MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - One local organization is partnering with the Swanson Center for Youth, it's a program that organizers say will benefit the youth and homeless pets.
Juvenile inmate, Quinton C. says, "I'm very much an animal lover I'm looking forward to working with the animals, and working with the other youth and training the animals."
Youth from the Swanson Center for Youth will help build the kennel, and once it's finished five dogs from the Humane Society will be housed there.
Between the applications and extensive interviews, it's not an easy process to be selected by the directors, to work with the dogs.
Germaine Simon Deputy Director of Operations says, a dog trainer will come in to teach the kids a pre-approved curriculum.
Simon says, other programs like this across the country have turned children from violent behavior to a more kind outlook for people and pets, as well as teaching them to manager their own behaviors.
He says initially reaction about the program from the children was mixed, "some of them didn't have any knowledge or not comfortable around dogs, but others were real comfortable and were real receptive."
Saturday, May 25 2013 1:48 PM EDT2013-05-25 17:48:48 GMT
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - University of Louisiana at Monroe Police are searching for a suspect in a residential burglary in the 4100 block of Bon Aire Drive.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - University of Louisiana at Monroe Police are searching for a suspect in a residential burglary in the 4100 block of Bon Aire Drive.
Friday, May 24 2013 6:40 PM EDT2013-05-24 22:40:16 GMT
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
RIVER RIDGE, La. (AP) - Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputies say a 52-year-old man apparently shot his 16-year-old son in the head and then turned the gun on himself in their home in River Ridge.
Friday, May 24 2013 10:47 PM EDT2013-05-25 02:47:06 GMT
MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A search is underway for an inmate who escaped from Morehouse Parish.25-year-old Christopher Allen Jones walked away from a work detail on Friday afternoon. Neighboring
MOREHOUSE PARISH, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A search is underway for an inmate who escaped from Morehouse Parish.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A Monroe lawmaker is pushing a bill to allow Louisiana's public school students to pray before and after school and even invite religious leaders on campus? Our Nolan Crane explains.
MONROE, La. (KNOE 8 News) - A Monroe lawmaker is pushing a bill to allow Louisiana's public school students to pray before and after school and even invite religious leaders on campus? Our Nolan Crane explains.
