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The FBI is investigating after a suspicious letter was found at a church in Benton Monday morning (Feb. 19). The letter was found at Cypress Baptist Church on Palmetto Road in Benton and contained a white powder, the FBI says. Deputies with the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office first responded to the scene. However, BPSO says Louisiana State Police has taken over the investigation. LSP says the investigation has now been turned over to the FBI. The FBI says field tests conducted on the powder were negative. More testing will be performed at a local lab. The FBI says “even sending...

BENTON, La. - In a settlement agreement negotiated by attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, the American Civil Liberties Union will no longer pursue its legal attack upon the Bossier Parish School District. ADF attorneys represent the district. One of the district's schools displayed a nativity scene during the Christmas season of 2003 and has allowed other forms of religious expression on campus. This prompted the ACLU to file suit against the district and school officials. "The ACLU's case was going nowhere fast," said Mike Johnson, an ADF attorney based in Shreveport. "Stockwell Place Elementary School's display of a creche...

<p>Bossier Parish students shouldn't automatically be expelled for one year for having Advil or other over-the-counter drugs at school, according to a Bossier School Board committee.</p> <p>The full 12-member board will vote Thursday on a proposal to ask system officials to clarify board policy outlining that principals have discretion in disciplining students caught with over-the-counter medicine. The board also will consider a number of other recommendations the five-member panel made Tuesday night.</p>

<p>Posted on November 11, 2003 After polling registrars of voters around the state, Secretary of State Fox McKeithen has estimated that 45 percent of the state's electors will bother to vote in the Nov. 15 election.</p> <p>McKeithen said his projections are based on registrars' reports on the strength of last week's absentee voting. McKeithen predicted a 65 percent turnout in the Oct. 4 primary, but only about 50 percent of the voters trekked to the polls.</p>

<p>A jury of seven men and five women took two hours to determine that Jocelyn Banks Dooley killed her estranged husband Vol "Bubba" Dooley III in their home and called her friends to dump the body in a makeshift grave.</p>

<p>A man who claims he helped bury the body of Vol "Bubba" Dooley III in a shallow grave in North Caddo Parish testified Tuesday that he said a prayer for the victim's soul after confirming he was dead. Just hours earlier he had bought the victim a pitcher of beer.</p>