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SHREVEPORT, La. -- A Shreveport man is in jail in connection with breaking into a home and beating a person inside.

Officers discovered that a male suspect had forcibly entered the victim’s residence and began to strike the victim in the face.

Around 12:52 p.m., the Suffolk 911 Center received multiple calls of shots fired near a shopping center located in the 800 block of Constance Rd.

BATON ROUGE - Members of the Forest Oak and Windsor Place Crime Prevention and Beautification Board met Saturday with law enforcement to discuss upcoming changes to the neighborhood, all of which aim to strengthen the fight against violent crime.

Police found a man with a gunshot wound on Forest Oak Lane. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Students in Cindy Reyes’ class spent part of their Wednesday afternoon working on word problems in math at Como Elementary.

Whats the difference between wood preserver and varnish? Wood preserver is basically an undercoat. You brush or spray it onto raw, freshly sawn or sanded wood surfaces to stabilise the woods moisture content and protect it from rot and decay. Varnish, by contrast, is a topcoat. It wont protect the wood on its own. Same goes for paint, wax and wood oil. So, if you want your woodwork to last, start with a few coats of wood preserver, wait until theyre fully dry, then go ahead with the varnish or ...

Wood preserver helps to bring out the woods natural beauty as well as protecting it. But its main job is to sink deep into the surface of sawn or sanded wood to form a protective shield and vastly enhance its lifespan. And lets not forget indoors. A newly-sanded floor is a stain magnet, and there may even be woodworm lurking in them there floorboards. Varnish, wax or paint alone aren’t enough to protect the wood, so you need to treat it with a preserver first. In a moment well reveal the best...