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Police have the authority to immediately arrest squatters, thanks to a new city ordinance aimed at curbing fires and crime in vacant properties.

1. Community Engagement: SPD will launch a public awareness campaign encouraging residents to report squatting locations through Port City 311 or by calling SPD at (318) 673-6950.

Following the March 29, 2025, municipal elections, Bossier City welcomes a new city council, combining experienced voices with fresh leadership. These elected officials will formally take office on July 1, 2025, aiming to lead Bossier City into a period of growth, improved governance, and greater fiscal accountability.

A Shreveport-native husband and wife duo are bringing something entirely new to their hometown. Ryan and Kalli Combs have announced the launch of SocialCon, the city’s first social media conference, set to take place on June 7, 2025, in Shreveport. Designed to redefine how creators and entrepreneurs engage with social media and digital marketing, SocialCon offers attendees a unique opportunity to glean insights, explore innovative tools, and participate in hands-on experiences.

And just like that, everyone hates the Yankees even more. This past weekend the Yankees took the headlines as the team most associated with a “new” bat called the Torpedo bat. Here’s the science behind it as quoted by its developer, MIT-educated, former physics professor at the University of Michigan, Aaron Leanhardt. “. The creation of the bowling pin bat (also known as the torpedo bat) optimizes the most important tool in baseball by redistributing weight from the end of the bat toward the area 6 to 7 inches below its tip, where major league players typically strike the ball. Doing so takes an apparatus that for generations has looked the same and gives it a fun-house-mirror makeover, with the fat part of the bat more toward the handle and the end tapering toward a smaller diameter, like a bowling pin.”

On March 27, Caddo Sheriff Henry Whitehorn, Sr., swore in 11 new deputies for the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office.

Flags flew at half-staff in Louisiana Wednesday to honor the life of former U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston as he was laid to rest in Shreveport. The Shreveport native died March 25 at the age of 92. Law enforcement officers stood and saluted Johnston at each intersection as a motorcade led friends and family to his final resting place at Forest Park Cemetery.

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