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Bossier City Police Seeking Identity of Theft Suspects
The Bossier City Police (Property Crimes Division) needs the Public’s assistance in identifying an individual. On 07/01/2024, Two unknown males entered 1832 Old Minden Rd. Bossier City, La. 71112 and committed a Theft. If anyone knows the identity of these individuals or any information on the case, please contact Crime Stoppers or the Bossier City Police Department.
Weather Service Warns – Excessive Rain This Weekend in Louisiana
The Weather Prediction Center has issued an ominous alert for cities such as Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and Shreveport. That alert which covers the entire state over the next three days suggests that several "life-threatening" weather events could occur and residents should be prepared. The catalyst for...
It's been hot in Louisiana so far this year, but not as bad as 2023. Here are the numbers.
Temperatures throughout Louisiana have been historically warm for the first six months of 2024, data released Thursday showed, but not as hot as last year and significantly below the record for the same time period. Louisiana's average temperature for January through June was the 12th highest on record for that...
Race for Louisiana’s new second majority-Black congressional district is heating up
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a critical election year, the race for Louisiana’s new mostly Black congressional district is heating up as three candidates — including a longtime Democratic state lawmaker and former congressman and an 80-year-old Republican who is a former state senator — officially submitted paperwork on Wednesday to run in November. […]
Tech outage impacting Shreveport businesses including airlines, grocery stores
SHREVEPORT, La. - The global outage of Windows computers reportedly caused by a Crowdstrike update is having a widespread impact Friday even in the ArkLaTex. In addition to flight cancellations and delays at Shreveport Regional Airport, multiple grocery stores in the city were unable to open due to systems failures, including the Brookshire's on Kings Highway and the one on Bert Kouns Industrial Loop.
Another Drawdown Of Lake Bistineau Set To Begin This Month
It won't be long now, Lake Bistineau will be reduced to Bayou Dorcheat and an assortment of swamp-like areas. It would appear that summer is nearly over for those who enjoy water sports like fishing or skiing on Lake Bistineau in Northwest Louisiana. Lake Bistineau State Park recently posted on...
This Comic Artist Brings His Creepy Work to Shreveport
Shreveport's comic con, Geek'd Con, is coming back to Downtown Shreveport this August. The 2024 Geek'd Con will take place August 16th, 17th, and 18th, at the Shreveport Convention Center. Tickets for this year's Geek'd Con are available right now. You can get yours here. The guest lineup will include...
CPSO arrests driver in fatal hit-and-run in Keithville
KEITHVILLE, La. - An arrest has been made in a hit-and-run crash early Thursday that claimed a man's life. Anthony Ebizie, 43, of Powder Springs, Ga., turned himself in late Thursday. He was booked into the Caddo Correctional Center for hit and run resulting in serious bodily injury or death.
Louisiana Ticket Claims $230,000 in Wednesday Lottery Drawing
As an observer of lottery drawings in Louisiana, I feel obligated to suggest to those who want to strike it rich playing lottery games with the Louisiana Lottery should be participating in those games over the next week or so. The reason? Lady Luck appears to have moved back into Louisiana and she's apparently applying her "magic" to lottery tickets sold here in The Boot.
Louisiana Storm Threat Grows as ‘Cold Front’ Pushes Into State
Viewers of KSLA Television in Shreveport witnessed a rather strange event during the television station's noon broadcast on Wednesday. It was on that broadcast that a man with unusually high hair uttered two words that just don't make sense in Louisiana during the month of July. I actually saw this with my own eyes and heard Austin Evans, that's the high hair guy, say the words "Cold Front".
Kings Highway is under construction once again
SHREVEPORT, La. — The road in front of Byrd High School in Shreveport is under construction once again, addressing longstanding issues of potholes and drainage on Kings Highway. An engineer with the city's Department of Public Works emphasized the urgency of the project. “Construction began about a month ago,”...
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