NoBo Scoop | 1/4/2025

Back to school, cold front, & water rates

Author

Tim Jurjevich
January 04, 2025

TOGETHER WITH

Happy New Year, North Bossier! This is Tim with your weekly NoBo Scoop.

This week’s highlights:

  • Back to school schedules

  • Cold front

  • Keep Bossier Beautiful

  • Job fair

  • Bossier City water rates

Let’s get to it 🍦

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Double Rainbow in North Bossier

On Saturday, December 28, there was an awesome double rainbow over North Bossier after all our rain. I asked folks to send in a photo and said I would include one in this week’s NoBo Scoop. Here is a picture by Valerie Sue from Benton:

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Highlights

Back to School Schedules

Bossier Parish:

  • January 6 | Teacher in-service, no students

  • January 7 | Students return

Providence:

  • January 6 | Teacher in-service, no students

  • January 7 | Students return

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Cold Front

We are expecting our first real cold front of the winter this week, with temperatures dipping into the 20s at night (and some forecasts calling for snow?!).

Make sure you are prepared and review these helpful winter guides:

This week’s temperature forecast:

  • Sun 66 | 28

  • Mon 40 | 25

  • Tue 41 | 25

  • Wed 38 | 27

  • Thu 43 | 25

  • Fri 41 | 33

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Keep Bossier Beautiful

The Bossier Parish Police Jury, in partnership with Keep Bossier Beautiful (KBB), is collecting undecorated Christmas trees at these local parks to benefit the environment through January 9:

  • Parks Rd. Boat Launch

  • Brownlee Park

  • South Bossier Park

  • Tall Timbers Gravel Lot

  • Lake Catherine Boat Launch (Teague Parkway)

  • Mike Wood Park

Lynn Bryan, Executive Director of KBB says the collected trees will go to support the local fish habitat. Sinking a tree in a body of water can create a fish habitat by providing shelter, attracting fish, and becoming a food source for the aquatic ecosystem.

Volunteers are needed to help sink the trees on Saturday, January 11, from 9:00am to noon at Cypress Black Bayou.

Click here to see more or sign up to volunteer.

Live! Casino & Hotel Job Fair

It’s been announced that Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana in Bossier will open February 13, 2025. The $270 million casino & hotel is the first land-based casino in north Louisiana.

The casino & hotel are filling over 750 new positions. They are hosting a job fair with on-the-spot hiring.

  • Date: Wednesday, January 8

  • Time: 10am-2pm

  • Location: LSU-Shreveport Ballroom

Click here for more details.

Bossier City Raises Water & Sanitation Rates

Starting February 1, Bossier City residents will see their water and sanitation rates increase.

The average customer will see a $6 increase in their flat-rate monthly water bill and a $12 increase in sanitation fees.

City Council approved rate hikes to comply with state requirements and cover operational costs at its meeting on Thursday, January 2.

The City Council also approved three water improvement projects totaling $16 million.

Read more here.

Events

Saturday, January 4

Monday, January 6

  • Benton Library Benton Youth Esports

    • Noon-6pm

    • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament for children, tweens, & teens

Tuesday, January 7

Wednesday, January 8

Saturday, January 11

Athletics

Boys High School Basketball

Games Upcoming

Airline

1/7 - vs Red River 7:30pm

1/10 - @ Pineville 7:00pm

Benton

1/7 - @ Southwood 7:30pm

1/10 - vs Minden 6:30pm

Bossier

1/8 - @ Richwood 4:30pm

Haughton

1/7 - @ Mansfield 7:30pm

1/9 - vs Loyola Prep 7:30pm

Providence

1/6 - @ Converse 6:30pm

1/9 - @ North Webster 7:30pm

1/10 - vs St. Mary 7:00pm

NoBo Scoop Athlete of the Week

Dylan Johnson! Airline High School | Boys Soccer

*I will highlight one student athlete each week based on reader submissions. Please reply to this email (which is [email protected]) with your recommendation. The criteria are any student athlete in North Bossier, including private schools.

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