Daffney Dawson
Digital Content Producer
Shreveport, La.
Daffney Dawson joined the KSLA News 12 team in June of 2020.
She has lived in Louisiana for most of her life and became interested in journalism while studying at Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss. While there, she served as the opinion’s editor for the Purple and White newspaper, spent a summer interning for KSLA, and served as an intern for the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.
Daffney graduated from Millsaps with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies, as well as double minors in music and Spanish.
In her spare time, Daffney enjoys traveling, discovering new music, and spending time with her pup.
People from all parts of the globe came to a southeast Oklahoma town to experience the Great American Eclipse’s path of totality.
Many drivers in Texas may have seen, and smelled, something gross while traveling through Marshall Tuesday.
Officials say a letter, previously deemed a ‘suspicious package,’ was found at Cypress Baptist Church on Palmetto Road in Benton.
The suspects used the funds to buy firearms, the U.S. Attorney said.
Police officials said they believe it was a targeted shooting.
Police say the suspect eventually came outside and was taken into custody.
A Shreveport police officer was arrested and charged with negligent homicide in the shooting death of Alonzo Bagley.
A woman in Texas convicted of murder was sentenced to death Wednesday after a 25-day hearing.
