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Hazel Beard (née Fain; September 16, 1930 – December 26, 2022) was an American politician who was the first woman and the first Republican to have served as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, since the era of Reconstruction.
Geraldine "Gerri" Santoro (née Twerdy; August 16, 1935 – June 8, 1964) was an American woman who died after attempting a self-induced abortion in 1964. A police photograph of her dead body, published by Ms. in 1973, became a symbol for the abortion-rights movement in the United States.
Shreveport is reporting 15 homicides so far this year following the death of a man and woman. According to Caddo Parish Coroner's Office, Erica Pitts, 30, and Tavarae Loneman, 28, were found shot ...
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
Shreveport Councilwoman Tabatha Taylor during the press conference at the Shreveport Police Station about the investigation into the death of Annie 'Ann' Brewster Thursday morning, Jun 13, 2024.
The Shreveport Police Department, alongside other authorities, is examining the circumstances surrounding the reported 1964 death of a Civil Rights activist. ... is examining the circumstances ...
Toni Jo Henry (née Annie Beatrice McQuiston; [1] January 3, 1916 – November 28, 1942) was the only woman ever to be executed in Louisiana's electric chair. [2] Married to Claude 'Cowboy' Henry, she decided to break her husband out of jail where he was serving a fifty-year sentence in the Texas State Penitentiary for murder.
A Shreveport man died after a collision in south Shreveport Monday night.