Latest death

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

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