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Bossier Parish Releases 2012 Crime Statistics

Angela Thomas — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:57:32 +0000

Bossier Sheriff's Office shows slight dip in total calls for service in 2012.

Sandbags Being Handed Out In Bossier Parish Because of Expected Rain

Angela Thomas — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:38:18 +0000

The Bossier Parish Highway Department will be offering sandbags to the public due to a massive storm forecast to hit the area this week.

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Bossier Sheriff Discusses School Safety Following Connecticut School Shooting

Angela Thomas — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:48:25 +0000

Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittington comments on school safety in light of Connecticut tragedy.

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UPDATE: Bossier Sheriff's Lt. Bill Davis Says Haughton Stand-Off "Could Have Been a Very Dangerous Situation"

Angela Thomas — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:38:18 +0000

The stand-off started late yesterday afternoon when a caller told Bossier Sheriff's deputies that his friend, 59-year-old Joseph Drozd, had turned on the gas inside the house and was going to blow it up.

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Boil Advisory Issued for Dogwood Subdivision in Haughton

Angela Thomas — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:24:20 +0000

A boil advisory is in place for the Dogwood subdivision in Haughton.

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Scheduled Road Work Today

Angela Thomas — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:24:23 +0000

As long as the weather cooperates, there's a lot of construction going on. Continuing through April 13th, LA 169 in Caddo Parish is closed east of LA 1 for construction of the new northbound roadway on LA 1

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Bossier Parish Receives Funding to Build Wastewater Infrastructure

Angela Thomas — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:35:20 +0000

Bossier Parish now has funding to build wastewater infrastructure. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Bossier Parish Police Jury have closed a loan for more than 17-million dollars, which will be used for a portion of the infrastructure for the newly-established Bossier Parish Consolidated Waterworks and Sewerage District #1

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Bossier City Man Wanted For Tatooing A Minor

James Stanley — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:28:25 +0000

The Bossier Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a 20-year-old Bossier City man who has a record of criminal activity with juveniles and is currently wanted for tattooing a minor.

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High Accolades For Local Teen Wrestler

James Stanley — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:03:37 +0000

The Louisiana High School Athletic Association State Wrestling Tournament was held this past weekend in New Orleans. A local High School Junior placed.

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Property Crimes On The Rise in Bossier Parish

James Stanley — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:56:08 +0000

Crimes against people remained virtually the same in 2011 over the past year for Bossier Parish, while property crime rose slightly, as Bossier Parish continues to see phenomenal growth.

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Public Hearing to Discuss Wafer Road Extension

Angela Thomas — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:01:42 +0000

A public hearing takes place tomorrow (Jan. 10th) -- to discuss extension of a local road. It's being held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Bossier Parish Courthouse in Benton. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development and the Federal Highway Administration are proposing to extend Wafer Road in Bossier Parish 3

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UPDATE: Lakewood Subdivision Home Invasion Suspect Sought

James Stanley — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:30:23 +0000

Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen and his deputies need your help in locating a burglar that surprised a homeowner on New Year’s Day.

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Time to Get Your Parish Property Taxes Paid

Angela Thomas — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:33:59 +0000

You don't have much time left to get your parish property taxes paid...the deadline is December 31st. Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator says Caddo residents have several ways to pay -- in person at the courthouse, by mail or online

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Be Looking For Your Property Tax Notices

Angela Thomas — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:32:54 +0000

The Bossier Parish Sheriff's Department says property tax notices are being mailed out today. There are three ways to pay -- and four locations at which to do it. Walk-ins from Bossier City or Haughton can go to the Sheriff's Substation on Viking Drive

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Missing Texas Woman Believed To Be In Northern Bossier Parish

James Stanley — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:48:16 +0000

Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen says the search for a missing Texas woman in north Bossier Parish continues this afternoon.

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Burglary Suspect Still At Large, Detectives Now Asking For Your Help

James Stanley — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 04:57:08 +0000

The Bossier Sheriff’s Department needs the help of area citizens in apprehending a burglary suspect before he strikes again.

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Seriously Injured 1-year-old Airlifted To LSU Hospital In Shreveport

James Stanley — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:42:15 +0000

Last evening, just after 6:30 p.m., Louisiana State Police Troop G responded to a two-vehicle crash on LA 3 (Benton Road), just south of Cashpoint Road, in Bossier Parish. A Bossier City woman and her 1-year-old child were both seriously injured in the crash.

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Two Plain Dealing Men Arrested

John Lee — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:08:07 +0000

Two Plain Dealing men picked the wrong person to ask for a ride home. The person they asked was a Bossier Parish sheriff's deputy and he was in his patrol car at Highways 3 and 2 the time!

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Parts of Bossier Parish Without Power

John Lee — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:42:27 +0000

About 19-hundred Swepco customers in Bossier Parish are without electricity this morning. A transformer at the Linton Road sub-station caught fire early this morning.

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A Couple Of Grambling Men Arrested On Drug Charges

James Stanley — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 04:57:08 +0000

Bossier Sheriff Larry Deen says two Grambling men were arrested Monday night for possession of illegal drugs with the intent to distribute following a traffic stop on Interstate 20.

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