http://blog.arklatexblog.com Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:57:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A Shreveport police officer has been fired after an incident in which a female prisoner taken into custody on suspicion of DWI wound up lying on a floor at the police station in a pool of blood. Much of what happened was recorded on a videotape – but there is a ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2008/02/18/police-brutality-or-slip-fall/ How would you finish that sentence? Monday through Thursday, November 19-23, 2007, the KTBS 3 First News team is taking you to their favorite places. Ed Walsh started us off Monday morning in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sonja Bailes took us through her old stomping grounds, Lincoln Parish. Keep watching to see ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/11/19/my-favorite-place-in-the-arklatex-is/ It was one of the most anticipated concerts of the year. Hannah Montana, aka Miley Cyrus, took center stage at the CenturyTel Thursday night in Bossier City in the "Best of Both Worlds" tour. The tour has made national headlines after frustrated parents and fan club members complained about ticket ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/11/15/hannah-montana-craze/ Thousands came to Jena, Louisiana, Thursday to march and rally in support of the six teenagers who've come to be known as "The Jena 6."Louisiana State Police estimate the crowd at 12,000, but others say there were many more in attendance. It was the first civil rights march for younger generations ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/09/20/young-and-old-march-in-jena/  Statewide school performance scores in Louisiana showed little or no improvement in academic performance scores or did worse than last year, the state education superintendent said today. Twelve schools in Caddo Parish are on the lists of academically unacceptable, including Bethune Middle School for a fifth consecutive year. There was one ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/09/06/school-scores-show-need-for-more-change/ We may never know for sure why people decided to start wearing their pants lower and lower, eventually exposing their underwear and more. Some sources say it started as a trend from prison culture. Inmates aren't allowed to have belts, and if their uniforms are too big, there's nowhere for ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/08/29/sagging-saga/                Today is a simple day off work for some.  With all holidays it is easy to forget why you head to the lake to celebrate or what we are commemorating at all.                  On the last Monday of May we honor those who have died while serving our country.  ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/05/28/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-day/ Professors: Cho was very troubled BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- A very troubling picture is emerging of the man responsible for the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history.Virginia Tech creative writing professor Lucinda Roy told NBC's "Today" show that Cho Heung-Sui was one of the most disturbed students she had ever ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/04/17/33-dead-after-shootings-at-virginia-tech/   Legendary former Grambling State University football coach Eddie Robinson died overnight. He was 88. Robinson died at Lincoln General Hospital in Ruston, where he had been taken Monday afternoon after having trouble breathing. He had suffered for years from Alzheimer's disease. Robinson was Grambling's head football coach from 1942-97. He won more ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/04/04/college-football-legend-eddie-robinson-dies/ The U.S. Surgeon General's Office estimates 11 million teens and young adults are drinking before their 21st birthdays this year. The Surgeon General's research shows teenagers who start drinking before the age of 15 are five times more likely to have problems with alcohol later in life. New evidence also ... http://blog.arklatexblog.com/2007/03/26/underage-drinking-crisis-2/