Alex Onken

TMP - KSLA

Shreveport, La.

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.

Education

McNeese State University, 2014, mass communications

Affiliations

Society of Professional Journalists

National

Believe it or not, animal rain happens when small animals like fish, frogs, snakes and birds...

Fish fall from the sky during rainstorm in eastern Texas

Updated: Dec. 30, 2021 at 11:09 AM CST

By Alex Onken and Debra Worley

Several residents in east Texas have reported seeing fish all over the ground after they apparently fell from the sky during a rainstorm Wednesday.

National

Hunter and Alexis Wilkes, both 21 and residents of Minden, were pronounced dead following a...

Young parents killed in crash leave behind 2-month-old son

Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 10:03 AM CST

By Alex Onken, Rachael Thomas and Gray News staff

Hunter and Alexis Wilkes, both 21, were hit by a pickup truck while trying to turn onto U.S. 59 around 10 a.m. Sunday.

National

Woman finds 3 shot and killed, including child, in Louisiana home

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.