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Opening date announced for Amazon Fulfillment Center in Shreveport
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Shreveport’s Amazon Fulfillment Center will be opening soon. The new fulfillment center has been in the works for more than a year now, and plenty of people are excited for the new opportunities it will bring to the city. According to officials with the mayor’s...
Garbage Collection Changes in Shreveport for Holiday
SHREVEPORT, LA - Monday is Labor Day and it is a city holiday in Shreveport and Bossier City. This means changes for garbage collection for the week in Shreveport, but not in Bossier City. The City of Shreveport is adjusting the garbage collection schedule for the week. Monday September 2.
Services set for former State Rep. Willie James Singleton
SHREVEPORT, La. - The life of former State Representative Willie Singleton will be honored this weekend. Singleton was an attorney and member of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1983 to 1996. He also served as Assistant State Attorney General. Singleton will lie in honor on Friday from noon until 6...
Mayor’s stance on Fair Grounds Field unchanged in letter to Landry, Johnson and Kennedy
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS)—The Shreveport Mayor’s stance remains unchanged in a letter to Louisiana lawmakers, Speaker Johnson, Senator Kennedy, and Governor Landry addressing the ongoing battle regarding the abandoned baseball Fair Grounds Field. “I have received a copy of letters to each of you from the Friends of Fair...
Shreveport city leaders concerned that liquor stores are outnumbering grocery stores
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - The City of Shreveport is becoming over saturated with liquor stores, according to some city council members. “It’s some of the things that we encompassed in my district, and I think that Councilwoman Bowman eluded as well to in her district that when you look at Queensborough, when you look at Allendale, you look at Cedar Grove, you look at MLK, those areas, we’re tired of seeing malt liquor in our neighborhoods. We want growth and development, but we don’t want that to be the only growth and development that we see.”
The Shreveport Fire Training Academy has proudly unveiled its newly remodeled auditorium, funded by the citizens of Shreveport through the 2021 bond
Shreveport, LA – According to the statement, the Shreveport Fire Training Academy is eager to begin hosting classes and courses that enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the city’s firefighters. If you are interested in hosting a course that aligns with the Fire Service, you are encouraged...
Dr. Wyche T. Coleman appointed as deputy surgeon general of Louisiana
SHREVEPORT, La. - Louisiana has a new deputy surgeon general. Dr. Wyche T. Coleman III is an ophthamologist and cataract surgeon with Willis Knighton Eye Institute. Coleman grew up in Louisiana. He studied at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. Coleman completed his medical education and ophthalmology residency there. His clinical expertise includes advanced cataract surgery, LASIK, PRK, and the management of chronic eye conditions.
Shreveport resident posts signs to combat littering in his neighborhood
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Ted Ferguson says littering has become an issue in the Western Hills neighborhood so he cleans up trash throughout his neighborhood almost every morning. “I count sometimes the number of bottles and pieces of trash, and I pick up on an average of, say, five...
Shreveport lawmaker fought ethics board for years before authoring new ethics laws
Freshman state legislators typically promise to bring back more money to their districts or to pursue broader policy. But the very first two bills Rep. Steven Jackson, D-Shreveport, authored during his first regular in the Louisiana Legislature had an unusual target for a new lawmaker: Louisiana’s Board of Ethics.
The Clyde Place Vivian Rd. Bridge will be closed on September 5 due to full replacement, officials say
Shreveport, LA – According to the officials, on Thursday, September 5, 2024, the Clyde Place Vivian Rd. Bridge was officially closed as part of a significant infrastructure project by the Public Works Department. The closure marked the beginning of a comprehensive effort to replace the aging bridge, alongside associated...
Underage Drinkers in Louisiana Have More Rights Than You Think
Football season is about to hit Louisiana like a Dustin Poirier right hand to the jaw. It gets underway with High School Jamborees in Lafayette, Lake Charles, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and just about every other community in the state. Most of those jamborees will take place either tonight or Friday. Then we start the college football season on Saturday and the professional football season will begin their games on September 5th.
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