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Shreveporter Billy Jeter will be honored by Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator on Tuesday for rescuing a man from a burning vehicle on Pinehill Road earlier this month.

The Bossier City Police Department and one of its officers have received honors for their efforts last year in enforcing Louisiana's drunk driving laws. In 2011, the department made the highest number of DWI arrests by a municipal police department that participated in a grant program by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission...

Twenty five Northwestern State University students were recently inducted into Eta Sigma Phi Honor Society, the national honorary collegiate society for students of Latin and/or Greek. Members are elected by local chapters which have been chartered by the society...

Panola College President Gregory Powell has been named Educator of the Year for 2011 by the Coordinating and Development Corporation. The Corporation serves the economic, community, workforce and business development needs of ten parishes in Northwest Louisiana, eight counties in Northeast Texas and four counties in Southwest Arkansas...