SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A new book that details what country music star Johnny Horton was like before and after finding fame, and the author said she could not have written the book without the ...

In the middle of the night on Nov. 5, 1960, Johnny “Battle of New Orleans” Horton’s premonition of dying at the hands of a drunk came true on a dark highway in Central Texas.

According to Sheriff Chuck Havard, the pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Highway 62, just north of County Road 826 in south Jasper County. Havard said that Hwy 62 will be shut down for awhile. The ...