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  1. Where to find Christmas tree farms

    4 hrs ago | Shreveport Times

    ... Contact: Brenda or Wayne Perryman, (318) 377-0310. Hours: Friday afternoons and all day Saturday. Directions: Take Benton Road (state Highway 3) to Benton. Turn right on state Highway 162. Drive five miles to Sirman Road and turn left. Take the ...

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    Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, Minden, LA

  2. Dewey Burchett, Jr. dead at 70Read the original story

    Monday | KSLA-TV Shreveport

    Benton, LA KSLA News 12 has confirmed funeral plans are set for 12 p.m. Monday, for a long time district judge here in the Ark-La-Tex who passed away over the weekend.

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  3. Former Bossier-Webster judge diesRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 21 | Shreveport Times

    ... Craig. This was the first time an incumbent judge had been challenged in Bossier or Webster parish for decades. A Benton resident, Burchett is survived by two sons: Dewey III and Edward. Burchett spent his 70th birthday, which was Wednesday, in the ...

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    Related Topix: Bossier City, LA, Shreveport, LA

  4. Bossier Parish moves closer to public sewerRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 18 | Shrevport Times

    ... Confused? You're not the only one. "I am totally lost to what we're doing right now," Police Jury President Glenn Benton said. By state law, the parish needed to create a sewer district to levy sewer bills. However, state law also says sewer ...

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    Related Topix: Haughton, LA, Bossier City, LA

  5. Bossier Parish moves closer to public sewer

    Thursday Nov 19 | Shreveport Times

    ... Confused? You're not the only one. "I am totally lost to what we're doing right now," Police Jury President Glenn Benton said. By state law, the parish needed to create a sewer district to levy sewer bills. However, state law also says sewer ...

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    Related Topix: Haughton, LA, Bossier City, LA

  6. Post a Comment

    Monday Nov 16 | Shreveport Times

    ... for fixing the problem. Stroller November 16, 2009 Birthdays Celebrating a birthday today: CYNTHIA STEPHENS, of Benton. ... KATHRYN PENNYWELL, of Shreveport. ... GLORIA BRIGGS, of Shreveport. ... LAVERNE WILLIAMS, of Shreveport. Lost and Found Pets ...

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  7. Saturday

    Saturday Nov 14 | Shreveport Times

    ... near Haughton went missing for months instead of being paid into the pension fund to which it was owed. More Benton teens honored for community service Two local youths are recognized by Special Olympics Louisiana and Supriya Jindal as Leaders of ...

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    Related Topix: Representative John Fleming, US Politics, US News, Bobby Jindal, Republican, US House of Representatives, William Jefferson, Democrat, Louisiana, Haughton, LA

  8. Benton teens honored for community serviceRead the original story

    Friday Nov 13 | Shrevport Times

    ... has been through trials - six major surgeries to correct congenital abnormalities and a cleft palate. Despite the Benton teenagers' hardships, they think more about others, and for that they have been honored. The two were recognized by Special ...

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    Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, Baton Rouge, LA, Shreveport, LA

  9. Bugs, business, topic of veterans' business gathering

    Thursday Nov 12 | Shreveport Times

    ... and leather chaps and serves as host of the A&E Network's reality TV show "The Exterminators." He and his family own Benton-based VexCon, an extermination company that tries, as humanely as possible, to rid people of vermin ranging from rats and ...

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    Related Topix: LSU Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, US Military, US Air Force

  10. Events today honor area veterans

    Wednesday Nov 11 | Shreveport Times

    ... Maj. Dan Coffel, dan.coffel@bossierschools.org , or call (318) 549-5493. - 9 a.m., Veterans Day program at Benton High School, 6136 state Highway 3, Benton Road, Benton. Information: (318) 549-5240. - 9 a.m., Veterans Day program at Plain Dealing ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Shreveport, LA, Bossier City, LA, Plain Dealing, LA

  11. Community briefly: 2010 budget topic of Shreveport public hearing

    Monday Nov 9 | The Shreveport Times

    ... Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor and Gettysburg, will be at 7 p.m. at the Bossier Civic Center, 620 Benton Road, in Bossier City. Admission is $10 at the door, $5 for students. For more information, call Billy Maples, president of the ...

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    Related Topix: Shreveport, LA, Louisiana, Agriculture, Science, Bossier City, LA

  12. Alabama Beats LSURead the original story

    Saturday Nov 7 | Freerepublic.com

    ... ACC) Look out University of Georgia! 11/07/2009 4:18:32 PM PST by HangnJudge To: proudofthesouth I have an uncle in Benton, LA who is sad... 11/07/2009 4:19:14 PM PST by RebelTXRose To: Promark Alabama Steals the Game from LSU with the assistance of ...

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  13. Friday, Nov. 6, 2009Read the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | The Shreveport Times

    Culpepper, Harold Sr., 92, of Benton, died Tuesday; services at 2 p.m. Sunday at Booker Memorial CME Church, Plain Dealing; burial in St.

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  14. Mosquito complaints rise with floodwaters in Caddo, Bossier parishesRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | The Town Talk

    ... Mosquito Control Supervisor Mike Brown planned to cover a 30-mile stretch from the southern reaches of the parish to Benton on Wednesday. He drove a pickup with a bed that held a machine, which misted the air with a mix that includes chlorpyrifos ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, West Nile Virus, Health

  15. Community Briefly: Free flu, pneumonia shots for seniors

    Thursday Nov 5 | Shreveport Times

    ... meetings The Bossier School Board and two of its committees will meet today at its Central Office, 316 Sibley St. in Benton. The regular session at 6 p.m. will include a presentation about a robotics program and consideration of bid requests for ...

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    Related Topix: Medicare, Health, Shreveport, LA

  16. Mosquito complaints rise with floodwatersRead the original story

    Thursday Nov 5 | Shreveport Times

    ... Mosquito Control Supervisor Mike Brown planned to cover a 30-mile stretch from the southern reaches of the parish to Benton on Wednesday. He drove a pickup with a bed that held a machine, which misted the air with a mix that includes chlorpyrifos ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, West Nile Virus, Health

  17. Sand bags bring some comfortRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 1 | KSLA-TV Shreveport

    ... water. There are still sand bags available in Bossier Parish at three locations: Bossier City Public Service Complex, Benton Public Works building and new Haughton Fire Station.

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  18. Storm leads Louisiana Downs to evacuate backsideRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 1 | Thoroughbred Times

    ... chances and evacuated approximately 250 horses from the backstretch on Saturday. Some of the horses were evacuated to Benton and Hurricane Bluff training centers in Benton, Louisiana, and some were returned to their respective farms. More than ...

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  19. In time of war, veterans to be honoredRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 31 | Shrevport Times

    Veterans Day will be a special occasion for Benton's Dale Whipple, who will spend it in the nation's capital, honoring fallen comrades in Arlington National Cemetery.

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    Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Military, US Marine Corps, Bossier City, LA, Shreveport, LA

  20. Winds Blow Steeple Off Church Onto Car

    Saturday Oct 31 | CNN

    ... DOWN SEVERAL TREES ALONG THE RIVER. THE TORNADO TRACK CROSSED THE RED RIVER JUST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 220 NEAR BENTON ROAD...WHERE SEVERAL TREES WERE SNAPPED ALONG THE LEVEE AND A BARN WAS DAMAGED. THE TORNADO CROSSED INTERSTATE 220 JUST WEST OF ...

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    Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Shreveport, LA

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