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  • Student arrested after damaging restroom

    May 1, 2013 8:56 AM

    SHREVEPORT- Police say a Caddo Magnet High School student was arrested after being seen damaging a restroom at the school. Cpl. Marcus Hines tells The Times 18-year-old Justin Washer was escorted to the main office on Tuesday. Upon arrival, Hines says he began to get into a physical altercation with... more »
  • Teachers, staff return to school after drinking allegations

    April 23, 2013 11:27 AM

    SHREVEPORT - Three school days after six Northwood High School teachers and staff members were suspended amid allegations of drinking at a school-sponsored event, Caddo school officials say the employees will return to work. The Times reports the accusations surfaced last week after parents complained the female employees were drunk... more »
  • Ultra-light plane crashes in soybean field

    April 7, 2013 7:14 PM

    SHREVEPORT - A two-seater ultralight plane crashed into a soybean field in north Caddo Parish. The sheriff's office says the incident happened Saturday just before 8 p.m. after taking off from a private farm. Cpl. Mike Vaitkus says the plane had been experiencing mechanical issues for most of the day... more »
  • Man charged with selling bogus newspaper ads

    March 28, 2013 12:14 PM

    SHREVEPORT - A 61-year-old Minden man faces charges in at least six parishes and one Texas county in connection with an alleged scam that involved selling bogus newspaper ads. Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says David Edward Dix is accused of going into several Caddo businesses and stating that he... more »
  • Teacher accused of showing student obscene pic

    March 27, 2013 11:06 AM

    SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish sheriff's deputies say a teacher at Woodlawn High School has been booked into the Caddo Correctional Center on obscenity. Sheriff Steve Prator says Michael D. Parsons was overseeing in-school suspension at the high school on Feb. 13 where he allegedly showed an obscene photo to a... more »
  • State Fair drug arrests: 3 carnies, 5 others

    November 12, 2012 10:30 AM

    SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator and Shreveport Police Chief Willie Shaw say a drug operation at the Louisiana State Fair netted three carnival workers and five fair-goers. Drug agents made the arrests on Saturday. Seven were booked with possessing a drug; 41-year-old Timothy Haley of Hawkins, Texas, was... more »
  • 2 dead in shootout with police

    October 24, 2012 11:17 AM

    SHREVEPORT - Two people are dead in an apparent domestic dispute that began in north Shreveport and ended in Caddo Parish after a police chase and shootout. Officials tell The Times the initial call, which came in at 8:28 a.m. Wednesday, reported a man who was threatening a woman with... more »
  • Caddo advances pajama, saggy pants legislation

    October 16, 2012 10:26 AM

    SHREVEPORT - The Caddo Parish Commission will decide Thursday whether to formally encourage businesses to prohibit patrons from wearing pajamas in their establishments. Commissioners voted during their work session Monday to give District 3's Michael Williams his due process and advance his resolution to their regular agenda. Earlier... more »
  • Teacher arrested on a simple battery charge

    April 20, 2012 11:11 AM

    SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says a 48-year-old teacher at Green Oaks High School has been arrested and booked with simple battery of a student. Prator says Alvin Wallace of Shreveport was booked into Caddo Correctional Center Friday following an investigation by Det. Jackie Winston. Wallace's bond was... more »
  • Caddo Parish teacher booked with battery

    March 21, 2012 7:50 AM

    SHREVEPORT - Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator says deputies booked a teacher from Mansfield with simple battery of a student at the Academic Recovery School in Shreveport. Prator says 53-year-old Alvin Orlando Williams allegedly grabbed a student around the neck to keep him from leaving the classroom, causing scratches and... more »
  • Caddo to vote on green cards for Filipino teachers

    March 19, 2012 7:43 AM

    SHREVEPORT- The Caddo Parish School Board will vote this week on whether to sponsor 35 teachers from the Philippines for the "green card" that allows permanent U.S. residency. The board is expected to approve the plan. It says the teachers are well into their fourth year in Caddo Parish Schools,... more »
  • Caddo Parish train accident claims woman's life

    March 5, 2012 7:22 AM

    SHREVEPORT - The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office investigated a train accident that claimed a woman's life Sunday evening. Officials say the accident happened about 6:30 p.m. on a Union Pacific railroad track that crosses Bert Kouns Industrial Loop and runs behind subdivisions on the west side of Youree Drive... more »
  • Caddo sheriff's to sell unclaimed animals

    February 13, 2012 11:24 AM

    SHREVEPORT- Three horses and a donkey will be auctioned off after their owners either released them to the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office or failed to claim their loose livestock. The sheriff's office will accept sealed bids on the animals from 8 a.m. until noon Wednesday. Deputies say one of the... more »
  • Caddo Parish wildfires contained

    September 7, 2011 2:24 PM

    Nine wildfires that swept through Caddo Parish on Labor Day have now been contained, that's according to Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain. Strain said the 16 crews called in from around the state contained the last of the fires by 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. The fires were located... more »
  • Wildfires burning in NW La.; 3 homes burned

    September 6, 2011 8:37 AM

    OIL CITY- Wildfires in northwestern Louisiana have burned at least 500 acres and three homes near the town of Ida and forced the evacuation of scores of residents. Caddo Parish Sheriff Steve Prator said the fires started over the weekend in northern Caddo Parish. Firefighting crews were dispatched from... more »
  • House fire claims the life of Caddo Parish couple

    July 5, 2011 2:11 AM

    GREENWOOD- Investigators are looking into a house fire that killed a married couple in Caddo Parish. Officials say Elgin Ralph Elliott, 83, and Mary Elliott, 84, were in the home sleeping when the fire broke out around 9 p.m. in the 4700 block of Greenwood Heights Road. When... more »
  • Off-duty Caddo deputy nabs robbery suspect

    January 1, 2011 9:41 AM

    SHREVEPORT, La.- Shreveport police are thanking a vigilant off-duty Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputy for his part in the capture of a bank robbery suspect. Police said a Capital One Bank branch in Shreveport was robbed Friday morning by a man who handed a teller a note indicating he was... more »
  • Ex-judge disbarred after bribery conviction

    November 29, 2010 10:58 AM

    NEW ORLEANS - A former state district judge who is serving a 10-year federal prison sentence for taking bribes has been permanently blocked from practicing law in Louisiana. Louisiana's Supreme Court permanently disbarred Michael Walker this month, noting his conviction in 2008 for taking bribes in return for lowering bonds.... more »
  • Guard accused of beating juvenile inmate in Shreveport

    September 7, 2010 4:55 PM

    A former employee at the Caddo Juvenile Detention Center is accused of battering an inmate. Sheriff Steve Prator said Tuesday that 56-year-old Dale Smith of Shreveport was issued a summons for simple battery following an investigation by sheriff's Detective Jackie Winston and a review by the Caddo Parish District Attorney's... more »

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