Blanchard News

Celebrating a birthday today: TREAVIA EVANS, 19, daughter of VERDELL and SHAWN EVANS, of Bossier City.

Emergency response will soon improve for one Ark-La-Tex community. Residents in Southeast Shreveport and nearby areas in Caddo Parish will experience an automatic aid agreement between Caddo Parish and Shreveport Fire stations.

General Motors Corp. will close its assembly and stamping plants in Shreveport no later than June 2012, the company says.

Caddo Parish Deputies arrested a man Monday afternoon after they say he led them on a three-mile car chase.

Andre' Carter and Vanisha Faye Williams, both of Shreveport. Gary Allen Fair and Faye Ann Phillips Free, both of Mooringsport.

Splash Kingdom Waterpark in Canton and its lifeguards are certified by Jeff Ellis and Associates Inc.

IDA - Caddo commissioners got a little wild this week. The elected leaders eyed snakes, squirrels and baby alligators near Blanchard and giant salvinia plants in Mooringsport during a tour of parish-run parks.

The Bossier Parish Pupil Progression Plan Policies and Procedures for the 2009-2010 school year is available for public review from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through June 18 at the Bossier Parish School Board Central Office, 316 Sibley St.

"Faith is a simple word that means so much. More than anything else, even food, I need faith.

Alcohol may have played a part in a one-vehicle rollover accident on Gilbert Drive in Shreveport on Monday evening.

Viewers were asked, "What are your thoughts on the state possibly banning smoking in all public places, including bars and casinos?" Here's what some of our viewers had to say: "I think that it is a great idea to ban smoking inside the casinos.

It's not too many times you hear a parish official say, 'We're killing them.' Bossier Administrator Bill Altimus meant parish workers are busy exterminating mosquitoes.

Talk about a reason to check under the hood. This snake was reportedly pulled from a car this morning at Mall St.

Celebrating a birthday today: BRYSON GLENN NIX, 1, son of DANIEL NIX and KATRINA WOLCOTT, of Shreveport.

A woman was flown to LSU Hospital on Monday after she crashed a Chevrolet Trailblazer into a tree at the intersection of Shreveport-Blanchard Highway at Bostwick Road, according to the Caddo sheriff's office.

Celebrating a birthday today: MATTIE HARRIS, of Shreveport. ... ANTHONY W. PIKES, of Shreveport.

Republican Steve Riall defeated Democrat Neil Kalberg in the race for District 1 representative on the Caddo Parish School Board.

Caddo emergency crews are on the scene of a head-on collision in Blanchard. Caddo deputies and medical crews were called to Dixie-Blanchard Road at Highway 1 after 3:30pm. Parish officials tell us a truck and a minivan were involved in the wreck.

Celebrating a birthday today: The Rev. CALVIN MOORE, of Shreveport. ... CAMERON MONROE, of Shreveport.

Celebrating a birthday today: EMMA DEBORAH DUNN, of Shreveport. ... JORDAN ARMON KELLY, 6, of Bossier City.