Z - News main
Sidney Poitier, first Black man to win Best Actor Oscar, dies at 94
Hollywood legend Sidney Poitier, who won countless awards as a trail-blazing actor — including an Oscar for Best ... Read more
Latest death
Local News
Sixth inmate dies in Oakdale
OAKDALE – A sixth inmate died Thursday of COVID-19 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Oakdale, according to ... Read more
Crime
Home invasion suspect arrested
Tips lead authorities to 24-year-old LC man in Arkansas A 24-year-old man accused in a home invasion Saturday ... Read more
Crime
Not guilty plea in death of 10-year-old
<p class="p1">FILE PHOTO: Felton Thompson was placed under arrest and booked into the Orleans Parish Jail in 2017. He ... Read more
News
US man killed in South Sudan; army says ‘caught in fighting’
The Associated Press An American man has been killed in civil war-torn South Sudan, the U.S. Embassy said ... Read more
Crime
Trial pushed back for man accused in baby’s death
DERIDDER — The trial of a DeRidder man charged in the death of his girlfriend’s infant daughter was ... Read more
National News
Powerful opioid suspected in 10-year-old Miami boy’s death
Associated Press MIAMI — A 10-year-old boy from a drug-ridden Miami neighborhood apparently died of a fentanyl overdose ... Read more
News
Louisiana woman sentenced for shooting, killing son
The Associated Press SHREVEPORT — A Louisiana woman was given the maximum sentence for manslaughter after she fatally ... Read more