News Radio 710 KEEL » 2011 http://710keel.com Depend On It! Sat, 18 May 2013 19:36:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 A Once Vibrant Shreveport Plant Shuts Down http://710keel.com/a-once-vibrant-shreveport-plant-shuts-down/ http://710keel.com/a-once-vibrant-shreveport-plant-shuts-down/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:24:58 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=86423 Pratt Industries Converting Division has shut down its local plant.

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]]> http://710keel.com/a-once-vibrant-shreveport-plant-shuts-down/feed/ 0 The Great Amazing Race Coming to Cargill Park http://710keel.com/the-great-amazing-race-coming-to-cargill-park/ http://710keel.com/the-great-amazing-race-coming-to-cargill-park/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:37:21 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=56214 Shreveport Public Assembly & Recreation (SPAR) Athletics Department announces that SPAR’s Cargill Sports Complex will host the Great Amazing Race on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 5:00pm and 6:00pm.  Participants may walk, run or jog their way to the Great Amazing Race.

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]]> http://710keel.com/property-crimes-on-the-rise-in-bossier-parish/feed/ 0 flickr, chicalookate Night Out Against Crime Block Party Winners Announced http://710keel.com/night-out-against-crime-block-party-winners-announced/ http://710keel.com/night-out-against-crime-block-party-winners-announced/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:57:22 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=36357 2011 was a great year for Shreveport Night Out Against Crime events.  So many parties, over 100 registered, and with so much food and great neighbors to visit, who couldn't have had a great time.  Your winners are:

District Winner

1 1800 Christopher Glen

4 500 Wichita

5 500 Ockley

6 9400 Prestonwood Drive

7 2700 W

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]]> http://710keel.com/night-out-against-crime-block-party-winners-announced/feed/ 0 "Salute To Veterans" Tour, Vintage B-17 Aluminum Overcast Coming To Shreveport http://710keel.com/salute-to-veterans-tour-vintage-b-17-aluminum-overcast-coming-to-shreveport/ http://710keel.com/salute-to-veterans-tour-vintage-b-17-aluminum-overcast-coming-to-shreveport/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:00:41 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=33047 “Aluminum Overcast,” the Experimental Aircraft Association’s restored B-17 bomber, will descend upon Shreveport Downtown Airport in Shreveport, Louisiana on November 29-30 for one of nearly 70 tour stops scheduled for its 2011 “Salute to Veterans” national tour.

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]]> http://710keel.com/salute-to-veterans-tour-vintage-b-17-aluminum-overcast-coming-to-shreveport/feed/ 0 “Aluminum Overcast,” the Experimental Aircraft Association’s restored B-17 bomber, www.eaachapter343.org Global Strike Challenge Going On http://710keel.com/global-strike-challenge-going-on/ http://710keel.com/global-strike-challenge-going-on/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:53:28 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=29755 Air Force Global Strike Command’s second annual Global Strike Challenge missile, bomb and security forces competition will culminate with  the score posting finale here, Nov. 8-9.

Team and individual awards will be presented to those teams with the highest performance scores among Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, B-2 Spirit, B-52 Stratofortress, B-1 Lancer, UH-1N Huey and security forces units

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]]> http://710keel.com/global-strike-challenge-going-on/feed/ 0 USAF News Release "The Christmas Shoes" Tea Planned This Holiday Season http://710keel.com/the-christmas-shoes-tea-planned-this-holiday-season/ http://710keel.com/the-christmas-shoes-tea-planned-this-holiday-season/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:27:38 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=28874 The Christmas Shoes has touched the hearts of millions through song, book and movie. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/the-christmas-shoes-tea-planned-this-holiday-season/feed/ 0 Robotics Competition Coming To The Area http://710keel.com/robotics-competition-coming-to-the-area/ http://710keel.com/robotics-competition-coming-to-the-area/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:00:01 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=28373 The second competition of the Regional Autonomous Robotics Circuit is scheduled for Saturday, November 5 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Bossier Civic Center.  Seventy-six teams from area elementary, middle, and high schools will compete in a “fire-fighting” simulation that requires teams to use their robots to autonomously navigate a home and to locate and fight fires using light sensors and ultrasonic sensors. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/robotics-competition-coming-to-the-area/feed/ 0 Drive From Sam's Club To Super Target Without Even Getting Onto Youree Drive? Really? http://710keel.com/drive-from-sams-club-to-super-target-without-even-getting-onto-youree-drive-really/ http://710keel.com/drive-from-sams-club-to-super-target-without-even-getting-onto-youree-drive-really/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:46:41 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=27775 Very soon you will be able to drive from Sam's Club parking lot to Target and other stores in complex, without having to get back onto bustling Youree Drive

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]]> http://710keel.com/drive-from-sams-club-to-super-target-without-even-getting-onto-youree-drive-really/feed/ 0 A Few Cases Of Interest In Caddo District Court Today http://710keel.com/a-few-cases-of-interest-in-caddo-district-court-today/ http://710keel.com/a-few-cases-of-interest-in-caddo-district-court-today/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:02:34 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=25227 Prosecutors say a Shreveport man will plead guilty as charged to aggravated battery and hate crimes Thursday in Caddo Parish District Court for a January, 2011 attack on another individual at a night club in the 400 block of Spring St.

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]]> http://710keel.com/a-few-cases-of-interest-in-caddo-district-court-today/feed/ 0 Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover Announces A Town Hall Event http://710keel.com/shreveport-mayor-cedric-glover-announces-a-town-hall-event/ http://710keel.com/shreveport-mayor-cedric-glover-announces-a-town-hall-event/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:54:03 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=21989 Mayor Cedric Glover will hold a town hall meeting Monday, October 10, to update residents on topics ranging from his proposal to secure more than $80 million for roadwork to the latest news on the I-49 inner-city connector project. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/shreveport-mayor-cedric-glover-announces-a-town-hall-event/feed/ 0 Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover, flickr, trudeau An Exciting Season Of Musical Dance Comes To Northwestern State University http://710keel.com/an-exciting-season-of-musical-dance-comes-to-northwestern-state-university/ http://710keel.com/an-exciting-season-of-musical-dance-comes-to-northwestern-state-university/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 23:45:40 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=20041 Northwestern State University Theatre and Dance will offer something for everyone during its 2011-12 season with musicals, period pieces, contemporary works and dance to be performed.

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]]> http://710keel.com/an-exciting-season-of-musical-dance-comes-to-northwestern-state-university/feed/ 0 rudolf_schuba, flickr by Yahoo! Up With Downs Buddy Walk Just a Few Weeks Away, Time To Sign up Now http://710keel.com/up-with-downs-buddy-walk-just-a-few-weeks-away-time-to-sign-up-now/ http://710keel.com/up-with-downs-buddy-walk-just-a-few-weeks-away-time-to-sign-up-now/#comments Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:20:12 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=17941 Just a reminder and request to register for the Buddy Walk on the Firstgiving site.  It will ask you for each particpant's name and t-shirt size.  
 
http://www.firstgiving.com/upwithdowns/up-with-downs-buddy-walk-2011

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]]> http://710keel.com/up-with-downs-buddy-walk-just-a-few-weeks-away-time-to-sign-up-now/feed/ 0 upwithdowns.com What's New At The CIC? http://710keel.com/whats-new-at-the-cic/ http://710keel.com/whats-new-at-the-cic/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:21:11 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=10147 The monthly Cyber Innovation Center Newsletter is out; view it here.

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]]> http://710keel.com/whats-new-at-the-cic/feed/ 0 cyberinnovationcenter.org Vendors, Citizens Disappointed Over Fireworks Ban http://710keel.com/vendors-citizens-disappointed-over-fireworks-ban/ http://710keel.com/vendors-citizens-disappointed-over-fireworks-ban/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:55:03 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=7864 At a mid-morning news conference came word that a coalition of area fire department's decided to ban the sale and use of fireworks through the end of the month. 

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]]> http://710keel.com/vendors-citizens-disappointed-over-fireworks-ban/feed/ 0 Multiple use This Day in History for June 14 – Stars & Stripes Adopted and More http://710keel.com/this-day-in-history-for-june-14--stars-stripes-adopted-and-more/ http://710keel.com/this-day-in-history-for-june-14--stars-stripes-adopted-and-more/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:28:13 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=7098

1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States (More info)

1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev. Elijah Craig (More info) 

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]]> http://710keel.com/this-day-in-history-for-june-14--stars-stripes-adopted-and-more/feed/ 0 overseasvoyager84/flickr This Day in History for Tuesday, June 8 – MLK Assassin Arrested and More http://710keel.com/this-day-in-history-for-tuesday-june-8-mlk-assassin-arrested-and-more/ http://710keel.com/this-day-in-history-for-tuesday-june-8-mlk-assassin-arrested-and-more/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:58:22 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=6856 Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1861 – Tennessee became the 11th (and last) state to secede from the Union (More info)

1949 – George Orwell’s ’1984′ is published (More info)

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]]> http://710keel.com/this-day-in-history-for-tuesday-june-8-mlk-assassin-arrested-and-more/feed/ 0 Hulton Archive, Getty Images Multi-Agency DWI Roadblock Scheduled For Friday Night, Sometime http://710keel.com/multi-agency-dwi-roadblock-scheduled-for-friday-night-sometime/ http://710keel.com/multi-agency-dwi-roadblock-scheduled-for-friday-night-sometime/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 04:42:53 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=6131 Law enforcement officers from several different agencies will be teaming up and working together tomorrow night to help keep the streets of Shreveport safe.

A safety checkpoint will be held Friday night, May 20, 2011 in southwest Shreveport as an integral component of an ongoing, singular commitment on the part of authorities to reduce the number of deaths and injuries reported on our roadways.

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]]> http://710keel.com/multi-agency-dwi-roadblock-scheduled-for-friday-night-sometime/feed/ 0 Cell Phone Bill Gets Hung Up On http://710keel.com/cell-phone-bill-gets-hung-up-on/ http://710keel.com/cell-phone-bill-gets-hung-up-on/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 13:29:07 +0000 emccarty http://710keel.com/?p=6018 A bill proposing a ban on using hand-held cell phones while driving is defeated in the House Transportation Committee.

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]]> http://710keel.com/cell-phone-bill-gets-hung-up-on/feed/ 0 Arrests In Shreveport Are Up From Last Year http://710keel.com/arrests-in-shreveport-are-up-from-last-year/ http://710keel.com/arrests-in-shreveport-are-up-from-last-year/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 23:52:13 +0000 James Stanley http://710keel.com/?p=5956 By far, Louisiana has more people locked up per 100k people than any other state in the Union, by several hundred in fact. 

With that as a backdrop, Shreveport Police report the number of arrests made through April is up 10% when compared with last year’s numbers. 

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