Blanchard

As a small town of about 3,000 people Blanchard is far from being a famous city in Louisiana.  It is known for being the hometown of a few notable people.  Shreveport mayor Ollie Tyler was born there.  Longtime professional golfer Hal Sutton was raised there ...

If you're looking for a safe place in Louisiana to raise your kids or spend your golden years, three of the top cities in the state are right here in the Northwest corner of the state. According to data released by the FBI for the year 2013 on the website onlyinyourstate...

The Blanchard Water System has experienced a system wide pressure loss, and in their notification to customers they express that the system may be experiencing service interruptions until they're able to restore system pressure.  Because of these issues they've issued an immediate water boil advisory to all customers.  The boil advisory will remain in effect until rescinded by the Blanchard Water

Wal-Mart is planning to build a Supercenter in the north Shreveport/Blanchard area. It would be built on a 29-acre tract of land on Louisiana Highway-One between Pinehill Road and Highway 538.

Saturday afternoon over on KWKH, I did an interview with Shannon Wall. Shannon is the principal over at Donnie Bickham Middle School in Blanchard, who promised his students if they scored high on their tests, he would do something absolutely out of this world! Take a listen to exactly what he did:

Due to the lack of rainfall in the forecast, Blanchard Utilities is requesting the following: Customers whose address ends in an even number, please limit watering to: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

The Poke Salad Festival gets underway in Blanchard this weekend...and some local folks have a big mission there this year -- to raise money for a friend of theirs who's in need of a kidney transplant. Jayne Tappe is one of the organizers, and she says the fundraiser is being called A "Chair-ity" Event...