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A look back at Minden vs. Mansfield.
09/06/2025

A look back at Minden vs. Mansfield.

09/05/2025

MHS vs. Mansfield 9/5/25.

09/03/2025

The Extra Point Coaches Show 9/2/25.

UPDATE: TIME CHANGE for Extra Point Coaches Show. Due to scheduling conflicts, we are moving the start time to 7pm at Un...
09/02/2025

UPDATE: TIME CHANGE for Extra Point Coaches Show. Due to scheduling conflicts, we are moving the start time to 7pm at Under Dawgs Sports Grill. Be sure to come join us to hear from our coaches!

09/02/2025

Harper Chevrolet GMC invites you to meet...the Glenbrook Apaches! Come back each Tuesday to "meet the team"

09/02/2025

Harper Chevrolet GMC invites you to meet...The Lakeside Warriors! Check back each Tuesday to "meet the team"

09/02/2025

Harper Chevrolet GMC invites you to meet...The Minden Crimson Tide! Come back each week on Tuesday's to "Meet The Team"

09/01/2025

Construction of the parish’s new $5.12 million women’s prison is progressing, and steel work on the facility is expected to be completed in the next couple of days, weather permitting.

A concrete foundation has already been laid along with plumbing and electrical applications. Other infrastructure work will await arrival of modular cells.

Webster Parish Police Jury members awarded the contract for the project in December, 2024 to Testament Construction Services of Shreveport.

Once completed, the new facility will house up to 66 female prisoners. Parish correctional official said less than a third of those inmates are from Webster Parish. The remaining are from other jurisdictions and from the Department of Corrections (DOC).

Although the steel work is expected to be finished soon, that won’t mean a project completion date is in the near future. The contractor still has to wait for pre-fabricated cells which will be built and shipped by an Alabama firm. Those cells are not expected to be available for several months.

A majority of the funds for construction of the facility, which will be located on parish-owned property on Penal Farm Rd. near the old parish penal farm, will come from two sources.

Around $2.5 million will come from money awarded the police jury under the American Rescue Act of 2021 (ARA). Another $2.4 million is being given to the jury by the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office.

Police Jury President Jim Bonsall had encouraged his cohorts to award a contract for the total project rather than consider an alternate that would have contained provisions only for the foundation, cells, electrical, plumbing and other basics.

Webster Parish Sheriff Jason Parker called the new women’s facility “…essential to the parish. There’s a great need for it. As Sheriff, this prison isn’t our responsibility, but we wanted to work with the police jury to get it done. We felt obligated to assist.”

Parker said the new facility will take female inmates off the fourth floor of the courthouse, a move that has been needed for some time.

“The courthouse just isn’t sufficient and it’s time for an upgrade,” he said. “There have been lots of problems at the fourth floor, especially with drainage. They’ve had to shut down the courthouse before because of water getting into offices and courtrooms downstairs.”

Once inmates are moved into the new facility, the warden of Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center (BDCC), Scott Tucker, said there will be opportunities that have been impractical at the old jail.

“We will be able to offer female inmates options for several classes that are not practical at the courthouse,” Tucker said in a recent speech to the Minden Lions Club. “Classrooms will be available for several programs I would like to see introduced.”

09/01/2025

LSWA Preseason Football Top 10 Poll

Class AAAAA
1. Karr (11) 132
2. Catholic BR 114
3. Neville 102
4. Ruston 91
5. Central 75
5. Destrehan 75
7. Acadiana 50
8. St. Augustine 43
9. Alexandria 40
10. John Curtis 36
Others receiving votes: Zachary 25, West Monroe 17, Evangel Christian 11, Airline 9, Southside 6, Carencro 5, Terrebonne 5, Ouachita 4, Brother Martin 6, Archbishop Rummel 5, Jesuit 2, St. Paul’s 1.

Class AAAA
1. St. Thomas More (4) 108
1. Franklin Parish (3) 108
3. E.D. White 97
4. Archbishop Shaw (1) 93
5. Franklinton (1) 87
6. North DeSoto (2) 81
7. Plaquemine 65
8. Cecilia 54
9. Lakeshore 45
10. Lutcher 34
Others receiving votes: Teurlings Catholic 31, Westgate 26, Leesville 17, St. Charles 10, Iowa 5.

Class AAA
1. St. James (6) 126
2. Sterlington (3) 121
3. University (1) 109
4. Amite 86
5. Church Point 73
6. Madison Prep (1) 65
7. Lake Charles Prep 49
8. Jewel Sumner 42
9. John F. Kennedy 39
10. Jennings 37
Others receiving votes: Bunkie 34, Iota 29, Jena 26, Erath 11, Northwest 6, Landry 1, Parkview Baptist 1.

Class AA
1. Lafayette Christian (5) 122
1. Dunham (4) 122
3. Ouachita Christian (1) 106
4. Catholic NI (1) 97
5. Union Parish 79
6. Calvary Baptist 76
7. Newman 47
8. Notre Dame 39
9. Episcopal 37
10. South Plaquemines 35
Others receiving votes: Oak Grove 32, Kinder 22, Mangham 13, Lafayette Renaissance Charter 7, Ferriday 6, Loreauville 4, Northlake Christian 4.

Class A
1. Haynesville (5) 121
2. Vermilion Catholic (4) 119
3. Kentwood (1) 104
4. Covenant Christian 89
5. Opelousas Catholic 86
6. Southern Lab (1) 82
7. Logansport 53
8. Ascension Catholic 48
9. Riverside 44
10. Hamilton Christian 37
Others receiving votes: St. Frederick 21, Westminster-Lafayette 19, General Trass 7, West St. John 6, North Iberville 5.

Be sure to join us tomorrow night as we have our first Extra Point Coaches show of the year! Join us live at Under Dawgs...
09/01/2025

Be sure to join us tomorrow night as we have our first Extra Point Coaches show of the year! Join us live at Under Dawgs Sports Grill, presented by Clay Johnson with Farm Bureau Insurance, as we talk with Greg Tibbitt with the Glenbrook Apaches, Spencer Heard with the Minden Crimson Tide, and John Ware with the Lakeside Warriors. It all begins at 6:30pm on Real Country 104.5 FM KBEF and right here at KASO/KBEF Radio!

08/29/2025

Update on the B1 Bank Apache Jamboree

Due to the significant rainfall over the past 24 hours, and in the interest of athlete safety and preserving our home field, Glenbrook School has made the decision to relocate the 2025 B1 Bank Apache Jamboree.

The event will now be hosted at Loyola College Prep and played on their turf field.

Schedule Change: Glenbrook will now play in the first two quarters of the evening and will be finished following their portion of the jamboree.

Additionally, the scheduled Mini-Cheer Camp performance will now take place during Tuesday’s home elementary game as originally planned.

We thank our community for their understanding and continued support as we adjust plans to ensure a safe and competitive start to the football season.

Once again we would like to express our greatest appreciation to B1 Bank for sponsoring this event and for being part of this great community.

The baseball playoffs are heating up for our area schools! KBEF will provide coverage for Minden and Glenbrook this week...
04/21/2025

The baseball playoffs are heating up for our area schools! KBEF will provide coverage for Minden and Glenbrook this weekend and next week! Catch Minden @ Lutcher on Friday, April 25 and Saturday April 26th and Glenbrook on Tuesday, April 29th.

BUSINESSES: This is a great sponsorship opportunity! For just $100, you can be in both playoff matchups (a minimum of 3 games, max of 4)!
Please message Mark Chreene (318) 518-1541 or Gregg Parks at (318) 344-0780 for more information or to get in the game!

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