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Posted Oct 20, 2021
Bossier Parish continues to grow, with 2020 census figures showing a population of 128,746. With that growth comes change and nowhere is the change more evident than in seven of the 12 Police Jury districts. Jury members met Monday in a workshop session to discuss redistricting to learn just how their individual districts will be impacted.
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Posted Oct 18, 2021
All playing fields at Bo Brandon Park in Princeton will be closed beginning Monday, Oct. 18, according to Bossier Parish Parks and Recreation Director Warren Saucier.
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Posted Oct 11, 2021
One of Bossier Parish’s busiest intersections is scheduled for a major overhaul following action last week by the parish Police Jury. Jury members voted unanimously to award a $741,000 contract to Earnest Contracting for turn lane extensions at the Benton Rd. (LA Hwy. 3)/I-220 intersection, a project designed to help improve north and south traffic flow through the area. Bossier Parish and the city of Bossier City will split the project cost.
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Posted Oct 11, 2021
When several Bossier Parish Police Jury office staffers return from the Thanksgiving holiday, they’ll find themselves heading for new surroundings at the parish courthouse.
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Posted Oct 11, 2021
Beginning Monday, Oct. 18, the LA. Hwy. 157 bridge over Bodcau Bayou Relief north of Bellevue will be closed to all traffic according to the state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD).
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Posted Oct 8, 2021
Bossier Parish Police Jury members accepted bids on a number of parish projects Wednesday, including $9.2 million for construction of a new Bossier Parish central library on property at Beckett St. and City Hall Dr.
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Posted Oct 8, 2021
Parish-wide observance of the National Night Out Against Crime last week put one Bossier Parish Police Jury member behind a fryer, providing a night-out cookout for a group of Rosedale subdivision residents.
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Posted Oct 5, 2021
Highway department crews with the Bossier Parish Police Jury are continuing programs designed to improve parish roads and drainage systems.
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Posted Oct 5, 2021
It’s the month for spooks and goblins, and visitors to the Bossier Parish Police Jury offices in the parish courthouse will be greeted by some of the more friendly October ghoulies.
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Posted Sep 30, 2021
Bossier Parish has money to spend that hopefully will encourage broadband providers to increase coverage in areas of the parish that have poor service or none at all, but residents hold the key to identifying areas most in need.
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Posted Sep 30, 2021
Construction on a new entrance to Barksdale Air Force Base from the I-220/I-20 interchange is moving ahead, with an expected completion date later this year. Following construction, painting and sandblasting reportedly will continue into early 2022.
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Posted Sep 30, 2021
Several members of the Bossier Parish Police Jury attended a Region IV meeting of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana (PJAL) held in Ruston Tuesday at the Lincoln Parish Library event center.
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Posted Sep 29, 2021
Contractors for the Bossier Parish Police Jury continue to push south from Crouch Rd. with clearing and grubbing for the Swan Lake Rd. extension, a thoroughfare that will become the parish’s north/south connection between LA Hwy. 162 and I-220.
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Posted Sep 29, 2021
Work has begun on a second group of asphalt roads damaged during floods of 2015 and 2016. Eleven roads in south Bossier Parish are scheduled for repair and reconstruction in Task Order 2.
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Posted Sep 24, 2021
Fifteen contractors are apparent low bidders on 16 state-wide projects let on Sept. 22 totaling $101.5 million, and one of those projects is scheduled for Bossier Parish.
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Posted Sep 23, 2021
Ramp and lane closures at the I-20/I-220 interchange in Bossier Parish have been rescheduled, according to the state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD).
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Posted Sep 21, 2021
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department and public utility crews are busy this week working on a number of infrastructure projects.
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Posted Sep 21, 2021
The Bossier Parish Police Jury is looking for employees to fill openings in its highway department.
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Posted Sep 20, 2021
Clearing has begun on an extension of the Arthur Ray Teague multi-use trail, a project that will take the trail from its current terminus at the Caroline lake boat launch on the Red River Wildlife Refuge south to Parkway High School.
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Posted Sep 16, 2021
Work is scheduled to begin next week on another group of parish asphalt roads as part of reconstruction and repair of damages caused by floods during 2015 and 2016.
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