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• Worker rescued from inside Bastrop water tower

  January 6, 2016 11:09 AM

  BASTROP - A man struck inside water tower in Bastrop has been rescued Area firefighters reported the man was removed from inside the tower around 1:45 a.m. Wednesday. Montgomery says the unidentified worker was cleaning the tank, but when he tried to exit the tank Tuesday night, he couldn't climb... more »

• Children die in fire while mom at hair salon

  January 14, 2015 6:23 PM

  BASTROP - The State Fire Marshal's Office says a mother will face negligent homicide charges after her two small children died in a house fire while she was getting her hair styled. Investigators say an arrest warrant was issued Tuesday for 21-year-old Ciarria Johnson of Bastrop. She allegedly left her... more »

• 5 adults, juvenile booked with theft of livestock

  June 12, 2013 12:41 PM

  BASTROP - Morehouse Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested five adults and a juvenile in the theft of livestock from a farm northeast of Bastrop. Deputies tell the Bastrop Enterprise reports the suspects were arrested over the weekend. Robert B. McKinney, Rowdy Shane Ray, Carey R. Hutchinson, Kayla M. Stevenson and... more »

• 2 women charged with Medicaid fraud

  January 18, 2013 6:47 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says a personal care attendant from New Orleans and one from Bastrop have been booked with unrelated charges of Medicaid fraud. He says both 23-year-old Lakeiqua Green of New Orleans and 31-year-old Jolonda Huff of Bastrop are accused of submitting time-sheets... more »

• Bastrop HS student arrested with gun on campus

  January 15, 2013 1:09 PM

  BASTROP - Morehouse Parish sheriff's deputies have arrested a 17-year-old Bastrop High School student who somehow managed to get onto the campus with a 45-caliber, semi-automatic pistol and a loaded magazine on his body. Morehouse Parish Schools Superintendent George Noflin tells The News-Star it was the student's parents who notified... more »