Alex Onken
TMP - KSLA
Shreveport, La.
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Alex Onken joined KSLA News 12's digital team on Halloween 2016. Before that, he worked in newsprint, writing both for the Starkville Daily News and the Lake Charles American Press. A native Louisianan, he was born in Lake Charles and raised in nearby Welsh. He graduated from McNeese State University in December of 2014 with a degree in mass communications.
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School leaders are gearing up for surprise visits from state officials testing security measures to try and prevent another tragedy.
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There will be 22 vote centers across Bowie County. On election day, any registered voters can vote at any location from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The event will be held at The Collins Home.
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Two of the teens are facing an attempted murder charge.
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Crews are searching the Toledo Bend Reservoir for a missing man after the discovery of a body on Saturday.
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The event will be streamed live in this story.
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Anyone with any information is urged to contact Atlanta Police Department at 903-796-7973 or call 911 if it is an emergency.
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Several residents in east Texas have reported seeing fish all over the ground after they apparently fell from the sky during a rainstorm Wednesday.
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Hunter and Alexis Wilkes, both 21, were hit by a pickup truck while trying to turn onto U.S. 59 around 10 a.m. Sunday.
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He shot at law officers numerous times and opened a fire extinguisher in their direction, authorities say
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Police said a mother of one of the residents checked the back door to the building. That’s when, police say, she discovered the bodies of two males and a female, all shot to death.
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The Bowie County Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.
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The other victims range in age from 15 to 23 years old; police say none of their injuries is thought to be life-threatening
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According to the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page, two more bodies where found in Toledo Bend on Sunday, Aug. 1.
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"There is little doubt that the woman couldn’t have known that she ran over something and it even appears to be checking her side mirror as she drives away — leaving the elderly victim laying in the middle of the driveway.”
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The group still needs about $16,000 more in donations.
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A person is recovering following a shooting at a Texarkana apartment complex on the morning of May 20.
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According to officials, results should be back next week.
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According to a Facebook post, the teen remained calm on the phone and was able to give dispatchers good directions.
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It took one and a half hours before the chase came to an end.
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Drivers are asked to avoid this area as delays are expected.
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Reportedly, the tremor was light, but it could be felt.
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The two missing boys were found safe in Florida Wednesday, March 3.
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Allegiant Air will offer the service to LAX airport starting on Friday, July 2, 2021.
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Levy was returned to his mother this afternoon, police say
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Crews are working to determine the cause of a fire that ripped through a vacant hotel on Tuesday morning.
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Family members confirm that a man who spent 99 days in a Shreveport intensive care unit battling COVID-19 has died.
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The suspect should be considered to be armed and dangerous, Texarkana police say
The shooting remains under investigation.
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Preliminary reports suggest that a fire in the home’s fireplace spread to the roof.
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Two men face a capital murder charge each in the shooting death of a Texarkana man.
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KSLA surveillance video captured the alleged hospital shooting suspect carjacking a woman.
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