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•  The bones offer a tangible link to black history, whose traces were ignored or discarded for generations by  
    historians who chronicled New York. Evidence of 17th Century African-American Burial Ground Is Discovered in East Harlem
​•  In 1927, African-American Man Used As Human Guinea Pig In Radiation Treatment At 5-Years Old Tells His
    Story  [Video] 
•  Shreveport Church Struck by Lightning 
•  Tornado Watch for Natchitoches Parish, LA
•  Unrestrained Sterlington Man Killed in Single-Vehicle Crash
•  Bossier Parish Crash Claims the Life of a Shreveport Man 
•  What you need to know about Zika virus​
•  Baton Rouge Police: Teenager arrested after loaded shotgun he was playing with discharges, kills friend
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#MLK

"Despite The Season, I'm Still Left Cold:
MLK’s Dream Fulfilled, Deferred, or Done?"

"... Our youth still refuse to pull up their damned pants. Our girls and young women give their preciousness away too easily. Too often. To too many different men. Our youth barely feel the hopeful fire which inspired a movement for equality, so they rest on their “as-is”, instead of fighting for the golden ring. Instead, they fight each other. Over nonsense. Often they die..."  CONTINUE

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•  MYKEL JENKINS: Actor, "The Masked Saint"    Movie 
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​•  SPD promotes first African-American  
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January
Mary J. Blige – January 11
Tatyana Ali – January 24
Alicia Keys – January 25

#CRIME

Shreveport Armed Robbery: Shreveport police have released surveillance video in hopes of identifying the person responsible for robbing a convenience store.It happened back on December 15, 2015 at the Circle K in the 1000 block of Shreveport Barksdale Highway. 

Police say a man, armed with a long gun, went into the store and demanded money. The armed bandit then fled the scene in an older model Chevrolet Impala.

Anyone with information about this crime is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 318-673-7373

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January is Glaucoma Awareness Month
January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month,
an important time to spread the word about this
​sight-stealing disease.
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Currently, more than 3 million people in the United States have glaucoma. The National Eye Institute projects this number will reach 4.2 million by 2030,  a 58 percent increase.
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Glaucoma is called "the sneak thief of sight" since there are no symptoms and once vision is lost, it's permanent. As much as 40% of vision can be lost without ​a person noticing...
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