Minden man's first trial ended in February with a mistrial after his attorney became ill.

District Judge Robert Burgess says Joey Hesser can only leave to go to work and church.

Bossier City police hope the public can help them find a local woman reported missing by her family. They and family members say Chuckeena M. Golston, 28, was last heard from in May.

The state Department of Environmental Quality warns nearly one-third of Louisiana's parishes that ozone levels in the air could reach levels considered unhealthy today.

Gov. Bobby Jindal will be in Vivian on Tuesday to talk with residents.

The man who was killed when an 18-wheeler careened across Interstate 20 and crashed into his pickup is identified as 49-year-old Lanny W. Franks of West Monroe, according to Caddo Parish sheriff's office.

Shreveport firefighters are working a house fire in the 1000 block of Morris Street off of North Market Street . That is on the edge of the Martin Luther King and North Highland neighborhoods.

Bossier sheriff's deputies have arrested a second man in the June drug overdose death of a Haughton woman.

New Orleans' new bug museum drew 50,000 visitors in its first month.

Caddo registrar of voters' parishwide voter drive at Shreve Memorial Library branches ends today. Applicants should bring photo identification and proof of residency. Call (318) 226-6891 or (888) 261-3193 with questions. Library sites and times: Atkins Branch, 3704 Greenwood Road, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mooretown Branch, 4360 Hollywood Ave. 3-6 p.m.