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The following was released by the Leesville Airport: Yesterday, the Leesville Airport welcomed the largest jet that has ever landed at the airport on our newly extended runway!

A private family service for Cody Allen Freeze will be held at a later date.

Today, November 5th, Judge Michael Canaday sentenced Aaliyah N. Jack, 28, Lake Charles, to life in prison on a 2nd Degree Murder charge and fifteen (15) years in prison on a Cruelty to Juveniles charge. The sentences are to run…

Northwestern State University opened a new Child Welfare Simulation Lab on Wednesday, Nov. 4, providing students and child welfare professionals with a realistic training environment to practice skills needed to work with children and families across Louisiana.

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) reminds waterfowl hunters who received a permit for the experimental black-bellied whistling duck (BBWD) season in October to complete the required report on harvest and effort on the LDWF website’s BBWD reporting…

Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 1 on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, allowing the surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability to transfer the additional homestead property tax exemption one time to a new home.

KARAPINAR, Turkey (AP) — Row after row of solar panels stretches across a vast landscape in the central Turkish province of Konya, turning sunli...

The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine Black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School to challenge school segregation in 1957 following the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Carlotta Walls LaNier was one of them, and now she tells her story through books.  Making her way to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for... The post Member of the Little Rock Nine promotes new book in Baton Rouge appeared first on Reveille.

Visitation will be held at Myers Colonial Funeral Home in DeRidder, LA on Friday, November 6, 2026, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM. A Funeral Service will take place at Grace Church on Saturday, November 7, 2026, at 10:30 AM.…

CENTRAL — Greenwell Springs Road was closed at Wax Road due to a two-vehicle crash on Wednesday afternoon. Central Police Chief Roger Corcoran said one vehicle was driving east on Wax Road, ran a stop sign and hit a truck that was towing a boat. The crash knocked the boat off its trailer.Corcoran said it wouldn't be long before the roadway was reopened.No injuries were reported. Permalink| Comments