Citizens in the area of W. 7th and Main St. in Texarkana were surrounded with unusual circumstances late yesterday afternoon: the sound of gun shots. Shortly after the shots rang out, officers were talking with possible victims outside the Bi-State Justice Center...
A man convicted of second-degree murder by a Caddo Parish jury earlier this month has been handed his sentence. James Edward Mason, Jr., has been sentenced to life in prison at hard labor, without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence...