Alex Onken
TMP - KSLA
Shreveport, La.

Alex Onken joined KSLA News 12's digital team on Halloween 2016. Before that, he worked in newsprint, writing both for the Starkville Daily News and the Lake Charles American Press. A native Louisianan, he was born in Lake Charles and raised in nearby Welsh. He graduated from McNeese State University in December of 2014 with a degree in mass communications.
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Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 2:34 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Cunningham’s bond for the additional charges was set at $410,000.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 10:06 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
His bond has not been set.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:43 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
On Sept. 7, 2022 Michael Tyler (known as Mystikal) pled not guilty to rape and battery charges in Ascension Parish.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 12:45 PM CDT
|By Alexandria Savage and Alex Onken
A pilot is safe after making an emergency landing in Caddo Parish on Labor Day 2022.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken, Stacey Cameron, Andrun Fisher and Curtis Heyen
Adrian Perkins appeals district court ruling, describes lawsuit as an attempt “to steal your vote”
Updated: Jun. 27, 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Following reports of a large explosion in the Catuna area, deputies with the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s office are working to evacuate residents.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2022 at 8:39 AM CDT
|By Daffney Dawson and Alex Onken
Gates will open at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2022 at 2:36 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken, Domonique Benn, Daffney Dawson and Jade Myers
"We continue to ask everyone to keep Marshal Charlie Caldwell, Jr.’s family, the Marshal’s Office, and all his friends in your thoughts and prayers."
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 12:59 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Crews are working to learn more about a leak at the former Imperial Cleaners located downtown.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 12:13 PM CDT
|By Christian Piekos and Alex Onken
Mudbug Madness on average brings in around half a million dollars in a single weekend.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 6:10 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Cody Jennings
No injuries to either driver. No hazardous materials were spilled.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 1:23 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Tayler Davis
Crews are searching the Toledo Bend Reservoir for a missing man after the discovery of a body on Saturday.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2022 at 7:36 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
One man was found clinging to a stump,
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 6:08 PM CST
|By Daffney Dawson and Alex Onken
Shreveport police officers and other crews are on the scene of a reported shooting on Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 6:38 AM CST
|By Alex Onken and Andrun Fisher
Police say three people, including a child, were at the home at the time of the incident.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 1:10 PM CST
|By Alex Onken and Fred Gamble
Have you ever heard of animal rain? Well, the city of Texarkana just experienced it.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 10:03 AM CST
|By Alex Onken, Rachael Thomas and Gray News staff
Hunter and Alexis Wilkes, both 21, were hit by a pickup truck while trying to turn onto U.S. 59 around 10 a.m. Sunday.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 5:17 PM CST
|By Alex Onken
The $10,000 reward expires on Nov. 29, 2023.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2021 at 2:02 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken, Daffney Dawson and Kaitlyn Gibson
The Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office has identified the three people found shot dead in a West Cedar Grove home on the morning of Thursday, Nov. 4.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By Collin Maxwell, Alex Onken, Christian Piekos and Curtis Heyen
He shot at law officers numerous times and opened a fire extinguisher in their direction, authorities say
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By Collin Maxwell, Alex Onken, Christian Piekos and Gray News staff
Police said a mother of one of the residents checked the back door to the building. That’s when, police say, she discovered the bodies of two males and a female, all shot to death.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 8:30 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The game will be televised on Fox with a kick-off time set at 3:05 p.m. CST.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 12:15 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The shooting left 19-year-old Damarius Murphy of Rayville dead and a 16-year-old injured.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
In total, 18 children younger than 18 have died from COVID in Louisiana.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 12:25 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
"It's incumbent upon all of us to get the vaccine and wear a mask to protect ourselves and one another, including our children."
Updated: Sep. 20, 2021 at 11:42 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
It’s almost time for the State Fair of Louisiana!
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 4:49 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Police have recovered shell casings from the scene.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2021 at 11:20 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Two other evacuee’s deaths at the facility are not storm-related.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Daffney Dawson, Collin Maxwell and Alex Onken
According to the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page, two more bodies where found in Toledo Bend on Sunday, Aug. 1.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The new overall total deaths to 12,116 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 at 7:56 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
In part, the faculty member wrote “she wouldn’t care if every unvaccinated person died.”
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 11:23 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Chandler Watkins
"We will all miss his presence & voice."
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 5:11 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
All meals are served on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 2:11 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Christian Piekos
The fire was placed under control around 5:45 a.m.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 7:16 PM CDT
|By Daffney Dawson and Alex Onken
The body of a teen who went missing on Tuesday, June 1 has been found, according to the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office.