a new inmate transport policy after Tre’Veon Jackson escaped custody and was on the run for eight days, according to documents obtained by KSLA.
Five years after Horace Sparks was killed, the man accused of his murder, Tre’Veon Jackson, escaped Caddo Parish custody after going to Ochsner LSU Health for a medical evaluation Monday night. Sparks’ family is demanding answers into how this happened and why they were not properly notified.
A multi-agency manhunt is underway across Caddo and Bossier parishes for an escaped inmate considered armed and dangerous after fleeing deputy custody outside a Shreveport hospital and carjacking a vehicle late Monday night.
A judge heard arguments Wednesday morning over what evidence can be used in a civil lawsuit filed by Jarius Brown against a former DeSoto Parish sheriff’s deputy accused of beating him while he was naked in the DeSoto Parish jail in 2019.
State Representative Michael Melerine’s attorney said Melerine had just come from a legislative committee meeting in Baton Rouge before his SUV was found in a ditch in Caddo Parish. KSLA Investigates reviewed on-demand video of that meeting confirming he was there.
The surviving daughters of a woman who was hit and killed by a Shreveport Police Department patrol car back in February are now filing a lawsuit against the department.
A 2019 video showing two DeSoto Parish deputies beating an unarmed and naked inmate is at the center of allegations that Louisiana State Police (LSP) tried to hide evidence, according to attorneys for Jarius Brown.
A man in jail awaiting trial for the sexual assault of a child is now accused of second-degree rape again, and it apparently happened while Lucas Logan is in jail at Caddo Correctional Center.
A Shreveport woman is suing the city, a former police officer and two companies tied to her apartment complex, claiming her civil rights were violated when she was arrested for child neglect last July.
Records released by the Louisiana Department of Corrections show Narcan deployments in state prisons have increased sharply since tracking began in 2023, with nearly 2,500 doses administered in 2025.
A former inmate at Bossier Maximum Facility in Plain Dealing said he was assaulted inside the facility, but when KSLA requested video from that night, the cameras in that area were not operating.
By Joliyah Daughtry, Rachael Thomas, Domonique Benn and Bailey Thomas
The family of the victims of the deadly Kemp Lane fire that happened in Shreveport in April of 2025 has filed three lawsuits against multiple government organizations.
A lawsuit filed in early March claims a mother called 911 and told operators her two young daughters were inside a burning home — but dispatch sent firefighters to the scene without communicating that people were trapped inside.
Federal reports rank Louisiana among the worst states in the country for air quality, and some residents and environmental advocates are questioning whether the proposed $12 billion Amazon data center campuses in northwest Louisiana could make conditions worse.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) issued an administrative order against the Shreveport water system requiring the city to make major infrastructure changes following multiple deficiencies cited between 2021 and 2024.
The mayor of Mooringsport and two others have filed a petition for judicial review of the Shreveport City Council’s decision to approve a new data center, citing a lack of public transparency in the process.
State Representative Steven Jackson has accumulated thousands of dollars in penalties for missing, late, or incorrectly filed financial disclosures over the years.
A former Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) employee warned state legislators that staffing shortages and policy changes could put children’s lives at risk.
Records obtained by KSLA show training deficiencies among Vivian police officers, with only two of four officers who attended the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office Academy completing POST certification.
Records from the Louisiana Commission of Law Enforcement show slain Vivian Police officer, Marc Brock, had received a “POST Part Time/Reserve Grandfather Certificate” in 2022, according to a KSLA investigation.
An investigation into Caddo Correctional Center reveals that out of several hundred inmate complaints filed in the first half of 2025, only five were deemed valid by the sheriff's office, highlighting challenges in how prisoner grievances are handled across north Louisiana facilities.
Newly released video footage shows DeSoto Parish deputies beating a naked man during his intake process at the parish jail in 2019, raising serious questions about use of force policies and transparency in law enforcement.
Three Shreveport police officers are being investigated by the department after a local business owner claims the officers stole items from her vehicle.
Until recently, Louisiana had gone more than a decade without any executions. Now, state leaders are ramping up efforts to carry out those sentences for death row inmates.
