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Pat Carter Hamm Kihneman
April 11, 1928 — October 4, 2025
Gibsland/Minden/Bossier City
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Gibsland, under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden.

Paul “Ray” Hammon
November 25, 1958 — October 14, 2025
Arcadia
Funeral service: 2 p.m. Monday, October 20, 2025
Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Burial: 3 p.m. Monday, Tulip Cemetery.

Jimmy Ray Protho
October 6, 1953 — October 17, 2025
Bossier City
Visitation: 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Bossier City.
Memorial service: 11 a.m., immediately following visitation.
 
Webster Parish Journal publishes paid complete obituaries – unlimited words and a photo, as well as unlimited access – $80. Contact your funeral provider or wpjnewsla@gmail.com . Must be paid in advance of publication. (Above death notices are no charge.)

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By Pat Culverhouse

Two persons, including a Minden police officer, were injured Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on the Shreveport Rd.

According to reports, the Minden officer was traveling west on the roadway while responding to an emergency call for service when a vehicle pulled into his path from the parking lot of a business near the railroad tracks.

Reports from Louisiana State Police troopers investigating the crash show the police officer received minor injuries and has been treated and released from Minden Medical Center.

Driver of the second vehicle, who has not been identified, reportedly was taken to Oschner LSU in Shreveport with undetermined injuries.

State police spokesperson Trooper Eddie Thomas said the investigation into the wreck is continuing. No further information has been released.

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By Pat Culverhouse

Webster Parish school system employees will soon receive a little extra money after the parish school board approved guidelines for Louisiana Dept. of Education (LDOE) stipend payments earlier this week.

Certified and support staff will be beneficiaries of funds appropriated during the 2025 regular session of the state legislature for one-time, non-recurring payments.

School system Director of Business and Finance Crevonne Odom told school board members stipends of $2,000 for certified staff and $1,000 for support staff will be paid Oct. 31 of this year.

While explaining the guidelines for fiscal year 2025-26 stipends, Odom said all exempt and non-exempt employees receive stipends. She identified exempt employees as certificated and non-exempt as support staff.

Guidelines presented to the school board for employees to receive  LDOE stipends include:

• Must be full-time employee as of Oct. 1, 2025.

• Retirees who retired during current fiscal year are eligible and will receive 100 percent of the stipend. All other retirees are ineligible.

• Employees whose hire date is less than their contract year will receive a pro-rated amount.

• Employees who resign or are terminated before Oct. 1 are ineligible for any portion.

• Employees who receive the stipend but resign or are terminated before the end of their contract year will receive a pro-rated amount, adjusted in their balance of contract.

• Exempt employees will receive $2,000; non-exempt will receive $1,000.

• Pre-school teachers are not included in the guidelines from LDOE but will be included, and will receive $2,000.

• Five-hour custodians will receive a pro-rated portion.

• Employees on sick leave, extended sick leave, medical sabbatical or workman’s compensation are eligible for the stipend.

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Most Wanted for this week is Deterick Walker. He is wanted by the Minden Police Department after failing to appear at court on Oct. 1.

Walker has 10 outstanding bench warrants with a bond of $20,000.

Anyone with information on Deterick Walker is urged to contact Lt. Kenneth James at 318-532-9083 or the Minden Police Department at 318-371-4226.

All information will be confidential.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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By Bonnie Culverhouse

During a special council meeting Monday afternoon, not only did attending councilpersons vote to issue bonds to pay for Recreation Complex enhancement, they also voted unanimously to amend the 2025-2026 budget in order to begin building a 2 million gallon water tank for the City of Minden.

“We’re ready to build the thing,” Minden Mayor Nick Cox said. “This amendment allocates the funds – we didn’t put it in our budget at all because we didn’t know about the timing.”

In April, 2025, Minden City Council agreed unanimously to advertise for bids to build the tank, which will be around 35-feet tall, round and built on-site. Bids should come in around $3.4M.

“We are going out for bids soon,” Cox said. “I would like for us to start construction in December.”

“It’s about a year-long project,” Public Works Director Tyler Wallace said in a previous interview.

He explained citizens use about 2.5 to 3 million gallons of water per day. “If something catastrophic happens, we could last a day with this new tank. If something happened today, we’d last a half a day.”

Cox said the project will not cost the residents any money.

“It is a state capital outlay project,” he said. “We were awarded 100 percent of the funds.”

(Editor’s Note: In a capital outlay project or a state grant, funds can only be used on the project for which they were approved. The money first comes from the City’s budget and is reimbursed by the State.)

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By Marilyn Miller

“The Trap,” is the “untold story of Sheriff Henderson Jordan and his pursuit of Bonnie and Clyde. The author, Brad Dison, entertained a group gathered at the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.

Sheriff Jordan is relatively Ignored by authors, historians and filmmakers…but “The Trap” sets the story straight, Dison told the interested crowd. ”The 1970 film ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ was an entertaining film (starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway). In fact, it won two Oscars. But not one of them was for accuracy.”

“You see, Hollywood has absolutely no responsibility for historical facts.” Dison said. And the public doesn’t realize that. The writer related a time when he and a Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow “fan” were discussing the couple. When the man told him “I know all about Bonnie and Clyde…I’ve seen the movie 12 times,” Dison walked away.

So, Dison asked his “Night at the Museum” audience, “How many times was Sheriff Henderson Jordan mentioned in the film?”

He wasn’t.

“My priority is facts…and that’s why we are here today.

In another movie, starring Woody Harrelson, Sheriff Jordan has a Cajun accent. “Now Sheriff Jordan was a lifelong resident of Bienville Parish, the same parish I have always lived in. His accent was the same as mine…and I couldn’t even do a fake Cajun accent.”

A teenage Henderson Jordan worked with his father in the cattle business in Bienville Parish before going off to college and earning his degree. He returned home and began working in the tax collection division of the Bienville Parish Sheriff’s Office. Pretty soon, Sheriff J.E. Currie realized what investigative skills Jordan had, and he became Sheriff Currie’s right-hand man. Currie had served as sheriff from 1908 until 1932, when Jordan (Jer-den) was elected.

Dison used slides to track the notorious outlaws, who killed 12 men and stole more than 60 automobiles during their reign of terror in the midwestern and southeastern United States. Within two weeks of Sheriff Jordan taking office in Bienville Parish, Clyde Barrow escaped from the McLennan County Jail in Waco, Texas, and his hook-up with Bonnie Parker and their crime spree began. Among the crimes they committed were burglary, armed robbery, bank robbery, kidnapping, torture, auto theft, and murder.

Dison’s slides tracked the car thefts, most which took place in and around Illinois and Oklahoma. At one point, authorities tracked a prescription bottle found in one of the vehicles. It was filled in Nacogdoches, Texas for Clyde Barrow’s aunt. Auto theft spree solved! Inside Dison’s book are three QR codes mapping out the auto thefts and other documents, death certificates, photographs and more material relating to the gang.

Texas Ranger Frank Hammer has been credited with planning the initial ambush on Bonnie and Clyde. However, when the Barrow gang made it into north Louisiana, Jordan actually planned three different traps to catch them.

The first was in Bienville Parish. Evidently, Barrow and his gang found out about the trap, so it was a bust. No Texas officers were involved in the take-down.

“Henderson Jordan set Trap No. 2 when he learned that the gang was planning to rob First National Bank in downtown Arcadia,” Dison told the crowd. “He (Sheriff Jordan) had his well-armed deputies hidden in and around the bank. Problem was, Bonnie, Clyde and Henry Methvin stopped in Shreveport to get food at the Majestic Café (most recently Pano’s Diner, which closed in 2013).”

Now everyone knew what Bonnie and Clyde looked like – their pictures were widely distributed. So, they couldn’t go into the café, they had to stay in the car. “While they were in there, something spooked Clyde, and he drove off.”  Majestic Diner was just a block from where Bonnie and Clyde were sitting. That could have prompted Clyde to drive away. Or, Dison said, it could have been a plan by Methvin to separate himself from the gang. Whatever the reason, Trap No. 2 failed. And no Texas officers were on site.

“Then came Trap No. 3. This was the one by Sailes, a famous spot now. We all know that Trap No. 3 succeeded. Who planned this trap?? According to everybody involved, Henderson Jordan planned this trap. Henderson Jordan led this trap. His third trap successfully ended the crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde.”

“Had Sheriff Henderson Jordan not been successful, more people certainly would have died”, author Brad Dison said, showing a list of the 12 people killed by the gang. “They were getting more desperate each passing day…every time they heard a branch crack…every time they heard a whistle. Can you imagine the paranoia they lived with. They were ready to fire at the drop of a hat at anything that moved.”

“Henderson Jordan was the only member of the six-man posse who had to answer for his actions in court, and he almost lost his freedom over it. Now how did that happen?”

“Well, you’ve got to read the book to find out!”

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Baton Rouge, LA – Governor Jeff Landry signed an Executive Order to protect Louisiana students, universities, and state agencies from the dangerous influence of Communist Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The order bans the use of free AI tools created and operated by hostile foreign governments, including the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), in Louisiana schools, colleges, and state agencies. Executive Order attached.

The EO emphasizes that foreign-controlled AI programs, such as Deep Seek, serve as tools for the CCP to infiltrate American institutions and gather sensitive data. DeepSeek is an AI system found by the U.S. Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party to engage in covert propaganda manipulation and the transfer of Americans’ personal data to China. 

“This executive order puts America and Louisiana first. We will not let the Chinese Communist Party spy on our state or steal from our people,” said Governor Jeff Landry. “As technology advances, so do the threats. This executive order ensures we are protecting our people, our data, and our national security from the CCP’s growing influence in AI.”

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I am tired… mentally, physically, emotionally… just drained. There are seasons in life that feel like you’re getting hit with one wave after another, and you’re not sure when the water will stop rising. Lately, it feels like I’m standing in that tide.

But the thing about faith – real, raw, sometimes shaky faith – is that He already knows. We talk about it every day, sometimes through prayer, sometimes through tears and sometimes in the quiet moments when I’m just too exhausted to say much of anything at all.

I could honestly sleep for days just to escape the noise, the expectations, the weight. But then I look at my three girls – the little faces that depend on me for everything – and I remember why I keep pushing. They don’t see the version of me that’s worn thin. They see “Mom,” and that’s reason enough to get up and try again.

The only reason I still have hope is because of my God. He brings beauty from brokenness – I’ve seen Him do it too many times to forget. The enemy has been loud lately, whispering all the doubts, fears and “not enoughs” into my head. But my God? He’s louder. His promises cut through the noise, even when I’m too tired to listen closely.

This life isn’t easy… motherhood, work, relationships, just trying to make it through the day sometimes. But I know one thing for sure: the battle might be hard, but the victory is already ours. That victory is irrevocable.

So, for now, I’m taking it one day at a time, showing up the best I can, and putting on the full armor of God (even if some days it feels like it’s a little crooked or missing a piece or two.)

And as I do, I’m making sure my daughters learn to do the same… to be strong, grounded and armored in faith. Because the world will test them too. And when it does, I hope they’ll remember that tired doesn’t mean defeated.

We keep going… bruised, maybe, but still standing because the victory’s already been won!

(Paige Gurgainers is a mom of three girls, digital journalist for Webster Parish Journal.)

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At LaMa Animal Rescue – Looking for a Sweet home

Sweetie is just that—SWEET. At 2 years and 7 months, this 42-pound mix is the perfect medium size. She came from animal control, like so many others and we don’t know much about her prior life, but she hasn’t let her past dim her spirit. She has been at the shelter for way too long. She’s about to turn 3, and she’s at that wonderful age where she’s the perfect blend of laid-back and playful. Sweetie lights up when volunteers take her for a walk, and nothing makes her happier than splashing around at the shelter pond. She soaks up every bit of kindness, leaning in with gentle gratitude and wagging her tail as if to say, thank you for noticing me. We don’t know why someone hasn’t picked her, she has personality and melts hearts with her loving disposition.

What Sweetie wants more than anything is stability—a home where she can finally belong. She’s a kind soul who deserves her chance, and she’s ready to fill someone’s life with joy, loyalty, and love. Can you be the person she is hoping to find?

Adoption/Foster application: https://forms.gle/7QjSQowh4PDZaPBp7

For more information about Sweetie or other adoptable dogs, contact LaMa Animal Rescue and Support Services at lamaanimalrescue.org or through our Facebook page. We are always looking for volunteers to help show our shelter dogs love and attention. To volunteer contact lamavolunteers@gmail.com

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The following persons are scheduled to appear in 26th Judicial District Court Petit Jury Monday, October 20 in front of Judge Allie Stahl:

WRIGHT, AARON DEMON
97764 Aggravated Assault With a Firearm
97764A Resisting An Officer With Force Or Violence
Please make forfeiture of Taurus 9mm part of any plea/sentencing.

ONEAL, WILLIAM AMOS
97903 Simple Arson
Restitution owed to State Farm Insurance Company- $151,181.90, plus $22,677.29 fee = $173,859.19 total

BOYD, SCOTTY DEANDRE
99506 Possession Of Firearm Or Carrying Concealed Weapon By Convicted Felon

The following persons are scheduled to appear in 26th Judicial District Court Petit Jury Monday, October 20 in front of Judge Michael Craig:

STRIPLIN, TREASURE VARLEACE
99565 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

TARNO, MICHAEL ANDREW
99565 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

CANTU, STEVEN
98814 Home Improvement Fraud
Restitution per report- $4,125, plus $618.75 fee = $4,743.75 total

GRAHAM, DERRICK D
99166 Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule I CDS (Two and One Half Pounds or More)

TAYLOR IV, ALBERT W
97082 Criminal Street Gangs and Patterns of Criminal Street Gang Activity

LARD, DJIMON HETONIUS
97082A Criminal Street Gangs and Patterns of Criminal Street Gang Activity

FIELDING, BRIAN EVERETT
98394-CT.1 Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule II CDS
98394-CT.2 Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule I CDS

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Webster Parish Council on Aging will sponsor a Medicare Open Enrollment for Seniors from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.October 27 and 28 at the Minden location, 1482 Sheppard St.

From October 15 to December 7, people with Medicare can review and change coverage for 2026.

Director Vicki Dufrene, Louisiana Department of Insurance will speak about the changes in Medicare.

Call 318-371-3056 to reserve a time slot for a one-on-one interview to discuss current Medicare coverage.

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I’ve had a few questions about hydrangeas.  What causes hydrangeas to bloom on the old wood?  After talking to the LSU Ag Center, my best answer is that they were pruned too late this year if they didn’t bloom.  Hydrangeas need to be pruned in February or March.  This time of the year we need to winterize them by making their roots are mulched in by either pine straw or mulch.  Doing this will protect the plant.  That makes it simple for now.

When spring comes fertilize with a complete fertilizer like a 13-13-13.  There are ways to control the color of the blooms.  For white blooms use magnesium sulfate as an additive to your fertilizer.  Not only making a color difference in your plants, magnesium sulfate is an effective, soluble source of magnesium that helps prevent and control chlorosis (yellowing of plant foliage due to magnesium deficiencies).  Apply at the rate of 1 lb. per 100 square feet and water thoroughly.  Use aluminum sulfate to get blue hydrangeas.  Use 1 lb. per 3 foot of height.  Mix 1 lb. in 5 gallons pf water and apply at the drip line of the shrub.  Aluminum sulfate can also be spread dry around the drip line and watered in.  

So, now we have a plan. Winterize with mulch or straw, prune in February or March, and fertilize with a complete fertilizer in the spring.  With that said, our hydrangeas ought to be beautiful in the spring.

(Mitzi Thomas owns Minden Farm & Garden LLC. Watch for her column on Fridays in Webster Parish Journal. Email Mitzi questions at  mitzithomas40@yahoo.com.)

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Proverbs 3:5-6 

5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. 

We are in the fall season, and my plants from the summer are still blooming. Even though I planted and watered them, I have no control of them blooming. 

In that, I can plant and water, but only God can allow plants to grow in the right  season. 

It’s the same way with us. In order for us to grow spiritually, we have to read, study, and meditate on God’s word.  

We have to allow the word of God to have free course in our hearts, minds, and souls.  

We can’t read the word and lean to our own understanding. We must pray and ask God for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.  

Have you ever made a decision without talking to God first? Have you ever been in a situation where you thought you were so smart that you didn’t need to ask God for guidance? 

Have you ever trusted in your talents or abilities more than God? 

Have you ever prayed to do something, and God told you no, not yet, but you did it anyway? 

Many times, we lean to our own understanding because we didn’t trust God as we should have, and we find ourselves in stressful, overwhelming situations. 

If we could just be honest with ourselves, there have been times in our lives when we didn’t seek God first, and when things didn’t work out as we thought they should have, we call on God to help us and some even blame God for there own shortcomings and actions. 

We should not ever blame God for our actions.  God is mighty, He is strong, He is perfect, He is righteous, and He is able to do all things but fail.  

We need God’s guidance each and every day. We don’t know everything, but God knows all things. His ways are higher than our ways. God is smarter than any man or woman! 

Isaiah 55:8-9 says, 

8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 

We should always acknowledge God and be led by God’s Holy Spirit. You will know when it’s time! What is He telling you to do? What is He telling you not to do? Or maybe He’s telling you not yet; you will know when it’s time. Wait on the Lord! 

We have to trust God and seek Him in prayer, and He will always lead us in the right direction. We cannot allow our flesh nor our emotions to lead us, but we should always be led by God’s Holy Spirit. It might be a good idea. It might sound good, but if God didn’t lead you to do it, don’t do it. We should never make a decision without seeking God in prayer first.

Be Encouraged.

All Glory Goes to God! 

Prayer: Father, we come to you in the spirit of meekness and humility. We thank you for your grace and mercy. Forgive us for our sins, known and unknown. Help us to always seek your guidance before we do anything or make any decisions. In  Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen

(LaTina DeLoach, is a devoted wife and mother who shares these words in hopes of uplifting those who read what God writes through her.)

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By Jessica Gorman

Anyone who runs a nonprofit (or at least a nonprofit that has operations to maintain) will tell you, it’s not for the faint of heart. People don’t always realize how much goes into it. That there is the work and then there is the job. The work is our “why.” It’s the good we are trying to do, the thing that we are trying to accomplish, the cause we work to support. It’s what drives us, the thing that keeps us going when things are tough. Then, there is the job. The administrative tasks, keeping the bills paid, maintaining the facilities, and so much more. The job is what makes the work possible.

It’s been four years since I first showed up at the museum. Four years since I hesitantly started down this unexpected path. I never aspired to be a museum director, to run a nonprofit, to be labeled a “historian,” and definitely not to be a professional fundraiser. I’m still not sure that I’m the right person for the job, but here we are. And now, I find myself hesitantly taking on another challenge. Another organization, another set of bills that must be paid, another thing that needs to be taken care of for no other reason than its own sake, because it is inherently important. No other reason is needed.

Several months ago, I agreed to take on the role of President of the Minden Cemetery Association. And so, I want to share my thoughts and my plans. I come to the role with the understanding that board service is about obligation and responsibility. I see the challenges we face, the improvements we can make, the goals we need to set and I’m looking for others who want to do the same.

A few days ago, a wise friend asked me, “You aren’t going to try to do this by yourself are you?” I can’t tell you how much I appreciate those that see the reality of a situation, that acknowledge the weight of the burden, that know first-hand the challenge; those that tell you that they know you can’t carry it alone and that you shouldn’t be expected to.  I’m not. I can’t. No one person can. But, I see the gaps we must fill to be able to do what needs to be done and I know that it won’t be a quick or easy process. It will take patience and perseverance. 

There’s a quote or meme or something about delusion and audacity being all you need to accomplish anything. I think I’ve got both of those covered. Not just the delusion that I have the capacity to carry another organization (I really don’t), but the delusion of standing in the cemetery and seeing what it could be. And the audacity? It’s the audacity to try.

So, how does this process start? It starts with conversations. It starts with finding the people who want to be involved. I intend to plan a meeting for January. If you have loved ones buried at the Minden Cemetery or just want to be involved, I hope you’ll plan to attend. For now, you can keep a watch on the Minden Cemetery Facebook page for updates. This meeting is intended to foster discussion about the cemetery. Bring your questions, concerns, and suggestions.

Our most pressing issue is increasing  donations, because reality is that nothing happens without the money to pay for it. The Minden Cemetery is not a perpetual care cemetery. It is not owned or funded by the city. It is the responsibility of all of us with loved ones buried in the cemetery to see to it that the funds are available to care for the cemetery, and I’m not looking to just keep it mowed. I want it cared for.  I want gravestones cleaned, repaired, and preserved. I want the ability to be proactive in taking care of the roads and to head off future issues from the large trees that still remain in the cemetery. And, I’m delusional enough to believe that we can make it happen.

(Jessica Gorman is Executive Director of the Dorcheat Historical Association Museum, President of the Minden Cemetery Association, Webster Parish Historian, and an avid genealogist.)

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Friday

Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 55.

Monday

Sunny, with a high near 83.

*Information provided by National Weather Service.

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Send non-profit calendar events to wpjnewsla@gmail.com .

Oct. 17

CHANGE OF VENUE 5 until 8 p.m. BIG YEET, in concert, Springhill RV Park on Church Street, Springhill. Free admission to event.

Oct. 18

8 a.m. Registration for Baby Fun Run, Miller Quarters Park, Minden. 9 a.m. run begins.

6:30 p.m. Southern Plainsmen Gospel Group, Pine Grove Methodist Church, 4549 Hwy. 159, Minden.

Oct. 23

5:30 until 7:30 p.m. Trunk or Treat, Minden Library Branch, Webster Parish Libraries. East & West Street. (Rain date: October 27.)

6 p.m. Lakeside Homecoming Parade. Sibley Town Hall to Lakeside High School. (Line up by 5:30 p.m.)

Oct. 25

3:30 until 10:30 p.m., Witches Ride of Minden parade, followed by party in Civic Center parking lot., downtown Minden.

6 p.m. Haunted Hotel Homicide murder mystery, The Oak Cottage, 406 3rd St. WN, Springhill. Registration Required, text 318-272-6093.

Oct. 30

5 until 7 p.m. Trunk or Treat Springhill Library Branch. (Rain date: Oct. 31.)

Oct. 31

4 until 6 p.m., Trunk-or-Treat Fall Fest, Beech Springs Baptist Church, 15910 Hwy. 80, Minden. Games and food provided.

5:30 until 7:30 p.m., Fire District 3 Fire Trucks and Treats, 349 Main St., Doyline.

Nov. 1

2 p.m. 22 Hands Up High School Day. Grambling vs. Alabama A&M. To register, call 318-268-2223.

Nov. 3

SKELETOUR winners announced.

Nov. 7-9

Main to Main Trade Days, 50 miles of shopping, Webster Parish.

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The following persons are scheduled to appear in 26th Judicial District Court, Judge Allie Stahl, Monday, October 20:

ALLEN, CHARLES THOMAS
98467 CT 1 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS
98467 CT 2 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS
98467 CT 3 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS
98467 CT 4 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS

BEALE, JUSTIN CLAY
99537 Indecent Behavior With A Juvenile

BOYD, SCOTTY DEANDRE
T-737-09 Maximum Speed Limit
T-738-09 Driving Under Suspension

DOSTER, ZACKARY LOGAN KADE
98526 Aggravated Flight From An Officer Where Human Life Is Endangered

DOSTER, ZACKARY LOGAN KADE
98327 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

FLOURNOY, RACHAEL
99547 Improper Supervision of a Minor by Parent or Legal Custodian

GILES, KEVIN LEE
99393 Simple Burglary

GILES, KEVIN LEE
T043225 Failure to Stop at a Stop Sign
T043225A Operating a Vehicle While License Suspended/Revoked/Cancelled

GILES, KEVIN LEE
T030825 Operating a Vehicle While License Suspended/Revoked/Cancelled

HARRIS, ASSIDIOUS DEVOUT
99964 Domestic Abuse Battery – Strangulation – 1st Offense
99964A Simple Criminal Damage To Property
Valued At $1,000 Or More But Under $50,000

HARRIS, RODERICK TYRONE
99755 Fail to Register and Notify as a Sex Offender/Child Predator

JERNIGAN, RONALD DAVID
99142 Molestation of a Juvenile Under Thirteen
99142A First Degree Rape (Under the Age of 13)
Total Bond: $450,000

JERNIGAN, RONALD DAVID
99142 Molestation of a Juvenile Under Thirteen
99142A First Degree Rape (Under the Age of 13)

LARY, RANDALL GENE
98287 Possession Of Firearm Or Carrying Concealed Weapon By Convicted Felon

LARY, RANDALL GENE
INCOMING
Reckless Operation of a Vehicle
INCOMING Leaving Scene Of Accident

MOORE, DAMARCUS JERICHO
99054 CT. 1 Operating A Vehicle While Intoxicated – First Offense
99054 CT. 2 Possession of Marijuana or Synthetic Cannabinoids
99054 CT. 3 Following Too Closely

NESS, LANESHIA SHANTE
98570 Manslaughter

PATTERSON, LASONDRA TRINETTE
99915 Simple Burglary

PATTERSON, LASONDRA TRINETTE
98640 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

ROLEN, JOHN STUART
99757 Resisting An Officer

ROMAIN, CAMERON SCOTT
99707A Domestic Abuse Battery – 2nd Offense
99707 CT 1 Simple Criminal Damage To Property Under $1,000
99707 CT 2 Domestic Abuse Battery – 1st Offense

TIMS, CADENCE SETH
99613 Racketeering

VARNADO, SAMUEL WILLIAM
99631 Simple Burglary
Restitution owed per the report- $1,100, plus $165 fee = $1,265 total

WASHINGTON, ANGELA
97148 Second Degree Murder
97148A Obstruction of Justice by Tampering with Evidence

WASHINGTON, III, PRENTIS BERNARD
99158 Possession Of Firearm Or Carrying Concealed Weapon By Convicted Felon

The following persons are scheduled to appear in 26th Judicial District Court, Judge Michael Craig, Monday, October 20:

ALLUMS, DONALD
99871A-CT.1 Flight From An Officer
99871A-CT.2 Improper Stopping, Standing, And/Or Parking

ALLUMS, DONALD
98395-CT.1 Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule II CDS
98395-CT.2 Possession Of Firearm Or Carrying Concealed Weapon By Convicted Felon

BECK, JR, CHARLES THOMAS
99373 CT. 1 Operating A Vehicle While Intoxicated – First Offense
99373 CT. 2 Possession of Marijuana or Synthetic Cannabinoids

BECK, JR, CHARLES THOMAS
99043 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

BROWN, BILLIE JO
98545 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

CELMER, CAMERON DAKOTA
99783 Aggravated Obstruction Of A Highway Of Commerce

EASON, KEUNDRELL
99871 Possession of a Schedule I CDS

FARRAR, SHELLY ARETHA
99191 Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule I CDS (Less Than Please make sure forfeiture of $7,094 in US Currency is part of any plea/sentencing agreement.

FLOURNOY, DAMETRICK
99478-CT.1 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS
99478-CT.2 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS
99478-CT.3 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS

FLOURNOY, DAMETRICK
99478-CT.1 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS
99478-CT.2 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS
99478-CT.3 Distribution of a Schedule II CDS

GAMBLE, JR., HILLERY
99562A-CT.1 Cruelty To Juveniles
99562A-CT.2 Cruelty To Juveniles

HALL, CANDACE M.
99449 Simple Burglary
Restitution owed to the victim- $870, plus $130.50 fee = $1,000.50 total

HALL, CANDACE M.
99643 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

HAMMONTREE, CHRISTOPHER
99809 Simple Criminal Damage To Property Under $1,000

HARRISON, JARED MALCOLM
99398 Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule I CDS (Two and One Half Pounds or More)

HOLT, RYAN JOSHUA
99473 Operating A Vehicle While Intoxicated – First Offense

KELLEY, GINGER L.
98846 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)

KINGSTON, MICHAEL
99596 Second Degree Murder

MOORE, DEANDRE LEE
98330-CT.1 Resisting An Officer With Force Or Violence
98330-CT.2 Domestic Abuse Child Endangerment
98330-CT.3 Aggravated Battery

RABB, CURTIS
99648 Possession of a Schedule II CDS (Less than Two Grams)
99648A Operating A Vehicle While Intoxicated – First Offense

RABB, LASHUNDA L.
98395-CT.1 Possession With Intent to Distribute a Schedule II CDS
98395-CT.2 Possession Of Firearm Or Carrying Concealed Weapon By Convicted Felon

RENO, TAYLOR
98987 Simple Burglary
Restitution to D.C. Pawn for Taylor Reno $40 + 6 fee = $46

SNEED, DAVID J.
99267 Cruelty To Juveniles

SNEED, TAMMIE
99338 Obstruction Of Justice

TATE, CORA MICHELLE
99562 Cruelty To Juveniles

TAYLOR, JASON ARTHUR
99560 Possession Of Firearm Or Carrying Concealed Weapon By Convicted Felon

TAYLOR, JASON ARTHUR
T161416 Operating a Vehicle While License Suspended/Revoked/Cancelled
T161316 Operating a Vehicle with an Unlit License Plate

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The following civil suits were filed with the Webster Parish Clerk of Court the week of October 10 through 16. Civil Suits are public record.

Oct. 10
Tristan Ariel Sanders Perez vs. Demarco Dinero Sanders Perez, divorce.
Kevin Jamond Sanders vs. Krystal Williams Sanders, divorce.
First Tower Loan LLC vs. Julia Willis Harrison, monies due.
Capital One vs. Stephanie Johnston, monies due.
University of Louisiana through Louisiana Tech University vs. Haley Acheson, monies due.
Oscar Williams vs. Joyce Williams, protective order.
Carrington Mortgage Services LLC vs. Andrew Pamintuan, April Pamintuan, executory process.

Oct. 13
Willie Stevens III, succession under $125K.
Tyler Cole vs. Timothy Ray Weatherton Jr., protective order.

Oct. 14
Howard Pryor McMurrian, succession over $125K.
Red River Employees Federal Credit Union vs. Grace Tabernacle Inc., Pamela Denise Cosby, Willie Mae Osby Dennis, monies due.
21st Mortgage Corporation vs. Deah Renee Thornhill, Kevin Leon Aldy, executive process.

Oct. 15
Lamonica Moore Youngblood vs. Donovan Youngblood, protective order.
Regions Bank dba Regions Mortgage, vs. the unopened succession and unknown heirs of Christopher Temple, executory process.
Bank of America vs. Amy Giddens, monies due.

Oct. 16
Don Gentry Teague, succession over $125K.
Robert Eli Mosley Jr., succession over $125K.
Sherry Marie Shaw vs. Michelle Lynn Shaw, divorce, no children.
Madison Nicole McCormick vs. Kyle Austin King divorce.

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Pat Carter Hamm Kihneman
April 11, 1928 — October 4, 2025
Gibsland/Minden/Bossier City
Graveside service: 11 a.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2025, Mt. Lebanon Cemetery, Gibsland, under the direction of Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden.

Thomas R. Miles
June 14, 1956 — October 13, 2025
Minden
Graveside service: 10 a.m. Friday, October 17, 2025, Gardens of Memory Cemetery.

Jody G. O’Bier
August 5, 1965 — October 1, 2025
Visitation: 4 until 7 p.m. Friday, October 17, 2025, Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden.

Wilhelmina Clarice Breitweiser Pickett
January 14, 1940 – October 9, 2025
Visitation: 11 a.m. Saturday, October 18, 2025, Rose-Neath Funeral Home, Minden.
Celebration of Life: 1 p.m., immediately following visitation.
Burial: Doyline Cemetery.
 
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By Pat Culverhouse

Two brothers are currently sharing an address at the Webster Parish prison following their arrest for allegedly breaking into a Shreveport Rd. business and walking off with bags of cash.

Willie Ira Miller, 37, and Demetrius Donell Miller, 41, are both charged with simple burglary for stealing cash from Louisiana Chicken during the early morning hours Monday. Both men were arrested and charged a little over 24 hours after the break-in.

According to investigators, the pair entered the business through a door in the kitchen area just after 4 a.m. Monday, then took money bags containing approximately $711. The pair also emptied a tip jar filled with cash.

Detectives reportedly were able to positively identify Demetrius Miller after studying footage from a security system camera inside the business. He was located at a nearby motel and detained for questioning.

During the course of the investigation, investigators reportedly were also able to obtain surveillance footage from a nearby business that proved valuable in the case.

 When questioned at police headquarters, Demetrius Miller reportedly admitted that he and his brother, Willie, entered Louisiana Chicken earlier that morning.

MPD patrol officers located Willie Miller in a vacant room at the same motel where his brother was picked up. Officers reportedly found money and an item consistent with the burglary in his possession. Arrest warrants were issued for the pair following interviews Tuesday.

Both men are currently being held at Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center. Bond for each has been set at $30,000.

This information has been provided by a law enforcement agency as public information. Persons named as suspects in a criminal investigation, or arrested and charged with a crime, have not been convicted of any criminal offense and are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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