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The Bossier City Police Department is now accepting applications for its next reserve police officer academy. The deadline to submit applications is June 26.

Unlike most states, spouses in Louisiana do not automatically by law inherit from their spouses.

A proposed liquor store is in the works for the folks in Haughton.

The convalescent plasma study under way at Willis-Knighton Health System is proving to be an efficient treatment for Covid-19, a fact borne out by two patients who have benefitted from the clinical study.

Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington promoted five deputies during a ceremony Monday morning in the Bossier Sheriff’s Office Command Center in Plain Dealing. Promoted rank and where they will serve follows:

Most of us are unable to envision a vacation this year with the social distancing, loss of jobs and business closures. The bygone days of yearly family trips are tipping into extinction. But there is still a way to experience that great getaway feeling, as long as you have access to the internet and wherever you want to go has webcams and virtual tours available.

A typical Monday morning. I got to work early and was enjoying, as best as possible being a Monday, my quiet time before whatever fresh crisis hits when the phone rang. My sweet angel tried to protect me by whispering in my ear to let it go, too early to answer the phone. But I did it. I answered, and I’m pretty sure I sounded calm and professional. The gentlemen on the other end, however let loose a tirade. He called me a lot of colorful names that most people have to meet me and know me awhile before I fall into any of those classifications. I like to think my first impression is usually pretty good, but this guy liked nothing about me. My manner, my voice. He kept telling me things I could do with parts of his own body.

That’s the question one Shreveport City Council member has brought up for discussion.