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Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 10:37 PM CDT
Funeral details have been released for Grant Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Edward Chelette.
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Updated: Jun. 8, 2020 at 8:21 PM CDT
Funeral details have been released for a beloved member of the Vernon Parish community.
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Updated: Jun. 1, 2020 at 2:28 PM CDT
The Central Louisiana Regional Port has released a statement on the passing of Blake Cooper.
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Updated: May. 22, 2020 at 10:28 AM CDT
Cedric Warren Lowrey, M.D., served as the inaugural medical director of what was known in 1990 as Rapides General Hospital.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2020 at 3:15 PM CDT
Former LSU band director Frank Wickes has died, according to a report from The Advocate newspaper.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2020 at 1:01 PM CDT
Ratard devoted 43 years of his life to public health and spent over 26 of those years with the Office of Public Health.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2020 at 3:53 PM CDT
The public is invited to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Ray P. Authement at a drive-by memorial Friday
Updated: Apr. 6, 2020 at 8:51 AM CDT
Dr. Ray P. Authement, who led the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as its president for three decades, died Sunday, April 5. He was 91.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2020 at 2:51 PM CDT
Longtime Rapides Regional Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Jean Lively passed away on March 13.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2020 at 9:06 AM CST
The owner of Red River Dermatology, Dr. Elizabeth Pratt Berry Long, passed away Friday.
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Updated: Feb. 4, 2020 at 8:44 AM CST
The Shreveport community has lost a broadcast legend.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2020 at 2:01 PM CST
Willie Belton was awarded the Louisiana Medal of Honor
Updated: Nov. 19, 2019 at 3:07 PM CST
Herman Walters was a lifelong resident of Central Louisiana and a graduate of Oak Hill High School.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2019 at 3:29 PM CST
|By Graham Ulkins
Louisiana author, Ernest J. Gaines, has passed away at the age of 86.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2019 at 12:29 PM CDT
A wake and funeral for U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings will be held next week at the church where he worshipped for nearly four decades.
Updated: Oct. 2, 2019 at 12:18 PM CDT
Camille J. Giordano, Sr., 72, of Alexandria, passed away on October 1.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2019 at 11:34 AM CDT
Former Sen. Heulette "Clo" Fontenot Jr., 58, was killed in a crash in Livingston Parish Sunday.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2019 at 10:17 AM CDT
Former Ball Mayor Neil Kavanagh has passed away.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2019 at 12:32 PM CDT
|By Mykal Vincent
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco will lie in state on Thursday, August 22, in the State Capitol Rotunda.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2019 at 9:45 PM CDT
|By WVUE Staff
Nancy Parker was a storyteller, friend, wife and mother.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2019 at 7:51 PM CDT
|By David West
Baton Rouge attorney and lobbyist Theodore L. Jones died Sunday at his home in Baton Rouge. He was 85.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2019 at 10:52 AM CDT
The Catholic Diocese of Alexandria has announced that Father August Thompson, a local retired priest, died Sunday.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2019 at 2:08 PM CDT
Al Wilson, a local World War II veteran who fought in the South Pacific, including Iwo Jima, passed away Wednesday at the age of 97.
Updated: Aug. 7, 2019 at 8:06 PM CDT
Henri Belolo, who co-founded Village People and co-wrote their classic hits "YMCA," ''Macho Man" and "In the Navy," has died. He was 82.
Updated: Aug. 2, 2019 at 2:45 PM CDT
Authorities say they'll rely on the results of toxicology reports to determine how a granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy died.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2019 at 8:26 PM CDT
|By Rebecca Blankenbaker
Cynthia Sutton, the former president and CEO of Cane River National Heritage Area, Inc., has passed away. She was 68.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2019 at 2:26 PM CDT
|By Mark Kennedy
Dutch film actor Rutger Hauer, who specialized in menacing roles, including a memorable turn as a murderous android in "Blade Runner" opposite Harrison Ford, has died.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2019 at 12:44 PM CDT
|By KADN News 15
A rising star in the local rodeo scene was killed over the weekend during a rodeo in Leesville, according to KADN.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2019 at 7:28 PM CDT
|By Seth Borenstein
Chris Kraft, the founder of NASA's mission control, has passed away at the age of 95.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2019 at 12:18 PM CDT
|By HANNAH GRABENSTEIN
Jones taught and practiced medicine until her retirement in 2013.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2019 at 12:32 PM CDT
Walton was part of the Walton and Johnson radio show that airs on KZMZ 96.9 in Alexandria.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2019 at 1:40 PM CDT
Tony Robichaux, the head baseball coach of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, has died at the age of 57.
Updated: Jun. 19, 2019 at 11:22 AM CDT
Dr. Don Hines, former State Senator and former Senate President, has died at the age of 85.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2019 at 5:11 PM CDT
Former Pineville City Councilman Roy Malone Jr. passed away on Saturday.
Updated: May. 9, 2019 at 10:38 AM CDT
Gremillion died Wednesday at Rapides Regional Medical Center.
Updated: May. 2, 2019 at 3:17 PM CDT
Barlow is a retired US Air Force Master Sergent, served under Rapides Parish Sheriff William Earl Hilton and Sheriff Grady Kelly.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2019 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By MARCIA DUNN
NASA's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, has died.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2019 at 6:08 PM CDT
Funeral arrangements have been released for Reverend Ronald Paul Herzog, Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Alexandria.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2019 at 4:18 PM CDT
Bishop Emeritus Ronald P. Herzog passed away on Friday at the age of 77 after a brief illness.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2019 at 7:45 AM CDT
A beloved member of the Cenla community and Air Force Veteran has died.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2019 at 4:12 PM CDT
Glenroy Weishuhn, the owner of Kay Radio & Electronics, passed away on Thursday morning. He was 79 years old.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2019 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Lydia Magallanes
Visitation for William Thomas will be Saturday at Labby Memorial Funeral Home.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2019 at 5:28 PM CDT
Joe 'Jay' Chevalier passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at his home in Kenner. He was 83.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2019 at 1:18 PM CDT
Dr. Gillespie was a native of Pennsylvania but had made Vernon Parish her home since 1978.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2019 at 12:07 PM CDT
Louis Marshall was a two-term city councilman for District 1 who served from 2000 to 2008.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2019 at 2:31 PM CST
Norman James Budd departed this life on March 7, 2019.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2019 at 2:22 PM CST
Clark James Gable III, host of the reality TV show 'Cheaters' and grandson of late Academy Award-winning actor Clark Gable, has died in Texas.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2019 at 2:04 PM CST
The team confirmed that Newcombe died Tuesday morning after a lengthy illness.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2019 at 11:17 PM CST
Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, has died. He was 92.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2019 at 3:21 PM CST
Dr. Warren Dale Joubert, 63, was born on February 27, 1955, in Ville Platte, and passed away on February 5, 2019, in Alexandria.