Bossier City News

SHREVEPORT, LA There's bad news for Louisiana daycares. According to a new report, the state comes in next to last when it comes to the quality of child care agencies.

Bossier City has amended its controversial, proposed 2010 budget to save 35 police and firefighter positions from layoffs because of budget woes, but 45 are still likely to be cut if the council approves the budget as scheduled Dec.

With Bossier City leaders scrambling to patch a $6.5 million deficit before the new year, some city officials are beginning to notice that one loss leader is among the city's most prominent attractions: the CenturyTel Center.

SHREVEPORT, LA Both Bossier City and Shreveport police are on the lookout for a driver who nearly caused a head on collision Wednesday night in Shreveport.

Louisiana 4th District Congressman John Fleming will host a second local town hall-style meeting this afternoon in Bossier City.

Police say a man suspected of robbing a Bossier City convenience store of two empty money bags Oct.

SHREVEPORT, LA So, just how are Bossier City bus riders responding to a possible cut in services? KSLA News 12's Nick Guillory spent Tuesday riding along on one of SporTran's most popular Bossier City bus routes and the reaction from commuters isn't nice.

BOSSIER CITY, LA About 60 police and fire jobs are on the chopping block in Bossier City right now.

BOSSIER CITY, LA A Bossier City man wanted by U.S. Marshals now faces more charges after leading Bossier officers on a chase through the city.

BOSSIER CITY, LA Bossier City Police continue to investigate a shooting and robbery that happened Sunday night at a local motel.

BOSSIER CITY, LA It's another welcome development in the battle to contain the overflowing Red Chute Bayou : The evacuation order for subdivisions in and around the Stockwell subdivision in North Bossier has been lifted.

More people face charges in connection with an ongoing investigation into multiple forgery rings in the Shreveport/Bossier City area.

The City of Bossier City is updating residents on many of the parish's weather-related issues and included helpful phone numbers to report damage and problems.

The Bossier-Shreveport Veterans Day parade is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. It will be at Bossier Parish Community College, 6220 E. Texas St.

The Dogwood Trail bridge and an intersecting portion of Stockwell Road will be closed for two weeks while emergency officials shore up levee reinforcements in that area and begin calculating the million-dollar tab for recovery efforts from the storms that hit Oct.

A 16-year-old girl was punched in the back of the head, raped and had her purse stolen by a man who approached her from behind as she was walking along Old Benton Road early Sunday morning, a Bossier City spokesman said.

Bossier Parish officials announced Tuesday morning that a previous evacuation advisory issued for some Bossier residents has been downgraded.

Twelve day care centers, including three in the New Orleans area, have lost their state operating licenses because of safety concerns, the state Department of Social Services announced Tuesday, as it wrapped up a new round of inspections.

Bayou levels not seen in almost two decades could hit the homes and neighborhoods near the Red Chute Bayou in south Bossier Parish.

Thursday's storm sparked a huge fire at a Bossier City town home complex. It all started when a power pole snapped in half along Benton Road north of Interstate-220. A fire then started at one of the buildings inside the Green Acres Place Town Homes.