The Caddo Parish Commission votes today on removing the statue of a Confederate soldier outside the parish courthouse in Shreveport. LSU Shreveport Associate Professor of Political Science Jeffery Sadow expects they will support the removal. He says the parish has kept no official record of who currently owns the land where the monument stands so this could create problems…
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The United Daughters of the Confederacy erected the statue.

Jackson Parish’s largest private employer has announced plans to upgrade the WestRock paper mill in Hodge. State Representative Jack MacFarland says if the facility closed down, it would be catastrophic, since the mill also provides needed utilities…
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The mill produces 800-thousand tons of container board paper each year.

A warmer and drier winter is predicted for Louisiana. Jeff Palermo has the story.
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Media outlets report a mass illness that’s affected nearly 200 people in Caldwell Parish could be salmonella poisoning. It’s believed those who are sick ate from the same pot of jambalaya at a charity softball game.