The following arrests were made recently by local police departments. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven ...

Parents, grandparents and even nutrition managers at Washington Elementary were not happy after the School Board announced the doors of the school would be closing in order to make the building a ...

The board voted 10-2 in favor of closing three schools around the parish. The vote is expected to save the district $2.5 ...

The Benton Franklin Health District gave two failing grades in food safety inspections of restaurants and other establishments selling food in the Tri-Cities area Feb. 1-7. A sushi restaurant and a ...

A DEFENDANT with an address in Birr, Sylvester Paszkowski, 11 Castle Mall, was convicted of engaging in threatening and ...

Parents, teachers, and school supporters gathered at Washington Elementary to urge Superintendent Batiste to reconsider his ...

Watermark Art Center and Sundown Records will host a Poetry SLAM at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at Fozzie's Smokin Bar-B-Q, 114 Third St. NW. "A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets ...

If icy stares were laser beams, Mayor Tishaura O. Jones could have burned holes in Alderman Cara Spencer’s back as she paced ...

Jon Hamm has addressed why he was picked to introduce the Kansas City Chiefs at the 2025 Super Bowl. "It was definitely a ...

A 38-year-old New Jersey man was shot dead on a residential street in Brooklyn early Thursday, police said. The victim, ...

A federal appeals court has upheld singer R. Kelly's racketeering convictions and a 30-year prison sentence, finding he ...