Bossier Parish has money to spend that, hopefully, will encourage broadband providers to increase coverage in areas of the parish that have poor service or none at all, but residents hold the key to identifying areas most in need.
At its next meeting on Oct. 12, the Shreveport City Council will consider a donation of the historic old downtown library building on Edwards Street to the Greater Shreveport Chamber of Commerce.
The SeeClickFix app is designed to allow Shreveport residents to request assistance with City services or report non-emergency issues like blight, illegal dumping, graffiti, special pick-up of bulk items or code violations.
As I stated in my remarks at the Sept. 10 Public Safety Committee meeting, I believe that the city of Shreveport should pay 100% of the monthly health-care premium for the police and fire departments. Such a move would aid in recruiting and retaining police officers and firefighters.
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) announced that 16 projects around the state were let on September 22, 2021. 15 contractors presented apparent low bids totaling $101.5 million.
The city of Shreveport has just filed litigation in Caddo district court against Live Oak Environmental, Waste Connections Bayou, Bayou Belle Waste, Louisiana Environmental Services, Get Rid Of IT America, and Waste Options for failing to comply with a city ordinance requiring the dumping of solid waste collected within the corporate limits in the city’s Woolworth Road Landfill.
Pathways In Education is a free, accredited, non-profit, public high school that has served the Northwest Louisiana community for the past six years. The program helps struggling students find success in school and has increased graduation rates in the area.
Any time you can go in the road in the SEC and leave with a win, you’ve accomplished something special. In their first SEC game of the year, the LSU Tigers did just that on Saturday in Starkville, Miss., edging the Mississippi State Bulldogs and improving their record to 3-1 on the season.
This will not be the column any Cowboys hater wants to read. Very good football is being played by the Dallas Cowboys right now, and it needs to be recognized. Three weeks into the season, the Cowboys are now 2-1, and if it weren’t for a missed kick or four by Greg Zuerlein, they’d be sitting undefeated atop the NFC East standings.
CADDO PARISH, La. -- The parish’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program has helped countless numbers of Caddo Parish residents during this time of uncertainty. Caddo Parish is one of only four governments in the country that have been able to successfully distribute over 90 percent of ERAP funding to citizens.
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