Benton News

Bossier Parish Sheriff's Office locations will be open Thursday for people who need to pay property taxes.

It's time again to count Americans. Demographer Elliott Stonecipher of Shreveport has written widely on his concerns about the implications for our state and community as the 2010 census numbers are used to redraw political divisions.

Hundreds of residents got a knock on their door Wednesday morning from Bossier Parish sheriff's office deputies bringing food and the holiday spirit as part of their "Operation Blessing." "It's not about the mountaintops," said Bossier Parish Sheriff Larry Deen.

The Bossier Sheriff's Department delivered approximately 550 Christmas food boxes to needy people in Bossier Parish Wednesday morning.It was the final push of "Operation Blessing: Bossier Parish" for 2009 and marks the 18th year the Bossier Sheriff's Department has...

Grammy Award-winning Christian band Casting Crowns will perform in concert Feb. 11 at CenturyTel Center, according to the band's Web site and CenturyTel Center officials.

Southwood High grad will be bearing surprises - a wife and a child. By John Andrew Prime * jprime@gannett.com * December 19, 2009 He may not kiss the ground when he gets back to Shreveport, but Aaron Heins will be glad to be home again.

Dear, B.L., 86, of DeRidder, died Tuesday; services at 2 p.m. today at Labby Memorial Funeral Home, DeRidder; burial in Smyrna Cemetery, DeRidder.

BENTON, La. - A Bossier City man was rescued from a frigid north Louisiana bayou by a Bossier Parish deputy.

Services will be held Wednesday for fallen Shreveport Fire Department Battalion Chief Tommy Adams, who died early Saturday after complications from a fall from a ladder truck in February.

Braving the cool temperature and drizzling rain Saturday, hundreds of holiday revelers lined Sibley Street in Benton to catch a glimpse of Santa, grand marshal Doyle Adams, and others in the Bossier Christmas Parade.

The Benton Christmas Festival takes place today beginning with a 5K run at 9 am.

Clue #1 Benton Louisiana has a joy to share With a $500 prize to lure people there.

Louisiana's rules dealing with film industry tax credits are now in writing but the office that handles it is still free to negotiate with applicants.

Send listings for the Holiday Calendar to calendars@gannett.com . The calendar will publish Sundays through December and is available at shreveporttimes.com. 26th Annual Christmas in Roseland Festival When: 5:30-10:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and Sundays through Dec.

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A Bossier Parish deputy is recovering after a .22-caliber bullet fired by a suspect tore through his right arm Sunday afternoon, Nov.

BOSSIER PARISH, LA Bossier Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a shooting in Bossier Parish, involving one of their own.

From purses and shirts to cookies and baked goods, the fifth annual Mistletoe and More Arts and Crafts Show had a little bit of everything.

Here is a list of some area cut-your-own Christmas tree farms. Adams Christmas Tree Farm Address: 6391 Buncombe Road, between Pines Road and Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Shreveport.

The Bossier Police Jury created its first sewer district Wednesday, appointed the district's board, which voted to change the district into a consolidated water and sewer district and recommended the Police Jury approve the new district, comprised of police jurors.