A former bodega stock clerk has been arrested for allegedly luring 6-year-old Etan Patz off a New York City street with the promise of a soda before strangling him in a development that police say solves a case that has mystified New York City for decades.

The Times-Picayune, one of the nation's oldest newspapers, will no longer offer print editions every day. the New Orleans based paper will instead offer three printed issues a week starting this fall. 

Taxi cab rates and delinquent parking ticket fines are going up as the Shreveport City Council unanimously approved each ordinance this week.

An overnight fire heavily damaged a handful of apartment units at the Cedar Ridge Apartments on Summerhill Road in Texarkana Texas.

    A year after a deadly tornado flattened the city of Joplin, Mo. President Barack Obama told the city's graduating high school seniors Monday night that the country can learn from their persevering spirit.      NBC 6 News' sister station, KSNF-TV in Joplin, covered the president's commencement address and below is a link to its transcript:http://fourstateshomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=283832

SHREVEPORT POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECTS IN TWO SHOOTINGS OVER THE WEEKEND

THREE FIRE FIGHTERS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES AND A FRATERNITY LOST ITS HOME AFTER A FIRE SATURDAY IN RUSTON.