Governor Jeff Landry signed into law Act 131 (HB 208) yesterday which addresses domestic violence offenses. The legislation was passed unanimously by both the House of Represents and the Senate to address domestic violence, including battery of a dating partner and domestic abuse by strangulation.
On Saturday, May 25, Deputies with the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office conducted a sobriety checkpoint in the 4700 block of Palmetto Road in Benton. A total of 568 vehicles were screened during the operation. 27 drivers were administered field sobriety tests and none of them were deemed to be impaired. Sheriff Whittington is proud to report that there were zero arrest made for DWI and no citations were issued by deputies.
'We want to take people back to that moment in the backseat of your mom's car, discovering your favorite music as a kid,' Shreveport cover band Backseat Heroes says jointly is the reasoning behind their moniker.
Caddo Parish Schools Superintendent Dr. Lamar E. Goree announced he would leave the school district to pursue another superintendent position in Texas.
The Bossier Parish Community College Theatre Program’s production of the perennial Agatha Christie mystery, The Mousetrap, was honored with awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF). Both students and faculty were included in this honor.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT) opened the application process for first responder agencies to apply for grants on the company’s website, www.calumet.com. The grants are funded by the Calumet Open Golf Tournament that was held last week and raised nearly $35,000 to benefit Caddo, Bossier, and Webster Parishes’ first responder agencies. The application process is open through July 1.
1. Tell us about growing up in Shreveport with your family: I am a son of west Shreveport. I was raised in a thriving neighborhood situated along the rolling hills of Pines Road. My mother and father were hard working parents who made sure that their three children always had what was needed. By the time I was born, my father was solely employed by the City of Shreveport as a police officer and my mother was a bookkeeper at Caddo Middle Magnet. My earliest memories include visits to my maternal grandparents in Plain Dealing, paternal cousins, and uncle in Belcher, sending my sister off to college at Northwestern State University, the entire Huntington High School basketball team coming to my house for gameday dinners, fishing trips with my dad, West Shreveport Little League Baseball, and countless days roaming the halls of Caddo Middle Magnet. I was a bit of an adopted son of the school and still miss my days there.
The Bossier Chamber held its third annual Salute to Community Heroes event on Thursday, May 11 at Margaritaville Resort Casino. The event, presented by sponsor Willis-Knighton Health System, recognized 20 finalists and named five Community Heroes. The Salute to Community Heroes event was designed to not only continue the tradition the Bossier Chamber has of recognizing our military and first-responders for their great work day-in and day-out, but to also recognize those in other sectors who do work daily to make the lives of those in our community better. The nominees come from the sectors of education, healthcare, non-profit, military and law enforcement.
Shreveport leaders and several local groups have stepped in to find new homes for dozens of residents of 3 apartment complexes in the city.
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