Woman with bullhorn out of line at local crime press conference
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
The big press conference at Government Plaza last Wednesday, May 5, was well attended by many public officials.
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CPSO announces reopening of Sheriff’s Safety Town
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
Sheriff’s Safety Town is reopening and summer events are being scheduled following a year-long pandemic shutdown, said Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator.
Councilman David Montgomery writes insurance for many public entities
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
David A. Montgomery Jr. is a Bossier City Council member.
Louisiana Treasury partners with Revenue Department to pay more than $4 million in unclaimed property claims
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced this week that the Department of Treasury will mail $4.3 million in unclaimed property checks to citizens across Louisiana after using tax records to update addresses. More than 33,000 checks will be mailed beginning this week.
Texas Rangers fall to Seattle Mariners, with your sports reporter in attendance
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
This past weekend, my wife and I took a weekend trip over to Arlington to celebrate my 40th birthday. As if reporting on sports wasn’t enough, I am also an avid collector of sports cards and memorabilia. So, we took advantage of perfect timing and attended a sports card show while we were in town for the baseball game. The show turned out to be a dud, but never fear, live baseball was still in the forecast for that evening.
LSUS students name professor of the year; annual student leadership award recipients announced
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
LSU Shreveport students announced Dr. Alexander Mikaberidze as the 2021 Professor of the Year and awarded 15 variable student honors in its 2020-21 Student Leadership Awards, two of the university’s annual traditions.
Hot-air balloons to fill Shreveport skies again
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
The Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission announced today the U.S. Team Nationals Hot Air Balloon Championship, June 9-13, and the CenterPoint Energy Red River Balloon Rally Presented by the Louisiana Office of Tourism, June 11-12, on the campus of LSU Shreveport.
Caddo-Bossier LSU Alumni & Fans Chapter set to host annual crawfish boil, fundraiser
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
The Caddo-Bossier LSU Alumni & Fans Chapter is set to host its annual crawfish boil and scholarship fundraiser Saturday, May 22.
U.S. Treasury releases guidelines on American rescue plan expenditures
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
On May 10, the U.S. Treasury released details on how the American Rescue Funds can be used to respond to acute pandemic response needs, fill revenue shortfalls among governments, and support the communities and populations hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis.
SLT managing director Robert Darrow lives dramatic life on and off stage
Fri, 05/14/2021 - 12:00am
All the world’s a stage, proclaimed William Shakespeare, and Robert Darrow, managing and artistic director of the Shreveport Little Theatre (SLT), is familiar with both on-stage and backstage operations of the dramatic arts.