A strong effort is ongoing to get the “Little Cajun Saint,” Charlene Richard canonized as a Saint. Colleen Crain has the story…
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The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office has released the name of a 12-year-old who was fatally shot over the weekend. Shreveport Police say Caiden Smith died at a hospital after he accidentally shot himself after finding a gun inside his home. Authorities say this heartbreaking incident highlights the importance of safe firearm storage and education.
Fortified roofs were the focus of last week’s annual Louisiana Department of Insurance conference. Commissioner Tim Temple says fortified roofs have been proven to lower homeowner’s insurance premiums by as much as 50-percent.
Louisiana issued just 313 fortification certificates prior to 2023, but thanks to the state providing funding for the Fortify Homes Program, 54-hundred properties have been certified as of last February.
The U-S Forest Service is fighting a large wildfire in the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area in Natchitoches Parish. It has burned 15-hundred acres and Jim Caldwell says because of the wildfire, the entire Kisatchie Hills Wilderness area is closed…
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Caldwell says they believe the wildfire will be contained by the end of the week. No structures have been lost.