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Frank Page: How I Met the Broadcasting Legend

Angela Thomas — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:57:31 +0000

Everyone knew who Frank Page was when I came into the Clear Channel building back in 2003. Everyone but me. I might have heard his name a time or two in years before, but I knew little of just how big a personality he was in the radio world

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Gore Vidal, Novelist, Screenwriter, Bon Vivant, Dead at 86

Damon Houx — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 18:00:11 +0000

Gore Vidal, the writer of such novels as ‘Myra Breckinridge,’ plays such as ‘The Best Man,’ and screenwriter on such films as ‘Suddenly Last Summer’ and ‘Caligula,’ has died from complications from pneumonia. He was 86.

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Sherman Hemsley, TV's George Jefferson, Dies at 74

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:55:10 +0000

Sherman Hemsley, a television fixture of the ’70s and ’80s, has died at his home in El Paso, Texas at age 74. His passing is being attributed to “natural causes.”

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Jaws Of Life Used To Try To Save The Life Of A Homer Man

James Stanley — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:26:21 +0000

Louisiana State Police Troop G investigated a one vehicle fatal crash on Harris Road, 3 miles south of US Highway 79 in Claiborne Parish, which claimed the life of a Homer man.

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Man On Bicycle Ran Over By Dump Truck In Downtown Shreveport

James Stanley — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:02:31 +0000

The Shreveport Fire Department responded to a call of a man hit by a large dump truck Tuesday afternoon.

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Morning Crash on Line Avenue Leaves Local Man Dead

Angela Thomas — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:21:47 +0000

Police are investigating a three-vehicle crash that claimed the life of a local man. At about 7:45 this morning, police were called to a major crash in the 7500 block of Line Avenue, near the intersection of Turner Lane

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Mickelson Sentenced In Caddo District Court Today

James Stanley — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:52:28 +0000

Eric Dale Mickelson was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the murder of Charles Martin.

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Former Caddo Schools Interim Superintendent Dies

James Stanley — Fri, 06 May 2011 04:31:02 +0000

Longtime Caddo Parish educator and administrator Wanda Gunn died today after a short battle with cancer.

Gunn, most recently was the Executive Area Director of School Performance, having been tasked with keeping up with the district's student standardized testing scores. Gunn worked for the school system for 51 years.

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Elizabeth Taylor Dead at 79

keel — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:04:48 +0000

Elizabeth Taylor, a voluptuous violet-eyed actress who lived a life of luster and anguish and spent more than six decades as one of the world's most visible women for her two Academy Awards, eight marriages, ravaging illnesses and work in AIDS philanthropy, died Wednesday at age 79.

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Teen Dies At LSUHSC Of H1N1

James Stanley — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 04:09:30 +0000

BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals today confirmed the death of a 13-year-old East Texas boy in a Shreveport hospital due to complications from H1N1 flu. Elysian Fields Middle School student Trenton Lindsey died Tuesday night.

"Our hearts and prayers go out to this child's family and friends," said DHH Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein. "It is important we all remain vigilant for symptoms of flu-like illness, and be serious about taking preventative measures against the spread of flu."

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