Service will be open only to people with military ID

Barksdale Air Force Base has identified the B-52 Stratofortress bomber that crashed late Sunday near Guam, killing all six crew members aboard. The airplane was tail number 60-053, a 48-year-old bomber. The base also is asking the public for any stories about the crew and the airplane.

Members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, who have been bicycling across the country to raise money for people with disabilities, will stop in Shreveport on Friday afternoon.

With the election nearing, the Caddo Parish Registrar of Voters is issuing a warning about possible registration scams that could result in identity theft.

A candlight vigil will be held tonight outside the North Gate of Barksdale Air Force Base, in memory and honor of the crew of Raider 21, the B-52 that crashed near Guam late Sunday. The vigil will be at 8:30 p.m.

Four people are in custody after scuffling with rent-a-center employees and a Shreveport city marshal after the company tried to repossess rented property today.

HENDERSON -- State police have closed a portion of Interstate 10 eastbound and westbound in the Atchafalaya basin following a wreck involving an 18-wheeler carrying a hazardous material.

WASHINGTON - The number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work forces to cope with a slowing economy.

WASHINGTON - About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.

BATON ROUGE -- Nobody won the two major jackpots in the Louisiana Lotto and multistate Powerball drawings Wednesday night, the Louisiana Lottery Corporation said.