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Tue, 27 Dec 2011 00:03:20 -0800

Serve over 30 agencies with 55 programs and 6 specific projects in Caddo, Bossier , Bienville, Red River, De Soto, Webster, Winn, Sabine, Natchitoches and Claiborne parishes. United Way focuses on four impact areas: education, health, income and basic ...

Briefly: Police suggest safety tips for I-Bowl fun
Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:01:07 -0800

Getting there: Shuttles start at 11 am on game day from Mall St. Vincent in Shreveport and Pierre Bossier Mall in Bossier City and run until everyone has been transported back from the game. Cost is $5; children under 12 ride free. ...

Informer: Deal would send Crown Casino, gambling license to Bossier Parish
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:35:36 -0800

18, and Bossier Parish voters last month approved the relocation of the vessel, which would be the parish's sixth gambling boat. Under its agreement with Isle of Capri, Paradise Casino, now known as Bossier Casino Venture, had until Nov. ...

Greenwood Fugitive Captured in Louisiana
Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:45:40 -0800

bossier parrish, LA A Greenwood man was captured last Wednesday after more than a year on the run from federal marshals and law enforcement in Greenwood and Horry counties. Joshua Craig Southerland of Greenwood, SC, was taken into custody by Deputy ...

Haughton man arrested for reckless driving and intimidation
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:30:44 -0800

bossier parish, LA (KSLA) - Bossier Parish Sheriff's deputies arrested a Haughton, Louisiana man Thursday for allegedly driving reckless and intimidating a sheriff's deputy. Heath Michael Gates, 25 was reportedly spotted by deputies traveling along US ...

Bossier City man accused of abusing 5-year-old relative
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:51:26 -0800

By James Stanley - email The Bossier City Police Department's Juvenile Unit arrested a man accused of physically abusing a little girl with whom he is related. 26-year old Jimmy Wayne Mc Gee of Bossier City was arrested on a charge of felony cruelty of ...

Final thoughts before kickoff
Mon, 26 Dec 2011 10:59:27 -0800

By Dave Matter bossier city, La. Greetings from the warm and dry comforts of the Bossier Courtyard Marriott. It sure looks like the Independence Bowl will be neither warm nor dry when it kicks off in a few hours. A few matchups and storylines to ...

Arkansas man arrested for DWI in Bossier Parish, blew .161
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:54:44 -0800

bossier parish, LA (KSLA) - A Magnolia, Arkansas man was arrested Friday night in Bossier Parish after he was found by Bossier Sheriff's deputies of being intoxicated. George C. Williams, 53 was pulled over by authorities for driving between lanes ...

Bossier City Council accepts streets into city system
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:01:09 -0800

The deteriorating streets of an east Bossier City neighborhood may soon be incorporated into the city's street system. On Tuesday, the Bossier City Council voted 5-2 to accept the streets of Stockwell Place, which requires an estimated $15000 in ...

Benton's Lulu Perry puts on show against Plain Dealing
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:01:43 -0800

Benton's Megan Fream heads to the hoop during a game Wednesday against Plain Dealing at Airline High School in Bossier City. / Val Horvath Davidson/The Times Two of the area's top guards in high school girls basketball Lulu Perry and Dennisha ...

Christmas Shoppers Rush To Finish
Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:01:11 -0800

bossier city, La -- It's Christmas Eve, but that's not keeping Christmas shoppers away from area stores. The Bossier City Target had throngs of last minute shoppers rushing to grab up whatever is left from the holiday shopping season, which was one of ...

Rumble in the Bluff update: Sulphur survives scare from Bossier
Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:23:24 -0800

By Rodrick Anderson, Sports Editor The Sulphur Lady Tors survived a scare from Bossier on Thursday in the Rumble in the Bluff tournament holding on to win 36-33. It was Sulphur's closest game since losing to Lake Arthur 29-27 in the Westlake Holiday ...

Bossier departments provide holiday gifts to those in need
Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:37 -0800

But several government departments in Bossier Parish didn't want that to be the case this year and separately coordinated a little holiday giving. Bossier Parish Emergency Medical Services on Friday greeted a Haughton family with an ambulance full of ...

Bossier City children 'Shop with a Cop' Wednesday
Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:18:27 -0800

Underprivileged children in Bossier City will be given the opportunity to participate in a Christmas shopping spree with members of the Bossier City Police Department Wednesday. Bossier City Police Local 645 and the Bossier Chapter of the Fraternal ...

$26K worth of drugs seized at Bossier City home
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:01:41 -0800

A Bossier City man faces several drug charges after a Wednesday night drug bust at his home. Bossier City Police Narcotics Agents began an undercover operation on 35-year-old Nathan Jeremy Razer about two months ago. During their investigation, agents ...

Blotter: Man alerts neighbors to apartment fire
Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:01:48 -0800

Bossier City police late Wednesday arrested a man on a charge of felony cruelty to a juvenile, a young female relative. The department's Juvenile Unit arrested Jimmy Wayne Mc Gee, 26, of Bossier City after officers responded to WK Bossier Health Center ...

Fight with pregnant girlfriend lands Bossier man in jail
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:26:34 -0800

A Bossier City man was arrested Monday after he got into a physical fight with his pregnant girlfriend. 26-year-old Thomas Joseph Martin told detectives that he got into a physical altercation with his 3-months pregnant girlfriend. ...

Bossier's Small earns All-State honors
Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:01:49 -0800

Bossier High School offensive lineman D'varciea Small was selected to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association's Class 3A All-State football team. He was the only area player selected to the first team. The Outstanding Player awards were accorded to ...

Two arrested by Bossier deputies for DWI over the weekend
Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:00:02 -0800

Christian M. Peppard, 43, of Santa Monica, Calif., stopped by a Bossier deputy just before midnight Saturday night on Airline Drive for driving over divider cones. When the deputy smelled a strong alcoholic beverage odor coming from Peppard, ...

Go retro: Teach the kids how to write thank-you notes
Tue, 27 Dec 2011 06:11:09 -0800

Patsy Taylor, of Bossier City, La., began teaching her twin sons, Jonathan and Jarrett, 12, to write and send thank-you notes when they were in kindergarten. Not only did Taylor want to make this a habit for her children, she also used the opportunity ...