Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Ark-La-Tex report from HERE Shreveport.
From the HERE City National DeskVATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV welcomed the men's and women's basketball teams from Villanova and Notre Dame to a private audience Saturday, one day before the two Catholic schools open the college basketball season in Rome. Roughly 7,000 people filled the Paul VI audience…
From the HERE City National DeskOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma City Thunder will be without big man Chet Holmgren into the holidays after the team announced Friday that he has a small tear in the patellar tendon of his right knee. Holmgren first felt discomfort in the knee on…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays turned down 2027 mutual options Friday on right-hander Nick Martinez and center fielder Cedric Mullins, a widely expected move that sends both players into free agency. Martinez had a $20 million mutual option for next season. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — LeBron James took over the last two minutes Friday night, and the Philadelphia 76ers held off the defending champion New York Knicks 98-93 to start Emirates NBA Cup group play at 1-0. Philadelphia had built a double-digit cushion in the fourth quarter…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — The Miami Marlins exercised Sandy Alcantara's $21 million club option for 2027 on Friday, keeping their ace off the open market on a busy day of contract decisions across Major League Baseball. Declining the option would have cost Miami a $2 million buyout.…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State dug out of a 25-point hole Friday night and pulled away to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-95 at Chase Center in the opening game of Emirates NBA Cup group play for both teams. Luka Doncic started like he…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has drawn a second NFL fine for wearing cleats from Caddix, a small Baltimore company that is not one of the league's approved shoe partners, and the company says it will cover the cost. The newest penalty, $23,882, came…
From the HERE City National DeskBROOKLYN, N.Y. — A third quarter that turned into a rout carried the Detroit Pistons to a 110-94 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night at Barclays Center, opening Emirates NBA Cup group play for both teams. Brooklyn led 28-21 after one quarter and…
From the HERE City National DeskORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Goo Goo Dolls, a band that got its start in Buffalo, will headline the halftime show of Buffalo's Thanksgiving night game against Kansas City, the team announced Friday. The Nov. 26 game is the first Thanksgiving contest the Bills have…
From the HERE City National DeskLAS VEGAS — JuJu Watkins is set to play her first college game in more than a year and a half when third-ranked USC opens its women's basketball season Monday against UNLV at T-Mobile Arena in the Hall of Fame Series. Watkins missed all of…
From the HERE City National DeskTAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Lightning said Friday they have no plans to move Nikita Kucherov, hours after reports emerged that the reigning NHL MVP had told the club and his teammates he will not sign a new contract and wants to be traded.…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A federal appeals court on Friday put the NFL back on the hook in the long-running fight over its Sunday Ticket out-of-market package, reinstating a jury finding that the league violated antitrust law. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit…
Education
SHREVEPORT, La. — Andrew Medlin, an English and philosophy teacher at Caddo Parish Magnet High School in Shreveport, got his turn behind a Jeopardy podium on Thursday. Medlin built an early lead in the episode, helped by a daily double where he doubled his money. The returning champion recovered, though,…
Events
SHREVEPORT, La. — Louisiana's state fair is back in Shreveport for its 120th year, opening its gates Thursday with a full midway of rides, games and fair food, and it will stay open through Nov. 15. Families from around Shreveport-Bossier were waiting at the entrance before opening. One headline attraction…
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HOUSTON, Texas — The two biggest U.S. oil companies said Friday that their refineries, not their oil fields, did much of the heavy lifting in a quarter of soaring profits, as diesel prices stayed high and overseas buyers leaned on Gulf Coast fuel. Exxon Mobil posted a third-quarter profit of…
Politics
SHREVEPORT, La. — U.S. Sen. John Kennedy came home to northwest Louisiana on Thursday to tell a room of chamber members and business leaders at the Shreveport Convention Center that Barksdale Air Force Base will stay at the top of his list in Washington. Kennedy, a Republican who sits on…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, a federal judge in California on Friday ordered the Trump administration to stop warning state and local election workers that they could face criminal charges over ballots from voters it suspects are not citizens. U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Justice Department has sent out a fresh round of subpoenas in its criminal investigation of Alaska's U.S. Senate race, focusing on whether allies of Democratic candidate Mary Peltola helped recruit a second Dan Sullivan to share the ballot with Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. A U.S. official…
Health
SHREVEPORT, La. — Girls ages 9 to 14 and their parents can get straight answers about growing up at a free workshop that medical students at LSU Health Shreveport are planning for next month. The Girls' Puberty Workshop is set for Sunday, Nov. 15, from 12:30 to 4 p.m. in…
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