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Trauma surgeon sentenced for stealing $200,000 in Social Security benefits     SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A Shreveport trauma surgeon will spend 21 months in prison and pay more than $200,000 in restitution following his sentencing Wednesday in U.S. District Court, acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said in a news release. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth E. Foote also ordered John T. Owings, 60, of Shreveport, to serve two years of supervised released when he gets out of prison. ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison in a...

By - Associated Press - Friday, March 12, 2021 SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A north Louisiana woman has been sentenced to four years in prison in connection with a scheme to fraudulently collect hundreds of thousands of dollars from a community college, a federal prosecutor said Friday. A news release from Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook said Audrey Williams, 57, of Shreveport, pleaded guilty in September. She was sente...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- A federal grand jury has indicted a Zwolle woman for allegedly manipulating an electronic payroll system that allowed her husband to get extra pay through through extended

In today's "Neighbors" column, Bob Lind hears from a reader in Texas who is "not the lutefisk lover in our family."

Widely regarded as one of the nation’s most competitive and prestigious recognitions for community colleges, College of the Canyons has won a 2021 Bellwether Award for its innovative approach to assessment and course sequence redesign in mathematics and English, which paved the way for legislation that changed placement in math 2:1 in California community college students. The college was one of three community colleges to win this prestigious honor by the Bellwether College Consortium at the...

Pastor Who Advised Two Presidents Is Sentenced to 6 Years for Cheating Investors Kirbyjon H. Caldwell was senior pastor of the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston and rose to prominence as a supporter of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Kirbyjon Caldwell, the former senior pastor of the Windsor Village United Methodist Church in Houston, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, the Justice Department said.Credit...Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press Jan. 14, 20...

Dodge City Daily Globe On Dec. 28, residents and staff will begin receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Manor of the Plains in Dodge City. “There’s no doubt the senior population has been hit hard by the virus, along with the health care workers who’ve treated them,” said Manor of the Plains executive director John Van Hook. “We couldn’t be happier to know there’s finally a bit of light at the end of such a difficult year.” According to Van Hook, Manor received the vaccine through i...

This article was originally published on The Bluntness, and appears here with permission. Between Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota and New Jersey – all states who have expanded medical and/or adult-use cannabis legalization statewide – there are over 143 million acres of agricultural land for over 20 million Americans.  But what about the cannabis environmental impact? The economic possibilities may have investors and entrepreneurs and seeing green, but as climate disasters rav...

Charles “Bill” William Snyder, 88 Before Charles “Bill” William Snyder passed away from COVID-19 on December 11, 2020 he said he wanted to take his nursing staff at St. Alexius in Bismarck to Denny’s to thank them for the wonderful care and he wanted his favorite server so he could give her a BIG tip. Bill liked his coffee hot and always tipped well for good service. He enjoyed chatting up and getting to know those whose paths he crossed. He said, “You should alway...