News Headlines For Shreveport Bossier

A COUPLE OF TEENAGERS LEFT SCHOOL EARLY FROM BROADMOOR MIDDLE LAB SCHOOL.  AND THEN THEY CALLED WERNER PARK ELEMENTARY AND CHECKED OUT THE 5-YEAR-OLD BROTHER OF ONE OF THEM.  SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY MORE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PREVENT WHAT HAPPENED. THE TWO TEENAGERS FACE KIDNAPPING CHARGES.

A LOCAL POLICE OFFICER HAD TO TAZE A MAN WHEN THE SUSPECT TRIED TO FIGHT.  IT ALL BEGAN WHEN A WOMAN CALLED POLICE SAYING HER EX BOYFRIEND HAD HIT HER.  WHEN THE OFFICER TRIED TO ARREST THE MAN, HE RESISTED.  THAT'S WHEN THE TAZER WAS USED.

AFTER ONLY 20 MINUTES OF DELIBERATING, A CADDO JURY FINDS FORMER CHEVYLAND MECHANIC JIM CHURCH GUILTY, AS CHARGED, OF MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF ROBERT HALL THE THIRD.

CHARGES AGAINST A 26 YEAR OLD SHREVEPORT MAN ACCUSED IN THE DEATH OF A 2 YEAR OLD BOY HAVE BEEN REJECTED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NOW TRISTAN ANDERSON HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM JAIL. 

THE FEDERAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES EARLY EDUCATION SERVICES TO NEARLY 1 MILLION LOW-INCOME KIDS NATIONWIDE IS BEING CRITICIZED FOR SAFETY VIOLATIONS.

A TEXAS SHERIFF SAYS THE ``WORKING THEORY IS THAT HUNTERS FIRED THE SHOTS THAT WOUNDED TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TRYING OUT FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM. ONE BOY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

CUSTOMS AGENTS REPORT SEIZING MORE THAN 150 LIFE-SIZE SANTAS AT LOS ANGELES AREA PORTS. OFFICIALS SAY OL' SAINT NICK POSES A SHOCK HAZARD BECAUSE OF PHONY UL CERTIFICATIONS.

IT'S GOING TO LOOK MORE LIKE CHRISTMAS IN JANUARY FOR SOME PEOPLE. SIX PERCENT OF THOSE WHO ANSWERED DELOITTE'S ANNUAL HOLIDAY SURVEY THIS YEAR SAY THEY'RE PUTTING OFF THE BULK OF THEIR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING UNTIL JANUARY _ BECAUSE OF MONEY.

THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD COULD COME OUT WITH NEW RECOMMENDATIONS ON TEXTING WHILE DRIVING AND OTHER DISTRACTIONS WHEN IT MEETS TODAY. IT'LL LOOK AT THE CASE OF A 19-YEAR-OLD, WHO INVESTIGATORS SAY CAUSED A DEADLY HIGHWAY PILEUP IN MISSOURI LAST YEAR WHEN HE REAR-ENDED A TRACTOR TRUCK WHILE TEXTING.

A WEALTHY ITALIAN WOMAN HAS LEFT HER FORTUNE TO HER CAT.  THE 4 YEAR OLD STRAY CAT WAS RESCUED BY MARIA ASSUNTA....WELL THE ELDERLY WOMAN DIED TWO WEEKS AGO....AND NOW THE CAT IS THE BENEFICIARY OF 13 MILLION DOLLARS.

 HOLIDAY SHOPPERS CAN PROCRASTINATE THIS YEAR, BUT NOT TOO LONG. A NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION SURVEY OF ONLINE MERCHANTS SAYS MOST STORES ARE PUSHING BACK THEIR ORDER DEADLINES FOR CHRISTMAS DELIVERY. IT'S TUESDAY, DEC. 20 FOR MANY PLACES. LAST YEAR MOST MERCHANTS SET THE DEADLINE AT DEC. 18.

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