Rapides Parish, LA

RAPIDES PARISH, La. (LSP) - Kapatrine Sherman, 49, of Lecompte, was killed on Wednesday morning around 4 a.m., following a crash on Hwy 71, north of Lecompte. State Police said Sherman was walking in the roadway when he was struck by a northbound 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. He sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead on the scene.

RAPIDES PARISH, La. (LSP) - An Anacoco woman was killed Monday in a single-vehicle crash on Hwy 112 near Hineston. Kiley L. Credeur, 20, was driving a 2007 Jeep Wrangler westbound on Louisiana Highway 112. For reasons still under investigation, Credeur exited the roadway, overcorrected, and overturned several times. She was ejected from the vehicle and came to rest in the eastbound travel lane. Credeur, while lying in the roadway, was then struck by an unknown eastbound vehicle.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (RPSO) - The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office and Crime Stoppers are asking for the public’s help in identifying the male suspect shown above. According to Crime Stoppers, the male, described as between 18-25 years of age, was seen pouring alcohol down the throat of a victim multiple times. He appears to be 5′8″ to 6 feet in height and about 145-160 pounds. The suspect is wanted for negligent homicide.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Bond has been reduced for one of the suspects involved in the May 7 deadly shooting at Liberty Arsenal in Libuse. David Paul, the owner of the store, was killed. His brother, Michael, was severely injured. Eric Dixon, Jr., 21 of Alexandria, was arrested by the...

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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Peabody offensive tackle Greg Knox has popped up on a few college recruiting boards over the summer. The six-foot-six, 300-pound tackle has earned four offers from Southern, Texas Southern, and Louisiana College, and the University of Louisiana Monroe. Recently, he attended the LSU football camp in...

Celebrating community. Brittany Armwood previews Illuminate: God's Word on Third in downtown Leesville. Rick Reno talks about the upcoming events coming to the Rapides Parish Coliseum.

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Shortly after 4:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Louisiana State Police Troop E responded to a fatal crash on U.S. Highway 71 north of Lecompte, LA. The initial investigation revealed 49 year old Kapatrine Sherman of Lecompte, was walking in the roadway when he was struck by a northbound 2003 Ford Crown Victoria.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - An Alexandria man has been arrested on narcotics and firearm charges, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office. RPSO says its RADE Unit (Rapides Area Drug Enforcement) was investigating community complaints about drug activity when they identified Terrance Tyrell Hamilton, 31, as a potential suspect. After...

Three teenagers decided to spend their summer building a homemade pontoon boat and traveling down the Red River. Grant Parish Sheriff Steven McCain held a joint press conference Friday morning with Rapides Parish Sheriff Mark Wood on the recent arrests of two suspects following an investigation of an attempt to get narcotics into the Grant Parish detention center.

PINEVILLE, La. (RPSO) - The Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office and Crimestoppers are looking for information on a recent theft on Hwy 165 in Pineville on May 18. According to surveillance footage, two white males exited a gold-colored Aztec and removed a headlight assembly from a 2005 Pontiac Aztec on the premises.

The following information has been provided by the Rapides Parish Library:. Rapides Parish Library has received a particular round of funding to help our library system further respond directly and immediately to the many needs of our communities due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded $3,012,150 to the State Library of Louisiana for disbursement to public libraries in Louisiana. The Rapides Parish Library has received $47,064 of that funding.

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - Warhorse Nation showed up in full effect Tuesday evening at Peabody High School to meet the school’s new principal. “And I can think of nobody finer to lead those children and lead this staff and this community [other] than Mr. Dennis Steward,” Jeff Powell, the Rapides Parish School Board superintendent, said. “Will you welcome him?”

ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - A Jonesville man has been arrested for possessing 10.1 ounces of meth, according to the Rapides Parish Sheriff Office. RPSO says its RADE unit (Rapides Area Drug Enforcement) was looking into meth being sold in the Ruby-Kolin area and identified Emery Joe Gaspard, 45, as a possible suspect. They say Gaspard had been involved in four narcotics arrests in the last year and has also failed to make court appearances. Contempt of court warrants were issued as a result.

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