Minden woman, sisters earn listing in Guinness record book

Shreveport Times - Fri Nov 06

Maggie Mae Thornton Renfro already holds a distinction that has kept her on the record books for more than a year.

Webster officials seek storm, flood damage reports

The Shreveport Times - Thu Nov 05

MINDEN - The Webster Parish Office of Homeland Security is asking property owners who have experienced storm or flood damage to their homes or structures over the past few weeks to start reporting damages beginning Friday.

Webster tourism panel discusses grants, office relocation

Shreveport Times - Wed Nov 04

Several matters that crop up often at Webster Parish Convention & Visitors Commission meetings were hashed out in greater detail Tuesday when members gathered for a noon work session.

Dorcheat heads for record levels

KSLA-TV Shreveport - Sun Nov 01

In Webster Parish Bayou Dorcheat at Dixie Inn is expected to tie if not break a 12 year old record.

Ouachita to continue rising

Monroe News Star - Sat Oct 31

Ouachita Parish was spared the brunt of Friday's storms even as stubborn rains prolonged one of the wettest falls on record.

Regional roads closed, high water areas listed

Shreveport Times - Fri Oct 30

Dozens of roads throughout the region are closed today because of high water. Trouble spots by parish are listed below.

Headless calf found on Webster-Claiborne line

The Shreveport Times - Wed Oct 28

MINDEN - Webster sheriff's deputies and local Livestock Brand Commission inspectors are questioning whether a headless calf discovered earlier this month is part of a ritual killing.

Patriot Proppants to build new facility in Webster Parish

The Shreveport Times - Wed Oct 21

MINDEN - A new startup company broke ground Tuesday and should begin moving dirt this week for construction of a two-line resin coated proppant facility that will market its product to oil and gas operators in the Haynesville Shale and other natural gas plays across the United States.

Shreveport police seek missing man

The Shreveport Times - Tue Oct 20

The Shreveport Police Department needs the public's help in finding a man who has not been seen since Sept.28. Stanley Hendrick, 49, last was seen getting in a taxi about 3 p.m. that day while leaving a nursing home in the 1500 block of Glen Oak St.

Argument over beans boils over; victim dies from stab wound

News-Star - Mon Oct 19

RINGGOLD - An apparent argument over a pot of beans led to the stabbing death this weekend of a Ringgold man, Bienville Parish Sheriff John Ballance said today.