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Posted Jun 27, 2020
Customers of Consolidated Waterworks/Sewerage District #1 in Haughton’s Dogwood subdivision will soon see their water system upgraded with the installation of a new 321,000 gallon, epoxy water tank.
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Posted Jun 20, 2020
Swan Lake Rd. will be closed for approximately six months beginning July 15 while contractors for Bossier Parish replace a bridge as part of a road realignment project, according to Parish Engineer Butch Ford.
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Posted Jun 19, 2020
Area motorists travelling on I-220 and Swan Lake Rd. will be looking at a series of detours and closures beginning in about two weeks while contractors begin a project to widen the lanes on Swan Lake beneath the I-220 overpass.
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Posted Jun 18, 2020
A four-person panel has been tasked by the Bossier Parish Police Jury to study possible solutions to a lack of broadband coverage in rural areas.
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Posted Jun 15, 2020
Equipment has been put in place and preparations are being made to begin boring for a water line beside the Linton Rd. bridge. Contractors began getting ready for the project Monday and expect to complete their task by June 21, weather permitting.
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Posted Jun 11, 2020
Bossier Parish Police Jury highway department workers are currently involved in a pair of upgrade projects on high traffic roadways. Rough spots are being dug out and overlayed on the western end of Swan Lake Rd. while one lane on Airline Dr. north of its intersection with Swan Lake is being replaced with a new base and surface.
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Posted Jun 4, 2020
Bossier Parish could be on the receiving end of nearly $32 million in FEMA funds for repairs and reconstruction of paved roads in south Bossier that were heavily damaged during floods in 2016.
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Posted May 21, 2020
High speed broad band availability to areas of Bossier Parish which currently are not served could be a matter for study for the parish Police Jury in the near future.
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Posted May 6, 2020
A possible plan to reopen the Bossier Parish Courthouse to the public on May 15 or 16 is currently being studied, but whether or not that happens depends on information coming from the governor’s office.
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Posted Apr 15, 2020
Unusual circumstances often require unusual solutions and the Bossier Parish Police Jury applied a never-before-tried forum to conduct business at Wednesday’s regular meeting.
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Posted Apr 1, 2020
Medical specialists predict the problems facing our community could reach a peak soon. We have been asked to take precautions to help prevent the spread of COVID 19 (Coronavirus) and we are now asking you, as citizens of Bossier Parish, to do more.
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Posted Mar 26, 2020
All meetings of the Bossier Parish Police Jury scheduled for Wednesday, April 1 have been cancelled in response to the governor’s stay at home order to help combat the COVID-19 emergency.
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Posted Mar 23, 2020
In accordance with Gov. John Bel Edwards’ state-wide stay home order, the Bossier Parish Courthouse in Benton will be closed to the public beginning Monday.
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Posted Mar 19, 2020
COVID-19 has changed the American way of life drastically and public entities like the Bossier Parish Police Jury are aware that while things may be difficult, services to the public must continue.
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Posted Mar 18, 2020
After years of denials by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over claims of damage to paved roads in south Bossier Parish during the historic floods of 2015 and 2016, the parish has won an unprecedented victory on appeal.
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Posted Mar 16, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, Bossier Parish Parks and Recreation will be closing its facilities for group gatherings. Sports games, tournaments, and practices are cancelled until April 13, 2020.
Playgrounds, walking tracks, and picnic/camping areas will remain open for individual and family recreation.
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Posted Mar 4, 2020
Bossier Parish Police Jury members will consider updating language on an ordinance governing gated communities that would allow first responders to use electronic entry to those areas in times of emergency.
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Posted Mar 3, 2020
Men and women who hope to take their soccer skills to the next level got a chance to show their abilities to professional scouts and league coaches Saturday and Sunday at South Bossier Park.
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Posted Feb 19, 2020
A local soccer organization honing their skills on fields at the South Bossier Park could see some of its adult amateur players kick their way to the next level of competition.
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Posted Feb 11, 2020
More than 1,000 elected officials and their wives/significant others are expected to attend the three-day 2020 Louisiana Police Jury Association annual convention scheduled to kick off Wednesday, Feb. 12 at the Shreveport Convention Center.
