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DEA's failure to punish distributor blamed in opioid crisis raises revolving door questions
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to keep shipping highly addictive painkillers for nearly four years after a judge recommended it be stripped of its license for its “cavalier disregard” of...
Takeaways of AP report on DEA probe of drug distributor accused of fueling opioid epidemic
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the nation’s largest wholesale drug distributors to keep shipping addictive painkillers for nearly four years despite a judge’s recommendation to strip its license for turning a blind eye to thousands of...
New Orleans, Baton Rouge publisher expanding to Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The company publishing daily newspapers in New Orleans and Baton Rouge announced Monday that it is launching a digital news service in northwest Louisiana, bringing some media competition to the region. Georges Media Group said in a news release that it will...
Gantt named chancellor at Southern University-Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Shreveport native Aubra Gantt was chosen Friday as the next chancellor at the Southern University Shreveport campus. The Southern University System said in a news release that the system board unanimously approved Gantt. According to...
Rap artist Hurricane Chris acquitted in man's death
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana jury has acquitted rapper Hurricane Chris, known for the hit “A Bay Bay,” in the 2020 death of a man shot several times at a gas station in Shreveport. The panel late Tuesday found the 34-year-old artist, whose real name is Christopher Dooley,...
