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After serving the citizens of Bossier City for 16 years, Lorenz “Lo” Walker is not ready to call it quits just yet, having qualified to run for mayor of the northwest Louisiana town for an unprecedented fifth term.

What to do with a vacant, 65-year-old complex of public buildings on a 12-acre site in the middle of a busy residential neighborhood of Shreveport?

The Caddo Parish Coroner’s office has released the name of one of two men who died as the result of a multiple-vehicle collision on Interstate 20 west of Shreveport early Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The name of a second decedent is being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.

The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advises motorists that beginning on Thursday, February 4, 2021, there will be intermittent lane closures on I-20 eastbound and westbound at the I-220 interchange (between mile markers 25 and 27) in Bossier Parish. Please see the revised schedule listed below.

As State Senator for District 36, I get asked this question often. My first year in office was a wonderful experience even with the COVID 19 issue and the unusually bad storm season. I was surrounded by good people, and quite a few of them were business-oriented and conservative like myself. We worked together and accomplished some things the previous set of legislators had not been able to do.

United Way of Northwest Louisiana opened registration to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in Benton, La., with the aid of Benton resident Jenna Bagley. Bagley volunteered to assist with raising over $26,000 to ensure the program would be available in Benton for the next five years.

An otherwise overcast Monday morning was brightened for three Bossier Parish educators when an entourage, led by Bossier Schools Superintendent Mitch Downey, surprised them with news they are the 2021-22 Bossier Parish Teachers of the Year.

Hammerin’ Hank Aaron passes away at 86