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A line forms Wednesday in the parking lot of Christ United Methodist Church in Shreveport before the start of one of nine job fairs Louisiana is holding for citizens with disabilities. (Greg Pearson/The Times)
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If you go to France, you are going to go to Paris. ... If you come to Louisiana and you've never been here before, you are going to New Orleans. To be recognized within Louisiana is no easy task.
A Shreveport tourism sign that reads “Welcome to Louisiana’s Other Side” is located on Texas Street downtown.
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AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company may have to resort to rolling blackouts if people don't reduce their consumption of electricity today and tomorrow.
SWEPCO released a statement today urging their customers to avoid using unnecessary lighting or electric appliances and limit the use of air conditioning today and possibly tomorrow.
The dry earth is just a few feet from where Charlie Jackson uses a tractor to tend to the crops. (Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times)
For 28 years the Shreveport General Motors assembly plant served as a vibrant symbol of economic stability for northwest Louisiana. Now 1,100 or so employees will have to look elsewhere for jobs, and those left behind will only be able to reminisce about what was once one of the largest employers in this area...
Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover hosts a forum for the film industry at Independence Stadium's Skybox on Thursday. (Alexandyr Kent/The Times)
More than a hundred Shreveport area kids were on hand for a bicycle giveaway at Airport Park hosted by a nonprofit organization that serves the needs of low-income families in the Shreveport-Bossier City area. READ MORE
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