An arraignment date has been set for actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright, arrested early Saturday after an incident at the Stray Cat club in downtown Shreveport. They or their representatives will appear before Shreveport City Court Judge Harvetta Colvin Dec. 2 for arraignment.

A fire at the Southwood Gardens Apartments, in the 3500 block of Cedar Creek Drive in southwest Shreveport, has claimed a life.

Voter registration drives will be held today and Wednesday by the Caddo Parish Registrar of Voters.

Jeff Thompson, seeking the 4th Congressional District seat being relinquished by the retiring Jim McCrery, will address the North Shreveport Lions Club Thursday.

Mike VanSant, former interim chief of police for Shreveport and a career law officer, will formally announce his candidacy for the Shreveport city court marshal today.

WASHINGTON -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean is embarking on a voter registration bus tour he hopes will help push Dixie to the Democrats.

Caddo Parish Fire District 5 will have a public forum at 7 p.m. today at Station 2, 5151 Dixie Garden Drive in Shreveport, to talk about upcoming tax propositions for the district. Call Fire Chief Grayson Boucher at (318) 797-4111 for more information.

EUNICE - A two-year-old child remains in critical condition following a bizarre weekend accident at a local filling station.

Attorney Craig Marcotte, candidate for Caddo District judge, will speak at today's meeting of the Tuesday Morning Breakfast Group.

ST. FRANCISVILLE -- West Feliciana Parish Sheriff J. Austin Daniel say a Louisiana State Penitentiary inmate allegedly slashed two security officers with a prison-made knife in Angola's Camp D.