Alex Onken
Digital Content Producer - 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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Updated: May. 14, 2022 at 10:50 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The victims were all from southeast Louisiana.
Updated: May. 11, 2022 at 12:22 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The man was taken into custody without incident.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 7:59 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Funeral plans have been set for Landry Anglin, the teen who died from a stray gunshot on Fairfield Avenue.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The officer was with SPD from 2019 to 2022.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2022 at 11:34 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The man was facing several charges, including sexual assault of a child.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 4:08 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Curtis Heyen
One man has now been arrested after gunfire claimed two lives on Easter Sunday in Shreveport.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2022 at 4:07 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Rachael Thomas
The incident remains under investigation.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2022 at 8:55 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Collin Maxwell
Police say an older man was confronted by several individuals demanding money from him.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Junior disappeared 4 years ago.
Updated: Apr. 2, 2022 at 2:14 PM CDT
|By Jade Myers and Alex Onken
Police are working to learn more about a shooting that left one person injured on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 6:10 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Cody Jennings
No injuries to either driver. No hazardous materials were spilled.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 1:23 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Tayler Davis
Crews are searching the Toledo Bend Reservoir for a missing man after the discovery of a body on Saturday.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2022 at 6:56 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
No arrest has been made at this time; the incident is still under investigation
Updated: Mar. 6, 2022 at 10:18 AM CST
|By Alex Onken and KSLA Staff
Impairment is not suspected in this crash. However, routine toxicology samples were taken for analysis.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2022 at 7:36 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
One man was found clinging to a stump,
Updated: Mar. 3, 2022 at 6:08 PM CST
|By Daffney Dawson and Alex Onken
Shreveport police officers and other crews are on the scene of a reported shooting on Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 10:05 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
Ainsley Ross spoke with KSLA News 12 This Morning’s Domonique Benn and Adria Goins about her recent win.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2022 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Alex Onken and Curtis Heyen
A man is facing charges after he allegedly snuck into his underaged ex-girlfriend’s home on Sunday.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 11:50 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
"The driver, who was wearing a seatbelt, had to be pulled out of the pickup truck and was confirmed dead on scene."
Updated: Jan. 24, 2022 at 10:57 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
Several animals are recovering following a house fire on Sunday, Jan. 23.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 2:37 PM CST
|By Andrun Fisher and Alex Onken
Suspect is in custody.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 12:22 PM CST
|By Alex Onken
Southern University will be a great steward of this award—the largest grant offered by the FAA — and I’m grateful that the agency is investing in the young people of north Louisiana.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 9:27 AM CST
|By Curtis Heyen, Fred Gamble and Alex Onken
Authorities say each died of a single gunshot wound
Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 9:09 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
Traffic is flowing again following a wreck on the Interstate.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 6:38 AM CST
|By Alex Onken and Andrun Fisher
Police say three people, including a child, were at the home at the time of the incident.
Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 11:09 AM CST
|By Alex Onken and Debra Dolan
Several residents in east Texas have reported seeing fish all over the ground after they apparently fell from the sky during a rainstorm Wednesday.
Updated: Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:54 PM CST
|By Alex Onken and Rachael Thomas
The couple’s 2-month-old was sent to an east Texas hospital.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 12:07 PM CST
|By Alex Onken
The incident took place on Thanksgiving Day.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2021 at 11:27 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
The shooting remains under investigation.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 5:09 PM CST
|By Alex Onken
Police said Jackson was considered armed and dangerous.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 2:53 PM CST
|By Alex Onken
"Detectives were able to track Kirkman’s crimes from 1980 through 2010 and they believe that there is a possibility that there are more victims."
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 10:51 AM CST
|By Alex Onken
"The state of Arkansas will be in good hands with Sarah as Governor and she has my full support."
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By Collin Maxwell, Alex Onken, Christian Piekos and Curtis Heyen
He shot at law officers numerous times and opened a fire extinguisher in their direction, authorities say
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 10:36 AM CDT
|By Collin Maxwell, Alex Onken, Christian Piekos and Gray News staff
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.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2021 at 7:45 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
One westbound lane reopened hours after the accident
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 1:05 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
He faces no less than five years and up to 40 without the benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence on each of the four counts.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 at 12:52 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
A man is dead and two others were arrested following a small police pursuit late Wednesday night.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 9:14 AM CDT
|By Curtis Heyen, Chandler Watkins and Alex Onken
Cause not been determined; police investigating it is possibly heat-related
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 12:14 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
In total, 18 children younger than 18 have died from COVID in Louisiana.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 12:25 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
"It's incumbent upon all of us to get the vaccine and wear a mask to protect ourselves and one another, including our children."
Updated: Sep. 4, 2021 at 11:20 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
Two other evacuee’s deaths at the facility are not storm-related.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Daffney Dawson, Collin Maxwell and Alex Onken
According to the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office Facebook Page, two more bodies where found in Toledo Bend on Sunday, Aug. 1.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 12:39 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The new overall total deaths to 12,116 since the beginning of the pandemic.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 10:26 AM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The bright lights of Hollywood will soon shine upon Caddo Lake.
Updated: Jul. 18, 2021 at 6:31 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The 80 immigrants were from Haiti, according to a news release from Sen. Cassidy’s office.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2021 at 12:31 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken, Destinee Patterson and Curtis Heyen
The body was found in a field not far from where the teen was last seen.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2021 at 7:01 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
The incident remains under investigation.
Updated: Jul. 5, 2021 at 2:31 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken
“The support for this event was greater than we could have possibly anticipated,"
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 11:23 PM CDT
|By Alex Onken and Chandler Watkins
"We will all miss his presence & voice."
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By Daffney Dawson and Alex Onken
The body of a teen who went missing on Tuesday, June 1 has been found, according to the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office.