SHREVEPORT, La. On Facebook, people in the ArkLaTex and from all over the world connect with the click of a mouse. For several reasons, one being safety.
The âBroadmoor/South Highland/ Capt. Shreve/ everything EAST of I-49 911 Callâ Facebook group has almost 9,000 members. Member in the group keeps residents informed on emergencies and other occurrences happening in their area.Â
Tracey and Joey Presley
âThey put just about every run that comes in for the fire department and police patrol on there. So, it s a good source of information,â said Joey and Tracey Presley, who are part of the âBroadmoor/South Highland/ Capt. Shreve/ everything EAST of I-49 911 Callâ Facebook group.Â
BOSSIER CITY, La.  The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team at Barksdale Air Force Base is 13 members strong.Â
âIt s basically the military s bomb squad,â said EOD team leader Kalin Fuller. They go through at least eight months of training with marines, soldiers and sailors. Â
âAny and all explosive hazards presented to the military, whether from traditional ordnance or more unconventional improvised explosive devices are what we take care of,  said Fuller.Â
The EOD team protects the base, but also helps local authorities within a 200-mile radius around the base.Â
âWeeks ago, I responded to a Caddo Parish Sheriff s officer who had done a traditional traffic stop and found that the individual driving in possession of a couple of military flares,â said Fuller, who demonstrated the suit the team leader wears to protect their body when tending to any suspect packages or improvised expl
SHREVEPORT, La. - Located at 1057 Texas Avenue you will find the oldest active African American church in Shreveport Antioch Baptist Church. Â
â73Â Black people came together, organized the first colored church,â said the Rev. Bruce Carroll, the current pastor who shared history of the church that dates to 1866.Â
Those members were honorably dismissed from First Baptist Church to start their own, according the Handbook of North Louisiana Online. In 2021, the church has about 75 members, very close to the original number. Â
âIt was designed that they could have a place to worship freely, in whatever manner that they chose,â said Carroll. âThe Avenue was full. It had Black businesses up and down the avenue. The people that came here were people of prominence, people of resources.â Â
SHREVEPORT, La. - The population in downtown Shreveport shifted during the pandemic. About 45% of employees have not returned.
âThey re working from their home; they re working remotely. We would very much obviously love for people to come back downtown,â said Liz Swaine, Shreveport Downtown Development Authority executive director.
There were also some business closures. At least four businesses shut doors for good downtown in 2020.Â
âSurprisingly, you know, you think of 2020,â said Swaine. âAnd you think of only bad things happening that we ve had a lot of good downtown as well.â
About five other businesses opened. Swaine said people are interested in vacant buildings downtown.
SHREVEPORT, La- Capital One customer and Shreveport resident, Meredith Mangham, received good news after two months of denied disputes. Wednesday, $1,200 dollars that she lost to an ATM malfunction was