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• Bossier, Webster water study

  May 29, 2012 9:43 AM

  MINDEN, La. (AP) - A Bossier Parish study begun in 2010 may be revived to see in a dormant Camp Minden water treatment facility could supply water to rural areas of both Bossier and Webster parishes. The study was the first leg of a seven-phase study to evaluate Camp Minden's... more »

• Bossier man arrested in online juvenile sex sting

  April 12, 2012 7:40 AM

  BENTON, La. (AP) - Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen says a 46-year-old Bossier City man is being held on $180,000 bond after an online sex sting. He says Dennis W. Martin allegedly suggested sex to a deputy posing online as a 14-year-old girl, and suggested he could be her pimp.... more »

• Demand for recycling services increases in Bossier

  March 5, 2012 6:29 AM

  BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - Bossier Parish is getting greener. Industry representatives say demand for recycling services is in high in the parish. Michael Hughes, owner of Hughes Recycling, which collects recyclables for the city, parish and school system, as well as private businesses tells the times increased demand is... more »

• Bossier roadway to close during construction

  February 20, 2012 9:14 AM

  SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Drivers in northern Bossier Parish who use Palmetto Road between the Flat River bridge and Old Palmetto Road may need to use an alternate route this summer. The Times reports Bossier Parish officials expect the widening of the road to three lanes will start after the... more »

• Bossier councilman seeks probe of firefighter pay

  February 13, 2012 9:50 AM

  BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - A Bossier City councilman's concern over firefighter salaries will come up on Tuesday at a special meeting of the City Council. The Times reports that Councilman Don Williams wanted to offer a resolution to initiate an investigation into firefighter pay this past week. But he... more »

• Barksdale students can attend Bossier high schools

  August 11, 2011 10:20 AM

  BENTON, La. (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department says high school students living on Barksdale Air Force Base may attend any of the six public high schools in Bossier Parish. The Times reports that the department has approved a one-year pilot program. It would decide whether to extend the program... more »

• Bossier to begin implementation of noise ordinance

  July 5, 2011 10:31 AM

  BENTON, La. (AP) - Enforcement of an updated noise ordinance applying to all future development in Bossier Parish will take effect in the coming weeks and be handled through the parish engineer's office. Parish attorney Patrick Jackson tells The Times the measure increases regulations on maximum sound levels from street... more »

• Credit union robbery in Bossier

  June 30, 2011 10:09 AM

  BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - A gunman robbed a Barksdale Federal Credit Union location in Bossier City and four people were taken into custody in connection with the crime. Police say an employee was opening the business Wednesday morning when a man rushed in with a handgun and demanded money.... more »

• Homeowner's Group Sues Over Sign for Son

  May 8, 2011 11:48 PM

  BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - A Bossier City couple's big banner supporting their son's service in Afghanistan has brought a lawsuit from the subdivision's homeowner's association. The multicolored banner bears a Marine Corps portrait of 20-year-old Corey Burr and the sentence "Our son defends our freedom." Jodi Burr and her... more »

• Stepmother charged in child's death

  January 25, 2011 8:09 PM

  BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) - A Bossier City woman being held on negligent homicide charges in the death of her 5-year-old stepdaughter has seen the charge upgraded to first-degree murder. On Tuesday, Bossier Parish Undersheriff Doyle Dempsey said the charges were upgraded because his investigators feel Catherine Murray Lowe intended... more »

• Fire Rages in Bossier and Webster Parishes - One Worker Burned

  September 20, 2010 10:28 AM

  DOYLINE, La. - A state forestry worker is burned while bulldozing a firebreak against a woods fire that started near Doyline and spread toward Haughton. The worker's name and condition weren't available Monday morning. He was burned Sunday, when Bossier and Webster parish firefighters and state forestry workers spent more... more »

• Bossier Parish: Body Found

  May 7, 2010 9:19 AM

  BENTON, La. (AP) - Bossier Parish authorities are investigating after fishermen discovered a body in Red Chute Bayou. The men spotted the body floating face down in a tangle of brush just south of the U.S. Highway 80 bridge over the bayou about 2:30 p.m. yesterday. more »

• Louisiana Guard assists with flood operations in Bossier Parish

  November 4, 2009 2:37 PM

  BOSSIER CITY, La. -Louisiana National Guardsmen have been assisting with flood abatement operations since Saturday, Oct. 31, when flood waters threatened neighborhoods in Bossier City, La. Since Saturday evening, approximately 400 Louisiana Guardsmen have been running around-the-clock operations to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bossier City... more »

• St. Landry Deputy arrested for doctor shopping

  October 23, 2009 2:37 PM

  St. Landry- On October 22, agents with Louisiana State Police Region II Criminal Investigation Division arrested a St. Landry man and his girlfriend for charges of obtaining a controlled dangerous substance by fraud. In October 2009, agents began an investigation on thirty-one-year-old Devin Acaldo and his girlfriend twenty-nine-year-old Stephanie... more »