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Posted Jul 15, 2021
Bossier Parish highway department crews are turning their attention to parish subdivisions with repairs and improvements to infrastructure.
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Posted Jul 8, 2021
Organizers of special events to be held in Bossier Parish will now have to obtain a permit after an ordinance governing “public interest and special events” was adopted Wednesday by the Bossier Parish Police Jury.
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Posted Jun 18, 2021
A visit to the Port of Caddo-Bossier Wednesday gave Bossier Parish Police Jury members and staff an up-close look at one of the area’s premier industrial sites that continues to grow and make major contributions the area’s economy.
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Posted Jun 17, 2021
Bossier Parish Police Jury members voted unanimously Wednesday to seek an injunction to prevent a weekend event advertised as a Friday 4-wheeler ride and a Saturday trail ride, with musical performances scheduled later both evenings. With the vote, the police jury authorized the parish attorney to file for an immediate injunction in 26th Judicial District Court against the promoter and the landowner.
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Posted Jun 14, 2021
Julianna Parks has been named the new District 5 representative to the Bossier Parish Police Jury after a special meeting of the jury Monday. She took her oath of office immediately following the meeting.
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Posted Jun 11, 2021
Championship football will be featured at South Bossier Park on Caplis Sligo Rd. Saturday when four finalists from the North Louisiana Football Alliance take the field in semifinal play.
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Posted Jun 7, 2021
All lanes are now open in both directions on US 80 over Fifi Bayou in Bossier Parish, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
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Posted Jun 4, 2021
Bossier Parish is again represented at the top administrative level of a statewide association after parish Police Jury member Bob Brotherton received his oath of office to serve as first vice president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana.
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Posted Jun 3, 2021
District 5 police jury member Jack “Bump” Skaggs announced his retirement from the public body Wednesday, telling his cohorts that a career move made it necessary for him to step aside.
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Posted Jun 3, 2021
Drum Roll Please. If this lady can get sticks on it, she can play it. Lady Chops brought an hour of high-energy, education and entertainment to Tall Timbers Park Wednesday, delighting a group of adults and children with a display of adaptations that turned buckets, pots and pans, and a Cajun rubboard into instruments.
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Posted Jun 3, 2021
A special meeting of the Bossier Parish Police Jury will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, June 14 in the jury meeting room in the Bossier Parish courthouse to appoint a replacement for jury District 5. This vacancy was created by the resignation of Jack “Bump” Skaggs.
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Posted Jun 1, 2021
Nurses from the Bossier Parish Correctional Center administered wellness tests and parish employees learned how to recognize symptoms of stroke and heart attack during the Bossier Parish Police Jury’s first Informational Health and Wellness Fair last week.
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Posted May 26, 2021
On Thursday, May 27, the contractor will begin removing components of the old Linton Rd. bridge structure over Black Bayou Reservoir, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development.
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Posted May 20, 2021
Bids have been requested on a pair of major infrastructure projects in the parish, Assistant Parish Engineer Eric Hudson told members of the Bossier Parish Police Jury Wednesday.
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Posted May 6, 2021
Bossier Parish will remain in the business of picking up certain trash and debris at no charge to homeowners, but parameters will be established to determine what will qualify for removal.
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Posted Apr 23, 2021
Work on the Linton Rd. bridge spanning Black Bayou has begun which means the heavily-traveled roadway is closed, but traffic appears to be moving smoothly along detour routes, Assistant Parish Engineer Eric Hudson told members of the Bossier Parish Police Jury Wednesday.
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Posted Apr 14, 2021
Motorists are reminded by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development that the project to remove and replace the Linton Road bridge over Black Bayou Reservoir in north Bossier Parish will begin Tuesday, April 20 with a complete closure of the bridge.
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Posted Apr 12, 2021
One bridge on Goodman Springs Road has been completed and reopened Monday, but another nearby bridge will be closed Tuesday.
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Posted Apr 9, 2021
With the snip of a ribbon Thursday, a $1.6 million West Linton Rd. was declared completed and officially opened to connect Fairburn Ave. to the intersection of Palmetto Rd. and Airline Dr.
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Posted Apr 9, 2021
Bossier Parish has a new treasurer following an extensive search and a unanimous vote Wednesday by the parish Police Jury.