Reporter fired for responding to racially-charged Facebook comments
theGRIO REPORT - As a black woman in a highly public profession, Rhonda Lee has received more than enough criticism in regards to her race and appearance...
LA ban on pajamas in public goes worldwide
Dublin Ireland is proposing a ban on wearing in pajamas that looks a lot like one that have cropped up in some U.S. cities, like Shreveport, LA...
Shreveport law may unfairly target blacks
Ola Mae Kelly knows walking in the street is dangerous. But the 56-year-old also knows sometimes walking on the sidewalk can be equally so...
Oldest living black American dies at age 113
SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (AP) - Mississippi Winn, an upbeat former domestic worker known as "Sweetie," died Friday afternoon at Magnolia Manor Nursing Home...
For Cullen Jones, golden chance to teach swimming
NEW YORK (AP) - Cullen Jones was about to race in his biggest meet of the year when he heard that six teenagers had drowned in Shreveport, La...
6 La. teens drown as they try to save each other
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - 'They had one lifejacket here. As you can imagine, everybody started yelling for help. Nobody could swim'...
