Bossier City is a city in Bossier Parish in the northwestern region of the state of Louisiana in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area. In 2020,it had a total population of 62,701,up from 61,315 in 2010.
The Ark-La-Tex is a socio-economic tri-state region where the Southern U.S. states of Arkansas,Louisiana,and Texas join together. The region contains portions of Northwest Louisiana,Northeast Texas,and South Arkansas as well as the extreme southeastern tip of Oklahoma,in McCurtain County,partly centered upon the Red River,which flows along the Texas–Oklahoma state line into Southwestern Arkansas and Northwest Louisiana.
William Henson Moore III is an American attorney and businessman. He is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives,having represented Louisiana's 6th congressional district,based in Baton Rouge,from 1975 to 1987. He was only the second Republican to have represented Louisiana in the House since Reconstruction,the first having been David C. Treen,then of Jefferson Parish.
Zachary High School is a public high school located in Zachary,Louisiana,United States. It is a part of the Zachary Community School Board.
This is a list of television,radio and print media operations in Shreveport,Louisiana.
KRMD is an adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Shreveport,Louisiana and serving the Ark-La-Tex region. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and based at the Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City,Louisiana. The station's transmitter is just southwest of the I-20/I-49 interchange in Shreveport,coincidentally across the street from a separate transmitter housing its sister stations,its FM partner,KMJJ-FM,KVMA-FM and KQHN.
Jack Wade Moreland,known as Jackie Moreland,was an American basketball player for the Detroit Pistons and the former New Orleans Buccaneers. He played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represents Louisiana Tech University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. After 12 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference,Louisiana Tech began competing as a member of Conference USA in 2013.
Fair Park Middle School is a former high school located at 3222 Greenwood Road in Shreveport,Louisiana,United States. The school was originally named Fair Park High School when it opened in 1928,and it was the second high school in the city. C.E. Byrd High School had opened three years earlier in 1925. The institution was also previously named Fair Park College Preparatory High School or Fair Park College Prep Academy,and additionally had been named Fair Park Medical Careers Magnet High School.
Milton Eugene "Mickey" Slaughter was an American professional football player and college coach. He played quarterback for the Denver Broncos of the American Football League (AFL) after playing college ball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Following his playing career,he was an assistant coach for Louisiana Tech.
North Louisiana History is an academic journal published twice annually in Shreveport,Louisiana by the North Louisiana Historical Association (NLHA).
Edward Fairfax Neild Sr.,was an American architect originally from Shreveport,Louisiana. He designed the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence,Missouri. He was selected for the task by U.S. President Harry Truman.
The Red River State Fair Classic was an American college football game played annually in Shreveport,Louisiana,at Independence Stadium—formerly called State Fair Stadium—during the State Fair of Louisiana. It traced its historical lineage from a series of 167 games played over the 106 football seasons between 1911 and 2016. By having first paired historically black colleges and universities in 1915,the contest held the distinction of being the oldest documented annual black college football classic,edging out the Turkey Day Classic by nine years and the similar Texas State Fair Classic by ten years.
Junior Lee Hedges was an American high school football coach. His 217 victories are the most wins in the history of Shreveport–Bossier City in northwestern Louisiana. In 2001,the Caddo Parish School Board renamed the football stadium at Captain Shreve High School in Hedges' honor. In 2010,he was elected to the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches.
Haughton High School is a public high school in Haughton,Louisiana,United States that enrolls 1,159 students from grades 9–12. The school received an "A" rating by the Louisiana Department of Education. It is administered by Bossier Parish Schools. 80% of students received a four-year diploma,compared to 79% in the district and 74% statewide. The Haughton Buccaneers play in district District 1-5A.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana were held on November 6,2018,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Louisiana,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
Jean McGlothlin Doerge is director of the Germantown Colony and Museum in Webster Parish,Louisiana,and a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who represented District 10 from 1998 to 2012. From 2001 to 2006,she served as the vice chair of the House's Commerce Committee;in 2007,she was appointed to the Louisiana House Appropriations Committee,and from 2008 to 2012,she served as the vice chair of the Retirement Committee.
